Northern Front (Soviet Union)

The Northern Front was created on June 24, 1941 from the Leningrad Military District.

Its primary goal was the defense of the Kola Peninsula and the northern shores of the Gulf of Finland.

Lieutenant General Markian M. Popov commanded the Front for the three months of its existence.

Other forces included four Rifle Corps, two Mechanized Corps, seventeen Rifle Divisions, four Tank Divisions, two Motor Rifle Divisions, eight artillery regiments of the Reserve of Highest Command, eight Aviation Divisions (including one objective air division), seven Fortified Regions, one Fortified Position, and thirteen machinegun battalions.

[1] The formations of the Northern Front included the following subunits: 7th PVO Fighter Aviation Corps (later the 2nd PVO Guards Fighter Aviation Corps)[12] commanded by Colonel Stepan Pavlovich Danilov[13] was responsible for air cover over Leningrad, using basing on 10 primary and 15 reserve air fields,[14] and included