179th Rifle Division information

The 179th Vitebsk Red Banner Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II. Established at Vilnius on 17 August...

for the first time and after his return, was transferred to the 179th Rifle Division, then part of the Soviet 43rd Army. By October 1942 he had amounted...

structure also included the 134th, 135th, 179th and 234th Rifle Divisions, the 17th Guards Rifle Division, the 21st Tank Brigade, two separate Guards...

in Vilnius. Only 745 soldiers of the 184th Rifle Division reached the Soviet Union. The 179th Rifle Division was ordered to retreat from Pabradė–Švenčionėliai...

Soviet Rifle Division, 22 June 1941 Soviet Tank Division, 22 June 1941 Soviet Cavalry Division, 22 June 1941 Soviet Mountain Rifle Division, 22 June...

The 18th Guards Insterburg Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 18-я гвардейская мотострелковая Инстербургская Краснознамённая, ордена...

Morozov [ru]) 16th Rifle Corps 5th Rifle Division 33rd Rifle Division 188th Rifle Division 29th Rifle Corps 179th Rifle Division 184th Rifle Division 3rd Mechanised...

The 150th Idritsa-Berlin Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Motor Rifle Division (Russian: Russian: 150-я Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова 2-й степени мотострелковая...

actions in the invasion, the division was awarded the honorific "Sakhalin". During the battle for south Sakhalin, 179th Rifle Regiment Battalion commander...

The 175th Rifle Division was originally formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in the North Caucasus Military District in July 1940, based on the...

176th, 179th, and 183rd Guards Rifle and 127 Guards Artillery Regiments, and 66th Guards Independent Sapper Battalion. Until July 1942 the division was part...

25–26 a rebellion broke in its 184th Rifle Division. The other division of the 29th Corps, the 179th Rifle Division lost most of its soldiers during the...

The 44th Kievskaya of the Red Banner Rifle Division of Nikolay Shchors, or 44th Kievskaya for short, was an elite military formation of the Soviet Union...

The corps headquarters was located in Vilnius, including the 179th and 184th Rifle Divisions, under the command of Lieutenant General Vincas Vitkauskas...

The 192nd Mountain Rifle Division was formed as a specialized infantry division of the Red Army beginning in November 1940, in the Kharkov Military District...

Order of Battle, volume 2: 291st – 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole...

broken up into two separate rifle brigades, which were combined into the 1st Caucasian Rifle Division in 1922. The division was converted into a mountain...

Banner" Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number 29410 until September 1987; MUN 28320 thereafter) is a Russian military unit. The division was formed...

Voronezh-Shumlinskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Red Banner of Labor Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 19-я мотострелковая Воронежско-Шумлинская Краснознамённая...

Lenin, twice Red Banner Orders of Suvorov (II) and Kutuzov (II) Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 1-я гвардейская мотострелковая Пролетарская Московско-Минская...