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8th Rifle Corps 41st Guards Rifle Corps
Active
1942–1946
Disbanded
1946
Country
Soviet Union
Branch
Red Army
Type
Infantry
Role
Corps headquarters
Size
two rifle divisions
Nickname(s)
Estonian
Engagements
Battle of Narva, Baltic Offensive
Decorations
Honorific Tallinn
Commanders
Notable commanders
Lieutenant General Lembit Pärn
Military unit
The 8th Estonian Rifle Corps (2nd formation)[1] (Russian: 8-й Эстонский стрелковый корпус, Estonian: 8. Eesti Laskurkorpus) was a formation in the Red Army, created on 6 November 1942, during World War II.
An 8th Rifle Corps (but not made up of Estonian personnel) had been previously formed, taking part in the Soviet invasion of Poland as part of the 5th Army,[2] and, on the outbreak of war on 22 June 1941, this first formation was part of the 26th Army in the Kiev Special Military District, consisting of the 99th, the 173rd, and the 72nd Mountain Rifle Divisions.[3] The first formation of the 8th Rifle Corps was destroyed in the first three months of the German invasion and is not present on the Soviet order of battle after August 1941.[4]
The 8th Estonian Rifle Corps was formed of mobilized ethnic Estonians, who were at first brought in Russia (where many of them died because of poor conditions); the battalions created in Estonia and incorporated former personnel of the Republic of Estonia's army.[citation needed] In the order of battle, the corps appears in the Stavka Reserves by 1 November 1942 and is subordinated to the Kalinin Front by 1 December 1942.[5]
When 2nd formation was formed in 1942, the corps' structure consisted of the 7th and 249th Rifle Divisions stationed in Estonia, reinforced by volunteers from the Estonian Communist Party organisation. In an effort to increase overall formation experience, the battle-hardened 19th Guards Rifle Division later joined the 8th Rifle Corps. As a result, the corps was briefly re-designated as 8th Guards Rifle Corps.[6] Throughout its entire existence, the rifle corps was commanded by Lieutenant General Lembit Pärn.
^Pokrovsky, p.9
^Мельтюхов М.И. Советско-польские войны. Военно-политическое противостояние 1918-1939 гг. — М.: Вече, 2001.
^Orbat.com/Niehorster, 26th Army 22 June 1941
^БОЕВОЙ СОСТАВ ВОЙСК на 1 августа 1941 г.
^БОЕВОЙ СОСТАВ ВОЙСК НА 1 ДЕКАБРЯ 1942 г.
^Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, 1943, p. 11
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