Siege of Leningrad Lyuban Offensive Operation Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda Novgorod–Luga Offensive Battle of Narva Pskov-Ostrov Offensive Baltic Offensive Riga Offensive Vistula-Oder Offensive
Decorations
Order of the Red Banner
Battle honours
Novgorod
Commanders
Notable commanders
Col. Ivan Petrovich Dorofeev Maj. Gen. Georgii Pavlovich Lilenkov Maj. Gen. Ivan Mikhailovich Platov Maj. Gen. Aleksandr Romanovich Belov
Military unit
The 378th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army that began forming in August 1941 in the Siberian Military District, before being sent to the vicinity of Leningrad, where it spent most of the war. The soldiers of this division fought until early 1944 to break the siege and drive off the besieging German forces, distinguishing themselves in the liberation of Novgorod. Finally, the division was redeployed to advance into the Baltic states in 1944 and into East Prussia in the winter of 1945. As the war was ending the 378th was disbanded to provide replacements for other divisions. Nevertheless, it had compiled a very creditable combat record for any rifle division.
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