Soviet 110th Rifle Division
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110th Rifle Division was a unit of the Red Army in World War II. Mobilised before the outbreak of war, by June 1941 the division formed part of 61st Rifle Corps in 20th Army, in Stavka reserve around Moscow. 20th Army was at Kaluga. It moved to the Soviet Western Front in July 1941.
The division participated in Operation Mars at the end of 1942 as part of the Red Army's Kalinin Front and in the encirclement of Königsberg in April 1945, located at the northern sector.
Division to the right 153rd Rifle Division, to the left 324th Rifle Division.
[edit] Commands
- 22 June 1941 61st Rifle Corps, 20th Army
- 6 April 1945 69th Rifle Corps, 50th Army
[edit] References
- 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
- http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/012_ussr/41_oob/stavka-reserves/army_20.html
- Armchair General: Operation Mars - The Second Offensive in Rzhev Vicinities. November-December 1942
- Generals.dk lists Major-General Georgii Borisovich Peters (1897-1978) as commanding officer of 110th Rifle Division in 1942-43.
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