Since January 1942, he has been conducting offensive and defensive battles in the Gzhatsk direction. 08/12/1942 put into reserve Western Front. August 14, 1942 took up defensive positions on the river. Zhizdra from Gretnya to the mouth of the river. Red. Over the next days, together with the 32nd brigade, they repelled the attacks of the German 17th and 9th tank divisions(Operation Wirbelwind). On August 18, the Kampfgruppe Seitz (63rd MP, 17th Tank Division) broke through the division's defenses - two battalions of the 33rd Guards Rifle Regiment were surrounded and the division headquarters was defeated. The defense of the 40th and 27th Guards Rifle Regiments was led by Major Shcherbina. The division commander - General P. N. Chernyshev - on August 19, showing cowardice, fled to the rear [source?]. From further defeat the division was saved by a counterattack of the 9th TC and the 326th Rifle Division. By August 23, units of the 40th and 33rd Guards Rifle Regiments withdrew beyond the river. Drisenka - from where they launched a counteroffensive in the following days. By August 26, parts of the division, pursuing the retreating enemy, crossed the river. Zhizdra and liberated the village of Vosty. From September 1942 until the beginning of February 1943, the division was on the defensive. south of the river Zhizdra at the turn of Gretnya, Vosta, Ulyanovsk district, Kaluga region.
Subsequently, she took part in the battles in the Battle of Kursk, in the Orel region. In October 1943, it concentrated in the Nevel area. There, the division, together with other units, on December 24, 1943, captured the large railway junction Gorodok. She participated in the Belarusian strategic offensive operation (Operation Bagration), distinguished herself in the battles for Vitebsk, crossed the Neman near the city of Alytus, seizing a bridgehead and advancing 60 kilometers in three days. Then she took part in the Gumbinen and East Prussian operations, the capture of Koenigsberg, and the battles in the Pillau area.
Subordination:
Western Front, 16th Army, 5th Guards Rifle Corps - as of 04/01/1942.
Western Front, 16th Army - as of 01/01/1943.
Western Front, 1st Guards Army, 8th Guards Rifle Corps - as of 07/01/1943.
Bryansk Front, 11th Guards Army, 16th Guards Rifle Corps - as of 10/01/1943.
1st Baltic front, 11th Guards Army, 16th Guards Rifle Corps - as of 01/01/1944.
3rd Belorussian Front, 11th Guards Army, 16th Guards Rifle Corps - as of 01/01/1945.
3rd Belorussian Front, Zemland Group of Forces, 11th Guards Army, 16th Guards Rifle Corps - as of 01/01/1945.
Compound:
27th Guards Rifle Regiment
33rd Guards Rifle Regiment
40th Guards Rifle Regiment
30th Guards Artillery Regiment
8th (146th) Guards Anti-Aircraft Battery (until 03/19/1943)
22nd Guards Mortar Battalion (until 11/18/1942)
22nd Guards Machine Gun Battalion (from 11/19/1942 to 03/25/1943)
9th Guards Reconnaissance
15th Guards Engineer Battalion
12th Guards separate communications battalion (until 10/21/1942)
12th Guards Separate Communications Company (from 10/21/1942 to 12/05/1944)
381st (2nd) Medical Battalion
14th Guards Separate Chemical Protection Company
504th (17th) motor transport company
500th (5th) field bakery
502nd Divisional Veterinary Infirmary
927th field post station
394th field cash desk of the State Bank.
Commanders:
Chernyshev Pyotr Nikolaevich (01/05/1942 - 08/22/1942), colonel, from 05/03/1942 major general
Shcherbina Ivan Kuzmich (08/23/1942 - 08/29/1942), colonel
Boreyko Arkady Aleksandrovich (08/30/1942 - 11/10/1942), major general
Shcherbina Ivan Kuzmich (11/11/1942 - 11/16/1942), colonel
Fedyunkin Ivan Fedorovich (11/18/1942 - 07/22/1943), colonel, major general from 11/17/1942
Maksimov Alexander Ivanovich (07/23/1943 - 02/20/1944), brigade commander, major general from 09/01/1943
Tsyganov Nikolai Georgievich (02/21/1944 - 05/09/1945), colonel, from 06/03/1944 major general.
Awards:
05/03/1942 - awarded the Order of the Red Banner
12/24/1943 - received the honorary name "Gorodokskaya"
07/07/1944 - awarded the Order of Suvorov
??.11.1944 - awarded the Order of Lenin.
Known warriors of the division:
Major General Tsyganov Nikolai Georgievich - division commander, Hero Soviet Union.
Guard Lieutenant Ionosyan Vladimir Abramovich - platoon commander of the 27th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Akhmaldinov Fazulyan Fazlyevich - commander of the 9th Guards separate reconnaissance company, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
Guards Private Kukunin Sergei Alexandrovich - machine gunner of the 40th Guards Regiment. Forever enlisted in the lists of the rifle regiment.
18th rifle division(II f) in the army from September 26, 1941 to January 5, 1942.
On January 5, 1942, for military prowess, it was transformed into the 11th Guards Rifle (later - the Gorodok Order of Lenin, the Red Banner Order of Suvorov) division.
11th Guards Rifle Gorodok Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division in the army twice:
- from January 5, 1942 to April 22, 1944;
- from May 28, 1944 to May 9, 1945 ...
18th Moscow Rifle Division of the People's Militia
Formed in the hotel "Sovetskaya" (Leningradsky prospect, prospect, house 32/2). By the evening of July 4, 1941, over 7,500 applications had been received by the commission for its formation, including from the factories of the Second Watch, named after Menzhinsky, named after Osoaviakhim, Izolyator, from the factories Bolshevik, Java, from the Aviation Institute. Among the applicants there were many young men and women - students and high school students. So, a whole course of students from the Surikov Art Institute with their teacher Chegodaev joined the division. The division also included three battalions formed in the Moscow region: Krasnogorsk, Dmitrovsky and Kurovsky. An entire class of graduates who graduated from high school in June 1941, together with his teachers S.A. Khazin, I.O. Filatov, K.M. Kilinsky. The first commander of the division was Colonel Petr Kirillovich Zhivalev, a participant in the war with Finland, holder of the Order of the Red Banner.On July 7 and 8, units and divisions of the division were transferred to the barracks. The composition of the division was as follows: 1st, 2nd, 3rd rifle regiments, 18th reserve rifle regiment, separate artillery battalion, separate scooter reconnaissance company, sapper company, ors, medical battalion, autotractor company. On July 10, 1941, the division entered the Krasnogorsk region of the Moscow Region, and on July 20 - to the Volokolamsk region. While in the Volokolamsk forests, the personnel of the units took the military oath. On July 30, the division is included in the 32nd Army. On August 6, the redeployment of the division to the Vyazma region began, where it was assigned positions to the southwest, a few kilometers from the city. Day and night they dug trenches, built dugouts, engaged in combat training and training personnel.
Since September 1, the division had the 1306th, 1308th, 1310th rifle regiments, the 978th artillery regiment, the 702nd separate anti-aircraft artillery division, the 477th reconnaissance company, the 461st engineer battalion, 866 1st separate communications battalion, 500th medical battalion, 344th infantry regiment, 312th autotractor company, 927th PPS, 394th PKG. On September 20, 1941, the division consisted of: 10668 military personnel, 8621 enlisted men, 164 trucks, 2429 horses, 6345 carbines, 1366 automatic rifles, 129 heavy machine guns, 164 light machine guns, 160; guns: 76-mm guns - 28, 37-mm anti-aircraft guns - 14, 122-mm howitzers - 8, 82-mm mortars - 18, 50-mm - 81 and radio stations - 14. On September 30, 1941, by order of the people's commissar defense division was enrolled in the personnel troops and became known as the 18th Infantry Division.
At the end of September, the division was ordered to redeploy to the upper reaches of the Dnieper. The transfer of the division from near Kirov began on September 30 railway. The division was unloading at the Novodugino and Sychevka stations. On the morning of October 3, the division began to occupy its assigned line in the bend of the Dnieper - in the area of the villages of Volochek, Kamenets, Obledy. The defense zone was 25 kilometers in the second echelon of the front. At 2100, the headquarters of the Reserve Front reported to Headquarters that two regiments of the 18th division had reached the highway, 1.5 km from the Dnieper, and the artillery regiment was unloading in Sychevka. However, the division did not have time to take up positions. Even on the march, at 2100, she was attacked by the Germans and suffered heavy losses. Its 1310th rifle regiment, attacked by tanks, retreated in disorder towards Vyazma. The rest of the division began to withdraw along with other parts of the Reserve Front. The command managed to collect scattered and bloodless parts and divisions of the division, and in accordance with the order received, it advanced in the direction of Gzhatsk. For several days they went literally in parallel with the enemy: he was on the highway, the division was on forest roads. On October 7, at night in the forest, not far from the Tumanovo station, which is a few kilometers from Gzhatsk, the division's scouts met with a column. It turned out that the administration and headquarters of the 16th Army, led by K.K., were leaving the encirclement. Rokossovsky. He gave the order to subordinate the 18th division to his group.
On October 11-12, the 18th division completed its exit from the encirclement. When approaching Mozhaisk, the division received an order from the commander to concentrate in the Zvenigorod area. On October 14, she arrived in the specified area. After that, she became part of the newly formed 16th Army of Rokossovsky and was withdrawn to the army reserve. The German 10th Panzer Division captured the settlements of Agafidovo, Kozlovo and Skirmanovo. Skirmanovo was located on the western slopes of the height dominating the entire district with a mark of 260.4. From it, even in bad weather, forests, settlements, roads are clearly visible for tens of kilometers. The Hitlerite command, having appreciated the significance of this height, turned Skirmanovo and especially height 260.4 into a heavily fortified point. The Germans hung from the south over the Volokolamsk - Istra - Moscow highway and shot through it with artillery fire. The 18th division received the task, together with the 316th rifle division of General Panfilov and the 78th rifle division of Colonel Beloborodov, to capture Skirmanov. During all last days October and early November, the 18th division tried to capture Skirmanovo, but all its attempts were unsuccessful. The unsuccessful outcome of the battles showed that the soldiers of the division still lacked the military ability to knock out the enemy from fortified positions. Therefore, it was decided to thoroughly prepare, carefully plan everything and strike. The commander of the 16th Army, Rokossovsky, decided: the 18th division with the 50th cavalry division of General Pliev and the 1st Guards Tank Brigade of Colonel Katukov, with the support of the 523rd cannon, 289th, 863rd, 694th anti-tank regiments and three divisions guards mortars strike at the enemy's defense not in the forehead, but around and take possession locality. On November 12, after strong artillery preparation, the division went on the attack and, after fierce, bloody battles, captured Skirmanov on November 13. While the Red Army fought defensive battles, our losses, at least, did not exceed the German ones. So the 28th tank brigade destroyed 24 enemy tanks in defensive battles. But Skirmanovo came at a high price. And it's only for two days. On the 16th he had to be abandoned - the Germans launched a new offensive against Moscow.
Plan:
- Introduction
- 1. History
- 2 Full name
- 3 Submission
- 4 Composition
- 5 Commanders
- 6 Awards
- 7 Notable warriors of the division
Introduction
11th Guards Rifle Division- military unit of the USSR in the Great Patriotic war
1. History
Since January 1942, he has been conducting offensive and defensive battles in the Gzhatsk direction. 08/12/1942 withdrawn to the reserve of the Western Front. August 14, 1942 took up defensive positions on the river. Zhizdra from Gretnya to the mouth of the river. Red. Over the next days, together with the 32nd brigade, they repelled the attacks of the German 17th and 9th tank divisions (Operation Wirbelwind). On August 18, the Kampfgruppe Seitz (63rd MP, 17th Tank Division) broke through the division's defenses - two battalions of the 33rd Guards Rifle Regiment were surrounded and the division headquarters was defeated. The defense of the 40th and 27th Guards Rifle Regiments was led by Major Shcherbina. The division commander - General P. N. Chernyshev - on August 19, showing cowardice, fled to the rear [ ] . The division was saved from further defeat by a counterattack by the 9th Tank Corps and the 326th Rifle Division. By August 23, units of the 40th and 33rd Guards Rifle Regiments withdrew beyond the river. Drisenka - from where they launched a counteroffensive in the following days. By August 26, parts of the division, pursuing the retreating enemy, crossed the river. Zhizdra and liberated the village of Vosty. From September 1942 until the beginning of February 1943, the division took up defense south of the Zhizdra River at the turn of Gretnya, Vosta, Ulyanovsk District, Kaluga Region.
Subsequently, she took part in the battles in the Battle of Kursk, in the Orel region. In October 1943, it concentrated in the Nevel area. There, the division, together with other units, on December 24, 1943, captured the large railway junction Gorodok. She participated in the Belarusian strategic offensive operation (Operation Bagration), distinguished herself in the battles for Vitebsk, crossed the Neman near the city of Alytus, seizing a bridgehead and advancing 60 kilometers in three days. Then she took part in the Gumbinen and East Prussian operations, the capture of Koenigsberg, and the battles in the Pillau area.
2. Full name
11th Guards Rifle Gorodok Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Division
3. Submission
- Western Front, 16th Army, 5th Guards Rifle Corps - as of 04/01/1942.
- Western Front, 16th Army - as of 01/01/1943.
- Western Front, 1st Guards Army, 8th Guards Rifle Corps - as of 07/01/1943.
- Bryansk Front, 11th Guards Army, 16th Guards Rifle Corps - as of 10/01/1943.
- 1st Baltic Front, 11th Guards Army, 16th Guards Rifle Corps - as of 01/01/1944.
- 3rd Belorussian Front, 11th Guards Army, 16th Guards Rifle Corps - as of 01/01/1945.
- 3rd Belorussian Front, Zemland Group of Forces, 11th Guards Army, 16th Guards Rifle Corps - as of 01/01/1945.
4. Composition
- 27th Guards Rifle Regiment
- 33rd Guards Rifle Regiment
- 40th Guards Rifle Regiment
- 30th Guards Artillery Regiment
- 8th (146th) Guards Anti-Aircraft Battery (until 03/19/1943)
- 22nd Guards Mortar Battalion (until 11/18/1942)
- 22nd Guards Machine Gun Battalion (from 11/19/1942 to 03/25/1943)
- 9th Guards Reconnaissance
- 15th Guards Engineer Battalion
- 12th Guards separate communications battalion (until 10/21/1942)
- 12th Guards Separate Communications Company (from 10/21/1942 to 12/05/1944)
- 381st (2nd) Medical Battalion
- 14th Guards Separate Chemical Protection Company
- 504th (17th) motor transport company
- 500th (5th) field bakery
- 502nd Divisional Veterinary Infirmary
- 927th field post station
- 394th field cash desk of the State Bank
5. Commanders
6. Awards
7. Famous warriors of the division
downloadThis abstract is based on an article from the Russian Wikipedia. Synchronization completed 07/12/11 04:06:40
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