The 43rd Rifle Division was a formation of the Red Army, which took part in the Second World War, known to the Soviets as the "Great Patriotic War". The...
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general of the Red Army. During World War II he served as commander of 43rd Rifle Division. Kirpichnikov was the only Soviet general captured by the Finnish...
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commenced when advanced elements of the Soviet 43rd Rifle Division encountered the Finnish 8th Division in the forests around Porlampi on 30 August. Both...
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mid-twentieth century. Rifle corps were made up of a varying number of rifle divisions, although the allocation of three rifle divisions to a rifle corps was common...
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The 43rd Guards Rifle Division was an elite Latvian infantry division of the Red Army during World War II. The division was formed as an elite infantry...
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Germany. 201st Rifle Division — established Aug 1941 at Gorki. Became 43rd Guards Rifle Division Oct 1942. Recreated from 27th Rifle Brigade at Schlusselburg...
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The 44th Kievskaya of the Red Banner Rifle Division of Nikolay Shchors, or 44th Kievskaya for short, was an elite military formation of the Soviet Union...
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The 43rd Army Corps (Military Unit Number 16460) was a corps of the Soviet Army from 1945 to 1989. The corps was first formed as the 137th Rifle Corps...
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The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division was an infantry division of Britain's Territorial Army (TA). The division was first formed in 1908, as the Wessex...
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Lieutenant General Vladimir Petrovich Sviridov 43rd Rifle Division 45th Guards Rifle Division 63rd Guards Rifle Division 122nd Tank Brigade 31st Tank Regiment...
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The 79th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the Soviet Army. It was converted from the 79th Rifle Division in 1957 and inherited...
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Narva, the 2nd Shock Army consisted of five rifle divisions (11th, 43rd Rifle Division, 90th Rifle Division, 131st, and 196th) along with 600 artillery...
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Guards Rifle Division advanced into and captured Krasny Bor. On the army's left, its 43rd Rifle Division attacked a regiment of the SS Polizei Division, but...
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and Divisions (possibly subordinated to one of the above-mentioned Armies): 8th Estonian Rifle Corps – Lt. Gen. Lembit Pärn 11th Rifle Division 43rd Rifle...
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The 152nd Rifle Division was originally formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in October 1939 in the Transbaikal Military District, based on the...
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The 16th Rifle Division (Russian: 16-я стрелковая Литовская Клайпедская Краснознамённая дивизия, romanized: 16-ya strelkovaya Litovskaya Klaypedskaya Krasnoznamonnaya...
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Fortified Region. During the campaign, the army (more specifically the 43rd Rifle Division) was decisively defeated at the Battle of Porlampi. Due to a reorganization...
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The 70th Rifle Division (Russian: 70-я стрелковая дивизия, romanized: 70-ya strelkovaya diviziya) was an infantry division of the Red Army and briefly...
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marching rifle or light infantry regiments, hence the title "Light". It fought on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War. The division was...
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Soviet 43rd and 123rd Rifle Divisions had already started withdrawing from their exposed positions close to the border, while the Soviet 115th Rifle Division...
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part of the divisions of the encirclement of Königsberg, located at the northwest sector as part of 124th Rifle Corps, 43rd Army. The division to the right...
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The 127th Order of Kutuzov Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 127-я мотострелковая дивизия) is a division of the Russian Ground Forces. It was reformed from...
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The 69th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army and later the Soviet Army, formed twice. It was first formed in 1936 from the 3rd Kolkhoz...
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The 372nd Rifle Red Banner Novgorod Division was a division of the Red Army during the Second World War. It was established at Barnaul, Altai Krai, Siberian...
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The 52nd Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, the interwar period, World War II, and the Cold War, formed...
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Voronezh-Shumlinskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Red Banner of Labor Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 19-я мотострелковая Воронежско-Шумлинская Краснознамённая...
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69th Covering Brigade (Russia) (redirect from 272nd Rifle Division)
1969 transferred to the 43rd Army Corps. In 1969, the 695th Motor Rifle Regiment transferred to the 265th Motor Rifle Division and was replaced by the...
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was amalgamated with the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) and the 2nd Green Jackets (King's Royal Rifle Corps) to form the Royal Green Jackets on 1 January...
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The 150th Guards Motor Rifle Berlin-Idritsa Order of Kutuzov Division (Russian: 150-я гвардейская мотострелковая Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова дивизия)...
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Soviet Rifle Division, 22 June 1941 Soviet Tank Division, 22 June 1941 Soviet Cavalry Division, 22 June 1941 Soviet Mountain Rifle Division, 22 June...
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