5th Guards Cavalry Corps
5th Guards Cavalry Corps | |
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Active | December 1942–May 1946 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Type | Cavalry corps |
Engagements | World War II |
Decorations | ![]() |
Honorifics | Budapest |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders |
The 5th Guards Don Cossack Cavalry Corps (Russian: 5-й гвардейский кавалерийский Донской казачий корпус) was a cavalry corps of the Red Army during World War II.
History
The corps was formed on 19 November 1942 as the 5th Guards Don Cossack Cavalry Corps, assigned to the Northern Group of Forces of the
Between September and November the corps fought as part of the Southern Front (renamed the
During the
The corps saw its last action in the
Postwar
In mid-1945, the 63rd Cavalry Division was reorganized into the 12th Mechanized Division. In late 1945, the corps was withdrawn from the Southern Group of Forces, with which it had been stationed at Ploiești, and relocated to Novocherkassk in the Don Military District with the 11th and 12th Guards Cavalry Divisions. The corps was reorganized as the 5th Separate Guards Cavalry Division in May 1946, with the 7th Guards Cavalry Regiment formed from the 37th Guards Cavalry Regiment, and the 11th and 12th Guards Cavalry Regiments formed from the divisions of the same number. The division also included the 120th Tank Regiment, and remained at Novocherkassk as part of the North Caucasus Military District. Named for Yefim Shchadenko on 6 September 1951, the division was reorganized as the 18th Guards Heavy Tank Division on 18 November 1954, the last remaining cavalry division.[2]
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d Rodionov 1997, p. 604.
- ^ Feskov et al. 2013, pp. 231–233.
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 978-5-89503-530-6.
- Rodionov, I. N., ed. (1997). "Будапештский кавелерийский корпус" [Budapest Cavalry Corps]. Военная энциклопедия в 8 томах [Military Encyclopedia in 8 volumes] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Voenizdat. p. 604. ISBN 5-203-01655-0.