The 6th Guards Army was formed on 16 April 1943 from the 21st Army and fought under command of the Voronezh, 1st Baltic, 2nd Baltic, and Leningrad Fronts from 1943 until the end of the war. In 1943, the army fought in the Battle of Kursk. Other notable battles and operations in which the 6th Guards Army participated include: * Operation Bagration * Polotsk Offensive * Šiauliai Offensive * Riga Offensive * Battle of Memel