October 1943

Eastern Front

Army Group Center reports to OKH that is is in excess of 200,000 men below establishment.

The Stavka redesignates its southern fronts, the final major change to the order of battle of the Soviet formations on the southern wing for the remainder of the war. The Voronezh Front is renamed the 1st Ukrainian Front, the Steppe Front becomes the 2nd Ukrainian, the Southwest Front the 3rd Ukrainian and the South Front the 4th Ukrainian Front. Rokossovsky's Central Front becomes the Belorussian Front, while Eremenko's Kalinin Front is renamed the 1st Baltic Front and the old Baltic Front under Popov becomes the 2nd Baltic.