321st Rifle Division
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The 321st Rifle Division was formed in September 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, based on an existing division of militia. This formation had an extremely short career, coming under devastating attack in the north of the Crimea on the day of its redesignation and being officially disbanded just over a month later. A second division began forming in the Transbaikal in February 1942, and served in the defensive and offensive fighting around Stalingrad, eventually distinguishing itself sufficiently to be redesignated as the 82nd Guards Rifle Division. The world had not seen the last of the 321st, however, as a new division was formed from two existing rifle brigades in the spring of 1944, which gave very creditable service for the duration, completing its combat path in northeastern Germany, and serving into the postwar period.
321st Rifle Division (September 24, 1941 – October 31, 1941) 321st Rifle Division (February 26, 1942 – March 19, 1943) 321st Rifle Division (May 9, 1944 – 1947) | |
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Active | 1941–1947 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Type | Division |
Role | Infantry |
Engagements | Crimean Campaign Battle of Stalingrad Operation Uranus Operation Little Saturn Operation Bagration Vistula-Oder Offensive East Prussian Offensive East Pomeranian Offensive Battle of Berlin |
Decorations | Order of the Red Banner (3rd formation) |
Battle honours | Chudovo (3rd formation) Dno (3rd formation) |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Col. Ivan Mikhailovich Aliev Lt. Col. Aleksei Ivanovich Valugin Maj. Gen. Ivan Alekseevich Makarenko Col. Vasilii Konstantinovich Chesnokov |