110th Rifle Division
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The 110th Rifle Division, which was formed, dissolved, and re-formed three times, was a formation of the Soviet Union
's Red Army
during the course of World War II
.
.
В действующей армии: с 02.07.1941 по 19.09.1941 года.
На 22.06.1941 года дислоцировалась в Тula. 27.06.1941 года начала переброску на фронт. К 03.07.1941 года в основном прибыла в Могилёв. 04.07.1941 года двумя полками с артиллерией выдвинута на линию Днепра севернее Могилёва, где начала оборудовать оборонительный рубеж. Из дивизии в корпусное подчинение был изъят 601-й гаубичный полк. 13-14.07.1941 года провела безуспешные атаки на Шклов. К 14.07.1941 года дивизия окружена в районе Могилёва, и рассечена. 394-й стрелковый полк действовал совместно со 172-й стрелковой дивизией, обороняя Могилёв, 411th Rifle Regiment с остатками 20th Mechanised Corps был в арьергарде группы войск под командованием командира дивизии Хлебцева В. А., выходившей из окружения на Мстиславль, Кричев, 425-й стрелковый полк действовал со штабом 61-го стрелкового корпуса восточнее Могилева.
Mobilized before the beginning of Operation Barbarossa
, by June 1941 the division (1st formation) formed part of the 61st Rifle Corps in the 20th Army, in Stavka
reserve around Moscow
, the 20th Army
occupying a defensive position around Kaluga
. The division was transferred to the Soviet Western Front
in July 1941, and was encircled with the 20th Army as part of the Vyazma pocket to the west of Moscow
in October 1941. In that encirclement, it was virtually destroyed, and was officially disbanded on 19 September 1941.
On 4 September 1941 the 4th Moscow
People's Militia Rifle Division, which had originally been raised in the Kuibyshev district of Moscow in July 1941, was renumbered as the new 110th Rifle Division (2nd formation). Its composition changed to the regular army subunits to include:
It was assigned as part of the 24th, 49th, 21st
, and 33rd
Armies, participating in the defensive and offensive operations around Moscow - Operation Mars
at the end of 1942 as part of the Red Army's Kalinin Front, and later in 1943 the Rzhev-Vyazma offensives
, and the Orel offensive operation (Operation Kutuzov
), after the Battle of Kursk
. From the Rzhev battles to October 1944 the division was commanded by General Major Georgii Borisovich Peters, its former deputy commander.
On the 10 April 1943 the 110th Rifle Division was renamed the 84th Guards Koracheyev Rifle Division.
The IIIrd formation of the division was formed on 5 May 1943, with retention of its IInd formation subunits. On 6 April 1945, commanded by Colonel Sergey Mikhailovich Tarasov, it participated in the encirclement of Königsberg
, located at the northern sector. In that assault the division was accompanied by its two sister divisions of 69th Rifle Corps, 50th Army: the 153rd Rifle Division
, on its right flank, and the 324th Rifle Division
on its left flank.
The division was disbanded soon after the war ended, in 1945-46.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
's Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
during the course of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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History
The division was formed 20.09.1939 года в SverdlovskSverdlovsk
Sverdlovsk is a city in Luhansk Oblast of south-eastern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Sverdlovskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located approximately 80 km from the oblast capital, Luhansk.The current estimated...
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В действующей армии: с 02.07.1941 по 19.09.1941 года.
На 22.06.1941 года дислоцировалась в Тula. 27.06.1941 года начала переброску на фронт. К 03.07.1941 года в основном прибыла в Могилёв. 04.07.1941 года двумя полками с артиллерией выдвинута на линию Днепра севернее Могилёва, где начала оборудовать оборонительный рубеж. Из дивизии в корпусное подчинение был изъят 601-й гаубичный полк. 13-14.07.1941 года провела безуспешные атаки на Шклов. К 14.07.1941 года дивизия окружена в районе Могилёва, и рассечена. 394-й стрелковый полк действовал совместно со 172-й стрелковой дивизией, обороняя Могилёв, 411th Rifle Regiment с остатками 20th Mechanised Corps был в арьергарде группы войск под командованием командира дивизии Хлебцева В. А., выходившей из окружения на Мстиславль, Кричев, 425-й стрелковый полк действовал со штабом 61-го стрелкового корпуса восточнее Могилева.
Mobilized before the beginning of Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a front., the largest invasion in the history of warfare...
, by June 1941 the division (1st formation) formed part of the 61st Rifle Corps in the 20th Army, in Stavka
Stavka
Stavka was the term used to refer to a command element of the armed forces from the time of the Kievan Rus′, more formally during the history of Imperial Russia as administrative staff and General Headquarters during late 19th Century Imperial Russian armed forces and those of the Soviet Union...
reserve around Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, the 20th Army
Army
An army An army An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
occupying a defensive position around Kaluga
Kaluga
Kaluga is a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Population: It is served by Grabtsevo Airport.-History:...
. The division was transferred to the Soviet Western Front
Soviet Western Front
The Western Front was a Front of the Red Army, one of the Red Army Fronts during the Second World War. This sense of the term is different from the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front usually operates within designated...
in July 1941, and was encircled with the 20th Army as part of the Vyazma pocket to the west of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
in October 1941. In that encirclement, it was virtually destroyed, and was officially disbanded on 19 September 1941.
On 4 September 1941 the 4th Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
People's Militia Rifle Division, which had originally been raised in the Kuibyshev district of Moscow in July 1941, was renumbered as the new 110th Rifle Division (2nd formation). Its composition changed to the regular army subunits to include:
- 1287, 189, 1291 Rifle Regiments
- 971 ArtilleryArtilleryOriginally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
RegimentRegimentA regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel... - 695 AA ArtilleryArtilleryOriginally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
BattalionBattalionA battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel... - 470 ReconnaissanceReconnaissanceReconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about enemy forces or features of the environment....
Company - 859 Separate Signal BattalionBattalionA battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...
- 493 Medical Battalion
- 332 Separate Chemical Defence Company
- 329 Auto-transport Company
It was assigned as part of the 24th, 49th, 21st
21st Army (Soviet Union)
-June to September 1941:21st Army was a part of the Second Operational Echelon of the RKKA. It was formed from the forces of the Volga Military District in May 1941 and was initially based on 63rd Rifle Corps and 66th Rifle Corps. The army was under the command of Lieutenant-General Vasilii...
, and 33rd
33rd Army (Soviet Union)
The Red Army's 33rd Army was a Soviet field army during the Second World War. It was disbanded by being redesignated HQ Smolensk Military District in 1945.-Initial Operations:...
Armies, participating in the defensive and offensive operations around Moscow - Operation Mars
Operation Mars
Operation Mars was the codename for the Rzhev offensive operation part of the Rzhev-Vyazma strategic offensive operation launched by Soviet forces against German forces during World War II. It took place between 25 November and 20 December 1942 in a salient in the vicinity of Moscow...
at the end of 1942 as part of the Red Army's Kalinin Front, and later in 1943 the Rzhev-Vyazma offensives
Battles of Rzhev
Rzhev Battles is a general term for a series of World War II offensives launched during January 8, 1942—March 31, 1943 by the Soviet Red Army in the general directions of Rzhev, Sychevka and Vyazma against a German salient in the vicinity of Moscow, known as the "Rzhev meat grinder" for...
, and the Orel offensive operation (Operation Kutuzov
Operation Kutuzov
Operation Kutuzov was a military operation by the Red Army in its fight against the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was named after Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, the Tsarist General credited with saving Russia from defeat during the invasion by Napoleon in 1812.The Operation began on 12...
), after the Battle of Kursk
Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk took place when German and Soviet forces confronted each other on the Eastern Front during World War II in the vicinity of the city of Kursk, in the Soviet Union in July and August 1943. It remains both the largest series of armored clashes, including the Battle of Prokhorovka,...
. From the Rzhev battles to October 1944 the division was commanded by General Major Georgii Borisovich Peters, its former deputy commander.
On the 10 April 1943 the 110th Rifle Division was renamed the 84th Guards Koracheyev Rifle Division.
The IIIrd formation of the division was formed on 5 May 1943, with retention of its IInd formation subunits. On 6 April 1945, commanded by Colonel Sergey Mikhailovich Tarasov, it participated in the encirclement of Königsberg
Battle of Königsberg
The Battle of Königsberg , was one of the last operations of the East Prussian Offensive during World War II. In four days of violent urban warfare, Soviet forces of the 1st Baltic Front and the 3rd Belorussian Front captured the city of Königsberg...
, located at the northern sector. In that assault the division was accompanied by its two sister divisions of 69th Rifle Corps, 50th Army: the 153rd Rifle Division
153rd Rifle Division
The 153rd Rifle Division was a Soviet infantry division of the Red Army during World War II. It was formed in the Ural Military District. On 22 June 1941 when the German Operation Barbarossa began, it was serving with the 51st Rifle Corps of the 22nd Army....
, on its right flank, and the 324th Rifle Division
324th Rifle Division
The 324th Rifle Division was a Soviet infantry division of the Red Army during World War II. On 6.04.1945 it was part of the 69th Rifle Corps of the 50th Army....
on its left flank.
The division was disbanded soon after the war ended, in 1945-46.
Sources
- Glantz, David M., Stumbling Colossus: The Red Army of the eve of World War. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1998. ISBN 0-7006-0879-6
- Generals.dk General Major Georgii Borisovich Peters (1897-1978) was the deputy commander and later commanding officer of 110th Rifle Division in 1942-44, including after its renaming as the 84th Guards Koracheyev Rifle Division.
- Bonn, Keith E., Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front, Aberjona Press, Bedford PA, 2005
- Grylev, A., Gen. Maj., Perecheni No.5 of the General Staff: Rifle, mountain, motor-rifle and motorised divisions included in the active army during the years of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, Military-scientific directorate of the General Staff, Moscow, 1970, via www.soldat.ru, Perechen, verified 4 June 2008.