The 153rd Rifle Division was a Soviet infantry division of the
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...
during
World War II
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. It was formed in the
Ural Military District
The Red Banner Ural Military DistrictHistory of the Ural Military District / Edited by Alexander Egorovsky, Ivan Tutarinov – 1 – Moscow: Voenizdat, Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union, 1970 – 352 Pages ...
. On 22 June 1941 when the German
Operation Barbarossa
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began, it was serving under command of
Nikolai Gagen with the 51st Rifle Corps of the
22nd Army. By 29 June 1941, after the effective destruction of the
37th Rifle Division, a composite regiment (20th Rifle Regiment) formed mostly from 37th Rifle Division rear units (''Tyl'') was attached to the division.
[37-я Краснознаменная стрелковая дивизия]
(in Russian)
The 153rd Rifle Division was one of the first divisions to be designated a
Guards formation, becoming
3rd Guards Rifle Division
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on 18 September 1941, due to 'its combat record in Belarus and
Smolensk
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'. It was reformed for the second time in February 1942, and later became the
57th Guards Rifle Division in December 1942, after fighting with the
63rd Army.
Reformed for the third time, during the
East Prussian Offensive, on 6 April 1945 the Division, which was with the 69th Rifle Corps,
50th Army, was one of the divisions in the encirclement around
Königsberg
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, located at the northwest sector. The division to the right was the
216th Rifle Division, and to the left was the
110th Rifle Division
The 110th Rifle Division was a formation of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the course of World War II, which was formed, dissolved, and re-formed three times throughout the war.
History First formation
The division was first formed 20 Septem ...
. They attacked
German
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positions and broke through the second defense line.
References
External links
153-я стрелковая дивизия(Russian)
153
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