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15th Guards Airborne Division (1943–1944)
100th Guards Rifle Division (1944–1946)
100th Guards Airborne Division (1946–1955)
Active1943–1955
CountrySoviet Union
BranchArmy
TypeAirborne infantry
SizeDivision
EngagementsWorld War II
  • Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive
  • Operation Spring Awakening
  • Vienna Offensive
Decorations Order of the Red Banner
Battle honoursSvir
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Vasilii Andreevich Leshchinin
Ivan Alekseevich Makarenko

The 100th Guards Rifle Division was an elite Red Army airborne infantry division during World War II. The division fought in the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive and the Vienna Offensive. Postwar, it was designated as an airborne division and disbanded in 1955.

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