The 4th Guards Army was an elite Guards field army of the Soviet Union during World War II and the early postwar era.

On April 16, 1943, the Supreme Command ordered the army to be established.

At the end of the war, the Fourth Guards Army was part of the 3rd Ukrainian Front.

[2] This Political commissar position was intended to maintain control by the Communist Party.

The order of battle for the Fourth Guards Army on May 1, 1945, was: Fourth Guards Army After the war for a period the 4th Guards Army joined the Central Group of Forces in Austria until its withdrawal.