64th Rifle Division (1942–1945)
64th Rifle Division | |
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Active | 1942–1945 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Type | Infantry |
Engagements | World War II
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Battle honours | Mogilev |
The 64th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army which existed between 1942 and 1945.
History
The new 64th Rifle Division was formed in early 1942 in Serpukhov from the 7th Sapper Brigade, part of the Moscow Military District. In June 1942 the division joined the 8th Reserve Army. The division included the following elements:[1]
- 433rd Rifle Regiment
- 440th Rifle Regiment
- 451st Rifle Regiment
- 1029th Artillery Regiment
- 180th Reconnaissance Company
- 406th Separate Destroyer Anti-Tank Battalion
- 167th Sapper Battalion
- 613th Separate Signals Battalion
- 528th Auto Transport Company
- 109th Medical Battalion
- 124th Separate Chemical Defense Company
- 372nd Field Bakery
On 16 August, the division was moved to the front and took up defensive positions in the area of the settlement of Spartak, on the northern outskirts of
From 27 January to 3 February 1943, the division was transferred to the area around Sukhinichi in the Smolensk region, where it was included in the 16th Army and fought on the right bank of the Zhizdra River. From the end of April, she was part of the 50th Army and fought defensive battles in the area of the settlement of Shchigry in the Zhizdrinsky District of the Kaluga Oblast. Then the division marched to the area of the city of Serpeysk, where it became part of the 38th Rifle Corps of the 10th Army and until November fought offensive battles in the Roslavl and Mogilev directions.
At the end of April 1944, it became part of the
The division was disbanded in mid-1945 in accordance with the order that created the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.[2]
Commanders
- Colonel Aleksandr Ignatov (5 March 1942–1 June 1943)[1]
- Colonel Ivan Yaremenko (13 June 1943–3 June 1944)[1]
- Major General Timofey Shkrylyov (from 4 June 1944)[1]
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Lensky & Tsybin 2003, pp. 109–110.
- ^ Feskov et al. 2013, p. 380.
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.
- Lensky, A. G.; Tsybin, M. M. (2003). Первая сотня. Стрелковые, горнострелковые, мотострелковые, моторизованные дивизии РККА группы номеров 1-100 (1920-е - 1945 гг). Справочник [The First Hundred: Rifle, Mountain Rifle, Motor Rifle, and Motorized Divisions of the Red Army numbered 1-100 (1920s–1945): Handbook] (in Russian). St. Petersburg: Kompleks. ISBN 5-98278-003-0.