[1] On 22 June 1941, at the onset of Operation Barbarossa, the Army was part of the Soviet Western Front.

It was formed three times in 1941, next in October in the Southern Front, but its formation 'was halted due to severe battle conditions'.

Nine of these divisions had been formed in the space of three weeks from the reserve of the Moscow Military District and been trained for 12 hours a day.

In 1942, it continued its defensive operations on the central axis, and in 1943 took part in the second Battle of Smolensk.

The 10th Army headquarters with associated units was withdrawn from the Western Front to the Stavka Reserve in early April (General Staff's directive of 7.04.44).