230th Rifle Division (July 10, 1941 - August 23, 1942) 230th Rifle Division (June 29, 1943 - October 1945)
Active
1941–1945
Country
Soviet Union
Branch
Red Army
Type
Infantry
Size
Division
Engagements
Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Rostov (1941) Case Blue Battle of the Caucasus Izyum–Barvenkovo offensive Donbas strategic offensive (August 1943) Battle of the Dniepr Nikopol–Krivoi Rog offensive Uman–Botoșani offensive First Jassy–Kishinev Offensive Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive Vistula–Oder offensive East Pomeranian offensive Battle of Berlin
The 230th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed as one of the first reserve rifle divisions following the German invasion of the USSR. After being hastily organized, it joined the fighting front along the lower Dniepr River as part of 6th Army. After the German victory east of Kyiv, it retreated into the Donbas as part of 12th Army and spent the winter in the fighting around Rostov-on-Don. When the German 1942 summer offensive began, it was driven back, now as part of 37th Army, and largely encircled near Millerovo. While not destroyed, by late August it was so depleted that it was disbanded.
A new 230th was formed in late June 1943 based on a Siberian rifle brigade. After an inauspicious debut, the division was briefly removed from the fighting front for additional training. After returning, it soon earned a battle honor in the battles in the Donbas before advancing to the Dniepr River. Through this time it was part of 5th Shock Army and through most of the remainder of the war it would be under this command. In February 1944 it and its 9th Rifle Corps entered 3rd Ukrainian Front and remained there through the advance into western Ukraine and the fighting along the Dniester River and into Moldova. In early September, 5th Shock was removed to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command and redeployed to 1st Belorussian Front in eastern Poland in preparation for the advance on the German capital. During the offensive all three of the division's rifle regiments were recognized for their roles in the fighting for East Pomerania, and the 230th as a whole was later decorated for its part in the battle of Berlin, while several of its subunits also received distinctions. In October 1945 the division began converting to a mechanized infantry division and served in this role near Moscow until it was disbanded in 1947.
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