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212th Airborne Brigade
The 212th Airborne Brigade () was an airborne brigade of the Soviet Airborne Troops, formed twice. Formed in 1938, it took part in the Battle of Khalkhin Gol in a standard infantry role in 1939. In 1941 it became part of the 3rd Airborne Corps and took part in fighting around Kiev. In November 1941 the remaining soldiers of the corps were used to re-form the 87th Rifle Division. The brigade was reformed when the corps was reformed soon afterwards, but converted into an infantry unit in May 1942 without seeing combat. Interwar period By an order of the 2nd Red Banner Army on 10 June 1938, the 212th Separate Airborne Brigade was formed from the 2nd Airborne Regiment at Kuybyshevka-Vostochnaya, under the command of Major Ivan Zatevakhin. The 2nd Airborne Regiment had been formed at Zavitinsk in 1936 with the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army under Zatevakhin's command with around 1,000 men, part of an airborne force expansion in reaction to increasing tensions in the Soviet Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Airborne Troops
The Soviet Airborne Forces or VDV (from ''Vozdushno- desantnye voyska SSSR'', Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска СССР, ВДВ; Air-landing Forces) was a separate troops branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. First formed before the Second World War, the force undertook two significant airborne operations and a number of smaller jumps during the war and for many years after 1945 was the largest airborne force in the world. The force was split after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with the core becoming the Russian Airborne Forces, losing divisions to Belarus and Ukraine. Troops of the Soviet Airborne Forces traditionally wore a sky blue beret and blue-striped ''telnyashka'' and they were named ''desant'' (Russian: Десант) from the French ''Descente''. The Soviet Airborne Forces were noted for their relatively large number of vehicles, specifically designed for airborne transport, as such, they traditionally had a larger complement of heavy weaponr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
