78th Rifle Division
The 78th Rifle Division (Russian: 78-я стрелковая дивизия, romanized: 78-ya strelkovaya diviziya) was an infantry division of the Red Army, formed in 1932, in Novosibirsk, in the Siberian Military District. After being used to provide cadres for new divisions, in September 1939 the division was reformed for the second time. In 1940 the division was transferred to Khabarovsk in the Far Eastern Front.
At the
Second wartime formation
Colonel
The division was withdrawn for rebuilding in December, then sent to the
The division became part of the
From 21 February, the 78th, with the 35th Guards Rifle Corps of the 27th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, fought in the
At the end of the war, the division was subordinated to the 3rd Ukrainian Front, within the
Postwar
According to Crofoot's Armies of the Bear, the 78th Rifle Division was once again formed, for the fourth time, in 1955 and was subordinated to the
Later the 15th Guards Tank Division 'Mozyr' was withdrawn from the Central Group of Forces and relocated to Chebarkul.
Structure during 1941
- 40th Rifle Regiment (formerly the 232nd Rifle Regiment)
- 131st Rifle Regiment (formerly the 233rd Rifle Regiment)
- 258th Rifle Regiment (formerly the 234th Rifle Regiment)
- 71st Light Artillery Regiment (renamed the 159th Light Artillery Regiment on 5 November 1939)
- 210th Howitzer Artillery Regiment
- 139th Independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion
- 435th Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
- 60th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 89th Sapper Battalion
- 110th Independent Signals Battalion
- 104th Medical-Sanitation Battalion
- 70th Auto-Transport Battalion (reorganized into the 168th Auto-Transport Company)
- 25th Mobile Field Bakery
- 485th Field Postal Station
- 451st Field Cash Office of the State Bank
References
Citations
- ^ "9-я гвардейская стрелковая дивизия" [9th Guards Rifle Division]. samsv.narod.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
- ^ Grylev 1970, p. 40.
- ^ Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 1964, p. 138.
- ^ a b c d Tsapayev & Goremykin 2015, pp. 837–838.
- ^ Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 1967a, p. 504.
- ^ Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 1967b, p. 24.
- ^ Tsapayev & Goremykin 2014, p. 514.
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 463.
- ^ Форум; Feskov et al 2013, 179.
- ^ Holm, Michael. "78th Training Motorised Rifle Division". ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
Bibliography
- Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union (1967a). Сборник приказов РВСР, РВС СССР, НКО и Указов Президиума Верховного Совета СССР о награждении орденами СССР частей, соединениий и учреждений ВС СССР. Часть I. 1920 - 1944 гг [Collection of orders of the RVSR, RVS USSR and NKO on awarding orders to units, formations and establishments of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Part I. 1920–1944] (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union (1967b). Сборник приказов РВСР, РВС СССР, НКО и Указов Президиума Верховного Совета СССР о награждении орденами СССР частей, соединениий и учреждений ВС СССР. Часть II. 1945 - 1966 гг [Collection of orders of the RVSR, RVS USSR and NKO on awarding orders to units, formations and establishments of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Part II. 1945–1966] (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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.
- Grylev, A. N. (1970). "Перечень № 5. Стрелковых, горнострелковых, мотострелковых и моторизованных дивизии, входивших в состав Действующей армии в годы Великой Отечественной войны 1941-1945 гг" [List (Perechen) No. 5: Rifle, Mountain Rifle, Motor Rifle and Motorized divisions, part of the active army during the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945] (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- 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.
- Tsapayev, D.A.; et al. (2014). Великая Отечественная: Комдивы. Военный биографический словарь [The Great Patriotic War: Division Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Vol. 3. Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 978-5-9950-0382-3.
- Tsapayev, D.A.; et al. (2015). Великая Отечественная: Комдивы. Военный биографический словарь [The Great Patriotic War: Division Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Vol. 4. Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 978-5-9950-0602-2.
Further reading
- Glantz, David M. (2007). Red Storm Over the Balkans: The Failed Soviet Invasion of Romania. OCLC 70149277.
External links and sources
- 78th Rifle Division Order of Battle.
- Feskov et al., The Soviet Army during the Period of the Cold War, Tomsk University Press, Tomsk, 2004