13th Guards Airborne Division
The 13th Guards Airborne Division was a division of the Soviet Airborne Troops which was part of the 37th Guards Airborne Corps.[1]
It was later redesignated the 103rd Guards Rifle Division. The 103rd Guards Airborne Division was activated 7.6.46 in Seltsy, Ryazan Oblast, from the 103rd Guards Rifle Division.[2]
Reformed 1 October 1948 at Galenki, Primorsky Krai, under the 37th Guards Airborne Corps. It was disbanded on 1 April 1955.[3] Two regiments were reassigned to other airborne divisions:
- 116th Guards Parachute Regiment was transferred to the 99th Guards Airborne Division
- 217th Guards Parachute Regiment was transferred to the 98th Guards Airborne Division
References
- ↑ David M. Glantz (November 1984). The Soviet Airborne Experience. Combat Studies Institute. p. 34. ISBN 1428915826.
- ↑ Michael Holm
- ↑ Michael Holm, 13th Guards Airborne Division, accessed December 2013.
Further reading
- Keith E. Bonn, Slaughterhouse: the Handbook of the Eastern Front, Aberjona Press, Bedford, PA, 2005
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