370th Rifle Division
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The 370th Rifle Division was raised in 1941 as a standard Red Army rifle division, and served for the duration of the Great Patriotic War in that role. It began forming in August 1941 in the Siberian Military District. After forming, it was initially assigned to the 58th (Reserve) Army, but was soon reassigned to 34th Army in Northwestern Front, and until March 1943, was involved in the dismal fighting around the Demyansk salient. After this was evacuated the division took part in equally difficult combat for the city of Staraya Russa. Near the end of that year the division was reassigned to 2nd Baltic Front, and spent several months in operations near Nevel and north of Vitebsk. In the spring of 1944, its combat path shifted southwards when it was moved to 69th Army in 1st Belorussian Front, south of the Pripet Marshes. In August it was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for its part in the liberation of Kovel. It went on to help form and hold the bridgehead over the Vistula at Puławy, and in January 1945, joined the drive of 1st Belorussian Front across Poland and into eastern Germany, earning the battle honor "Brandenburg". It was disbanded later that year.
370th Rifle Division | |
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Active | 1941 – 1945 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Type | Division |
Role | Infantry |
Engagements | Demyansk Pocket Operation Polarnaya Zvezda Staraya-Russa Offensive (1943) Battle of Nevel (1943) Operation Bagration Lublin–Brest Offensive Vistula-Oder Offensive Battle of Berlin |
Decorations | Order of the Red Banner Order of Kutuzov |
Battle honours | Brandenburg |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Col. Filipp Nikolaevich Romashin Maj. Gen. Yevgeny Mikhailovich Andreev Col. Fyodor Ivanovich Chirkov Col. Matvey Mikhailovich Korsun Maj. Gen. Pyotr Savvich Gavilevsky |