2nd Guards Rifle Corps
| 2nd Guards Rifle Corps | |
|---|---|
| Active | December 1941–June 1956 |
| Country | Rifle corps) |
| Engagements | World War II |
The 2nd Guards Rifle Corps (Russian: 2-й гвардейский стрелковый корпус) was a rifle corps of the Red Army during World War II.
World War II
The 2nd Guards Rifle Corps headquarters was formed by a
1st Guards Rifle Corps, also advancing from the north of the corps, linked up with the 42nd Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Shock Army in the area of Zaluchye. These actions thus formed the outer and inner fronts of the encirclement, with a gap between them of up to 40 kilometers. The German 16th Army was in encirclement for more than two months, but the Soviet forces did not manage to destroy the encircled troops.[1]
From June 1942 the corps as part of the 3rd Shock Army of the Kalinin Front conducted intense battles for the town of Kholm, but could not take it. From 13 August 1943 units of the corps went over to the offensive in the area of
Memel Offensive in early October, attacking from the area northwest of Šiauliai on the Liepāja axis.[1]
From October 1944 the corps fought in the encirclement of the Courland Pocket in the area of Priekulė, where it ended the war.[1]
Postwar
The corps took over coast defense of the area of
After the end of the war, the corps became part of the
29th Guards Mechanized Division. During 1948 and 1949 the divisions were reorganized as separate rifle brigades, and at the beginning of 1949 the corps included the 29th Guards Separate Rifle Brigade (the former 43rd Guards Rifle Division), 42nd Guards Separate Rifle Brigade (the former 51st Guards Rifle Division), and 44th Separate Rifle Brigade (the former 16th Lithuanian Rifle Division). After the brigades were expanded back into divisions the corps included the 43rd Guards and 51st Guards Rifle Divisions and the 29th Guards Mechanized Division on 1 May 1955.[3] The corps headquarters, by then at Riga, was disbanded on 9 June 1956 as the number of corps headquarters in the Soviet Army was reduced.[4] The 43rd Guards Rifle Division was disbanded weeks later,[5] while the 51st Guards Rifle Division and the 29th Guards Mechanized Division came under direct district control.[3]
Commanders
The following officers commanded the corps:[2]
- Colonel Aleksandr Lizyukov (1 January–April 1942)
- Ivan Chistyakov (April–September 1942)
- Veniamin Beylin (29 September–24 October 1942)
- Mikhail Pavlovich Kutuzov (October 1942–August 1943)
- Afanasy Beloborodov (August 1943–March 1944)
- Aleksandr Ksenofontov (June–August 1944)
- Major General Aleksey Baksov (21 August 1944–December 1945)
- Lieutenant General Arkhip Ruchkin (December 1945–18 January 1946)
- Lieutenant General of Tank Forces Makar Teryokhin (18 January 1946–June 1950
- Lieutenant General Arkady Yermakov (June 1950–3 June 1953)
- Lieutenant General Andrey Stuchenko (3 September 1953–19 June 1954)
- Lieutenant General Pyotr Lashchenko (19 June 1954–2 September 1955)
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d "НашаПобеда.LV | 2-й гвардейский стрелковый корпус". www.nashapobeda.lv. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ^ a b Kalashnikov & Dodonov 2013, pp. 62–63.
- ^ a b Feskov et al. 2013, pp. 440–442.
- ^ Feskov et al. 2013, p. 132.
- ^ Feskov et al. 2013, p. 151.
Bibliography
- Feskov, V. I.; Golikov, V. I.; Kalashnikov, K. A.; Slugin, S. A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306.
- Kalashnikov, Konstantin; Dodonov, Igor (2013). Высший командный состав Вооружённых сил СССР в послевоенный период. Справочные материалы (1945—1975 гг.) [Higher Commanders of the Soviet Armed Forces in the postwar period: Handbook of materials (1945–1975)] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Ust-Kamenogorsk: Media-Alyans. ISBN 978-601-7378-16-5.
