 Army Group Centre had the 2nd Army, 4th Army, 9th Army and 3rd Panzer Army.The Soviet 1st Belorussian Front under command of Konstantin Rokossovsky included the 8th Guards, 28th, 47th, 61st, 65th, 69th, and 70th (Combined Arms) Armies, 2nd Tank Army, 6th and 16th Air Armies, 11th Tank Corps, 1st Polish Army, 2nd Guards and 7th Guards Cavalry Corps.The Lublin-Brest region was first used as a feint, on 9–10 July drawing German attention away from Soviet offensive preparations at Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive.