67th Army (Soviet Union)

The 67th Army was formed in October 1942 on the Leningrad Front from the Neva Operational Group.

It defended the right bank of the Neva River, holding the Nevsky Pyatachok and covering the Road of Life.

Between January and March 1944 67th Army fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive, in which it captured Mga and Luga.

At the same time it held the Nevsky Pyatachok and covered the Road of Life across Lake Ladoga.

[3][4] During late December the army conducted training operations in preparation for the forthcoming Operation Iskra, an offensive aimed at defeating the 18th Army in the Shlisselburg-Sinyavino bulge and lifting the Siege of Leningrad.

On 12 January, after an artillery bombardment, the army advanced along a 12-kilometer front across the ice on the Neva with four rifle divisions between Shlisselburg and Dubrovka.

The German 170th Infantry Division formed a defense line around the Gorodok hospital and power plant, stopping the advance.

[6] On 13 January, the army's 136th Rifle Division and the 61st Tank Brigade advanced four kilometers to the east.

German troops established a new defensive line and the 67th Army continued to attack Gorodok on 20 January but was unsuccessful.

[7] The 67th Army supported the attack in the Battle of Krasny Bor, capturing Gorodok after six days on 18 February.

The attack was begun again on 15 September and the 30th Guards Rifle Corps captured the Sinyavino Heights.

[12] Continuing the offensive, the army reached the Pskov-Ostrov fortified area at the end of February.