The 159th Rifle Division (Russian: 159-я стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II, active from 1940 to 1941. Formed...
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153rd Rifle Division (Russian: 153-я стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II, active from 1940 to 1941. For its...
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numbered as the 53rd (Welsh) Division and the brigades became, respectively, the 158th (North Wales) Brigade the 159th (Cheshire) Brigade and the 160th...
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August, the 64th Rifle Division fought in sustained battles, with the 159th Rifle Division fighting in the area of Zaslavl, the 30th Rifle Regiment in the...
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11th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army which was created in March 1941 during the Second World War. The division was formed...
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1941. The 11th Panzer Division's advance finally came to a halt due to the strong resistance of the 316th Rifle Division and the 78th Rifle Division....
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structure: Headquarters 89th Tank Regiment 117th Tank Regiment 159th Tank Regiment 44th Motorized Rifle Regiment 98th Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment...
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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...
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The 165th Rifle Division was originally formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in the North Caucasus Military District in July 1940, based on...
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The 150th Guards Motor Rifle Idritsa-Berlin Order of Kutuzov Division (Russian: Russian: 150-я гвардейская мотострелковая Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова...
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became 159th Rifle Division (Second Formation) about 27 January 1942. 433rd Rifle Division — established in South Ural Military District 16 December 1941, became...
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On 16 July 1940, the division was fully formed, which became the division's anniversary date. Until March 1941, the 111th Rifle Division held 3,000 personnel...
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title of 2nd Rifle Division. Formed in 1919 in the Belorussian Military District. On 22 June 1941 the division was part of the 1st Rifle Corps, 10th Army...
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The 162nd Rifle Division was originally formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in August 1940 in the Kharkov Military District, based on the shtat...
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The 190th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed as part of the prewar buildup of forces, based on the shtat (table...
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The 177th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army south of Leningrad in March 1941, based on the shtat (table of organization...
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The 163rd Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army just before the Second World War began, in the Tula Oblast, based on the pre-September...
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The 248th Rifle Division was formed in the Moscow Military District as a reserve infantry division of the Red Army just days after the German invasion...
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The 191st Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed as part of the prewar buildup of forces, based on the shtat (table...
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by January 1940 was re-formed as the 1st Moscow Motor Rifle Division. Training was complete 7 June 1940, and 1st Moscow Motor Rifle Division took part...
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equipment) of July 29, 1941, with several modifications. It entered combat as a rifle division during the Tikhvin Offensive in December 1941 as a reinforcement...
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The 196th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed as part of the prewar buildup of forces, based on the shtat (table...
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1937–1941 period. During the Second World War 400 'line' rifle divisions (infantry), 129 Soviet Guards rifle divisions, and over 50 cavalry divisions as...
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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...
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the 199th, 159th, and 157th Rifle Divisions. The objective was to throw the German forces beyond the Sukhodrovka River with the 199th and 159th, supported...
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Airborne Division (Air Assault) had over 200 aircraft.[citation needed] This shrank to just over 100 aircraft with the inactivation of the 159th Combat...
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consisted of 41st, 97th, and 159th Rifle Divisions, and was a part of 6th Army of the Kiev Special Military District on 22 June 1941. The corps was part of...
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and equipment). As a standard rifle division, it took part in the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in June 1940. In early 1941, it was selected for conversion...
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from the 3rd Kolkhoz Rifle Division in the Soviet Far East, and in the spring of 1941 converted to the 69th Motorized Division. Sent west after the start...
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The 168th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in the Leningrad Military District in August - September 1939, based on the...
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