348th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
Military unit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about 348th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The 348th Rifle Division was first formed in August 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Kuibyshev. It was assigned to 60th Reserve Army shortly after forming and took part in the winter counteroffensive in front of Moscow. Until the end of 1942 it was involved in the dismal and costly battles around the Rzhev Salient, until it was shifted to take part in the equally difficult fighting around the Demyansk Salient. Both of these German positions were evacuated in March 1943, and, after rebuilding, the division returned to the front to take part in the summer offensive along the Smolensk axis. During Operation Bagration the 348th distinguished itself in the liberation of Bobruisk, and received the name of that city as an honorific. Not long after it was also decorated for its role in the liberation of Bialystok. In 1945 it helped to liberate northern Poland during the Vistula-Oder Offensive, before being reassigned to 3rd Belorussian Front in East Prussia. In the last weeks of the war it formed part of the reserves of 1st Belorussian Front during the Berlin Operation.
348th Rifle Division (August 15, 1941 – June 1946) | |
---|---|
Active | 1941–1946 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Type | Division |
Role | Infantry |
Engagements | Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev Battle of Demyansk (1943) Operation Kutuzov Battle of Smolensk (1943) Battle of the Dnieper Operation Bagration Bobruysk Offensive Vistula-Oder Offensive Battle of Königsberg |
Decorations | Order of the Red Banner Order of Kutuzov |
Battle honours | Bobruisk |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Maj. Gen. Anisim Stefanovich Liukhtikov Col. Ivan Afanasevich Ilichev Maj. Gen. Ivan Fyodorovich Grigorevskii Maj. Gen. Nikolai Aleksandrovich Nikitin Col. Mikhail Andreevich Grekov |