64th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (Soviet Union)
| 64th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division | |
|---|---|
| Active | October 1943–c. late 1940s |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Branch | Red Army (later Soviet Army) |
| Type | Anti-Aircraft Artillery |
| Engagements | World War II |
| Decorations |  Order of the Red Banner |
| Battle honours | |
The 64th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (Russian: 64-я зенитная артиллерийская дивизия) was an anti-aircraft artillery division of the Soviet Union's Red Army (later the Soviet Army) during World War II and the early postwar period.
Formed in late 1943 in the
Berlin Offensive, and received the honorifics Praga and Brandenburg for its actions, as well as the Order of the Red Banner
. It was disbanded by the end of the 1950s.
World War II
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The division was formed on or around 1 October 1943, when Colonel
Western Bug, the advance into Poland, and the capture of Włodawa, Międzyrzec Podlaski, Łuków, Stoczek, Siedlce, Kałuszyn, Demblin, Wołomin, Praga, and Jabłonna.[5]
For their actions, three of the division's regiments received the honorific Demblin, and on 31 October it received the honorific Praga. Between January and May 1945 the division supported the
Berlin Offensive. For its actions the division received the honorific Brandenburg[7] and the Order of the Red Banner.[5]
Postwar
Rodichev commanded the division until November.[5] The division was among those anti-aircraft artillery divisions disbanded without being converted into another unit by the end of the 1950s.[7]
References
Citations
- ^ a b Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 1964, p. 392.
- ^ Gurkin et al. 1972, p. 265.
- ^ Golotyuk & Tsapayev 2012, p. 168.
- ^ Gurkin et al. 1988, p. 103.
- ^ a b c Golotyuk & Tsapayev 2012, pp. 336–337.
- ^ Gurkin et al. 1990, p. 49.
- ^ a b Feskov et al 2013, p. 288.
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.
- Golotyuk, Vasily; Tsapayev, Dmitry (2012). Командный состав Войск ПВО Красной Армии в годы Великой Отечественной и советско-японской войн 1941–1945 гг [Command structure of the Red Army Air Defense Troops in the years of the Great Patriotic and Soviet-Japanese wars of 1941-1945] (in Russian). Moscow: ARTKRAS. ISBN 978-5-9903475-2-6.
- Gurkin, V.V.; et al. (1972). Боевой состав Советской армии: Часть III (Январь — декабрь 1943 г.) [Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, Part III (January–December 1943)] (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat.
- Gurkin, V.V.; et al. (1988). Боевой состав Советской армии: Часть IV (Январь — декабрь 1944 г.) [Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, Part IV (January–December 1944)] (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat.
- Gurkin, V.V.; et al. (1990). Боевой состав Советской армии: Часть V (Январь—сентябрь 1945 г.) [Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, Part V (January–September 1945)] (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat.
- 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.