The 6th Danube Guards Rifle Corps was a

Rifle Corps A rifle corps (russian: стрелковый корпус, translit=strelkovyy korpus) was a Soviet corps-level military formation during the mid-twentieth century. Rifle corps were made up of a varying number of rifle divisions, although the allo ...

of the

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during

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. During the war, it formed part of the

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, 2nd Shock, 1st Guards, 46th, 37th, and 57th Armies.

History

The corps was part of the 'operational army' from 28 March to 13 October 1942, and 5 November 1942 to 9 May 1945. During the fighting in

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, the corps did not see combat. In the summer, in anticipation of the

Sinyavino offensive The Sinyavino offensives were a serie of Soviet offensives in 1941–1943 during World War II around the Sinyavino Heights, east of Leningrad, to lift the Siege of Leningrad. The area was only fully liberated during the Leningrad–Novgorod offe ...

, the Corps built several new connections and relocated slightly to the north. In September 1942 the Corps was involved in the Sinyavino offensive. The Corps were put into action as part of the Leningrad massacre on 27 August 1942. The offensive corps, in the early days of developing successfully, crossed the river black, broke through the first line of defence at the junction of the 227th and 223rd infantry divisions. After two days of the approach to the Sinyavino, the

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launched an attack on the labour camp № 5, 24th and began moving to the lake Sinyavinskaya, where the 19th attacked directly on Sinyavino. The corps was unsuccessful in making any further advance, soon was surrounded, and suffered heavy losses on 27 September 1942, derived from the achieved positions near Sinyavino. In October 1942, the Corps headquarters was transferred to

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(''Stavka'' Reserve). During its second formation, the Corps was led by amongst others, Grigory Kotov (December 1943 - November 1944) and Stepan Morozov (November 1944 - March 1945). Postwar, the 6th Guards Rifle Corps was moved to Romania along with the 57th Army. The 20th Guards Rifle Division became the 25th Guards Mechanized Division and was stationed at

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. The

61st Guards Rifle Division The 61st Guards Rifle Division was formed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in January, 1943, based on the 2nd formation of the 159th Rifle Division, and served in that role until after the end of the Great Patriotic War. The divisio ...

was stationed at Brănești. The 10th Guards Airborne Division became the 126th Guards Rifle Division and was stationed at

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. In December 1946, the corps was disbanded, along with the 61st and 126th Guards Rifle Divisions.Feskov et al 2013, p. 423

References

* {{Soviet Union corps G006 Military units and formations established in 1942 Military units and formations disestablished in 1946