29th Rifle Corps
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The 29th Rifle Corps (
First formation - Territorial Rifle Corps
The 29th Lithuanian Territorial Rifle Corps was formed in accordance with an order of the
The German invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, began on June 22, 1941. On July 17, 1941, the corps headquarters departed for Velikiye Luki, occupied by the German 19th Panzer Division, where the formation of the corps was carried out with the 48th Tank Division (Soviet Union) . On July 21, 1941 the corps appears to have taken Velikiye Luki, and defended it until August 25, 1941, when the city was again abandoned. On August 20–21, 1941, units of the corps went over to the offensive, and began penetrating the enemy's defence, but they themselves were entrapped, and withdrew by the end of August 1941.[citation needed]
On September 1, 1941, the corps headquarters was withdrawn from the fighting, and on September 23, 1941 it was disbanded.
Second formation
The aecond formation existed March–April 1943.
Third formation
Originally formed on 25 June 1943,
On 10 May 1945, the third formation of the 29th Rifle Corps comprised the:
- 73rd Rifle Division
- 102nd Rifle Division
- 217th Rifle Division
Five months later, the corps had the same three divisions, but they were in the North Caucasus Military District. The 73rd was based at Novorossiysk, the 102nd at Armavir and the 217th at Nalchik.[7]
In May 1946, the corps was reorganized under a peacetime structure, with its divisions being reduced to the 8th, 9th and 39th Separate Rifle Brigades. The 8th was based at
On 10 October 1957, the 29th Rifle Corps became the 29th Army Corps. The 9th and 73rd Mountain Rifle Divisions became motor rifle divisions. In 1960, the 29th Army Corps was at Krasnodar and had the 9th and 73rd Motor Rifle Divisions. In 1966 it moved to Belogorsk in Amur Oblast. On 22 February 1968, 29th Army Corps was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.[7]
On 25 June 1969 the 29th Army Corps became the
References
Citations
- ^ Nigel Thomas, Germany's Eastern Front Allies (2): Baltic Forces, Osprey, 5.
- ISBN 0-7006-0879-6
- ^ Čapenko 2007, p. 361
- ^ Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 1964, p. 18.
- ^ Keith E. Bonn, Slaughterhouse, Aberjona Press, 2005, 341.
- ^ Crofoot, Avanzini, Armies of the Bear
- ^ a b c Holm, 35th Combined Arms Army
Bibliography
- Čapenko, Aleksandr (2007). "Lietuvos liaudies armijos reorganizavimo į 29-ąjį teritorinį Raudonosios armijos šaulių pulko istorija 1940-1941 m." Karo Archyvas (in Lithuanian). 22: 353–363. S2CID 240260761.
- Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union (1964). Командование корпусного и дивизионного звена советских вооруженных сил периода Великой Отечественной войны 1941–1945 гг [Commanders of Corps and Divisions in the Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945] (in Russian). Moscow: Frunze Military Academy.