The 75th Cavalry Division was a cavalry formation 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, afte ...

which fought during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

History

It was formed in September and October 1941 in Novosibirsk, Siberian Military District. The compound was formed as part of the ruling NKO USSR № 459ss on 11 August 1941. The redeployment of the division of the Soviet-German front was launched in November 1941. In accordance with the '' Stavka'' Directive № 4299 from 2 November 1941 it was relocated from Novosibirsk to Glotovku; on 24 November 1941 it was relocated from Kolyshleya station to the area of Solodcha. The division was part of the 'operational army' (part of the front-line fighting force) from 5 December 1941. During the war the division was always acted on the Western front and took part in the offensive phase of the Battle of Moscow. As part of the 10th Army participated in the Tula offensive (6–17 December 1941). It was subordinated to the 10th Army from 6 December 1941 to 19 December 1941. The division along with the 41st and

57th Cavalry Division The 57th Cavalry Division (russian: 57-я кавалерийская дивизия) was a cavalry division of the Red Army during World War II. History It was formed between 1 August and October 1941 at Ferghana in the Central Asian Military ...

s to Mishulin's Cavalry Group as the mobile group for the 10th Army. The group minus the 41st Cavalry Division was assigned to attack the flank of the German 2nd Panzer Army south of Tula. Before the group was fully committed the group was assigned to the

1st Guards Cavalry Corps 1st Guards Cavalry Zhytomyr Red Banner Corps (Russian: 1-й гвардейский кавалерийский Житомирский Краснознаменный корпус) was a military unit of the Soviet Red Army which was renamed from ...

. It was then transferred to the

of the Western Front, where it stayed from January 1942 to 21 March 1942. Then the division participated in one of the greatest cavalry raids of the war. On the night of 26–27 January 1942 the Corps slipped across the lines into the German 4th Army's rear areas and began what would be a six-month operation against the German supply lines. The division was dissolved on 26 March 1942, and portions were used to replenish the

2nd Guards Cavalry Division The 2nd Guards Cavalry Division was a Guards light cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army. Organisation 1857–1918: *1st Cavalry Brigade ** Horse Grenadier Life-Guards Regiment ** Her Majesty's Lancer Guards Regiment *2nd Cavalry Brigade ...

Composition

* 230th Cavalry Regiment * 234th Cavalry Regiment * 237th Cavalry Regiment * 72nd Horse artillery battalion * 72nd Artillery Park * 55th separate polueskadron connection * 47th medico-sanitary squad * 75th separate squadron of chemical defense * 56th second food transport * 270th Divisional veterinary hospital * 258 Field Postal Station * 1003rd Field ticket office of the State Bank

Commanders

* Vasily A. Konin, Colonel - 20 August -8 December 1941 * Moskalik Michael Emmanuilovich, Colonel - 8 December 1941 - 26 March 1942

References

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