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327th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 327th Rifle Division was first formed in September 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, based on a cadre of workers from Voronezh. This formation was assigned to the Volkhov Front near Leningrad, toiling through the so-called "Rat's War" in the wooded swamps of that region and taking significant casualties in the encirclement of its 2nd Shock Army near Lyuban in early 1942. In January 1943, it helped to lead the partial raising of the German siege of Leningrad in Operation Iskra, distinguishing itself sufficiently to be redesignated as the 64th Guards Rifle Division. Well over a year later a second 327th Rifle Division was formed and was also moved to the Leningrad region where it took part in the offensive that drove Finland from the war, then spent the first months of 1945 clearing German forces from the coasts of the Baltic States and containing the German forces trapped in Courland. 1st Formation The division first formed on September 1, 1941 in the Oryol Military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The army was established in January 1918. The Bolsheviks raised an army to oppose the military confederations (especially the various groups collectively known as the White Army) of their adversaries during the Russian Civil War. Starting in February 1946, the Red Army, along with the Soviet Navy, embodied the main component of the Soviet Armed Forces; taking the official name of "Soviet Army", until its dissolution in 1991. The Red Army provided the largest land warfare, land force in the Allied victory in the European theatre of World War II, and its Soviet invasion of Manchuria, invasion of Manchuria assisted the unconditional surrender of Empire of Japan, Imperial Japan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
59th Army (Soviet Union)
The 59th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army. It was formed in November 1941 in the Siberian Military District. It was soon redeployed to the Arkhangelsk Military District and by December was part of the Volkhov Front. From January to April 1942, it fought in the Lyuban offensive operation, an unsuccessful attempt to relieve Leningrad. For the next two years, the army defended its bridgehead on the Volkhov River. During spring 1944, it fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod offensive, which broke the siege of Leningrad. During the summer of 1944, the army fought in the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive, helping to end the Continuation War. In December, the army transferred to the Sandomierz bridgehead, from which it launched the Vistula–Oder offensive in January 1945. At the end of January, the army crossed the Oder and then fought in the Lower Silesian offensive and the Upper Silesian offensive. By late March it was in the Sudetes. In May 1945, the army laun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
60th Army (Soviet Union)
The Red Army's 60th Army was a Soviet field army during the Second World War. It was first formed in reserve in the Moscow Military District in October 1941, but soon was disbanded. It was formed a second time in July 1942, and continued in service until postwar. The 60th Army was commanded by Gen. Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky for much of the war, and it was while in this command that he proved himself worthy to be promoted to the rank of General of the Army and command of a Front at the age of 38 years. Elements of the army went on to, among other things, liberate the Auschwitz concentration camp. First Formation The 60th Army was first formed in October 1941, as a reserve formation of the Moscow Military District. It comprised the 334th, 336th, 348th, 358th, and 360th Rifle Divisions and the 11th Cavalry Division. All these divisions had been formed in the Volga Military District in the preceding months. The army was under the command of Lt. Gen. M.A. Purkayev. In Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leningrad Front
The Leningrad Front (russian: Ленинградский фронт) was formed during the 1941 German approach on Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) by dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and Karelian Front on August 27, 1941. History The Leningrad Front was immediately given the task of containing the German drive towards Leningrad and defending the city from the approaching Army Group North. By September 1941, German forces to the south were effectively stopped on the outskirts of Leningrad, initiating the two-and-a-half-year-long siege of Leningrad. Although Finnish forces to the north stopped at the old Finnish–Soviet border, the Leningrad front suffered severe losses on the Finnish Front. From September 8, soldiers of the front were forced to conduct operations under the conditions of a blockade, with very little supply. Some supplies did reach the city however via the lake Road of Life. During the blockade, the front executed various offensive and de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
286th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 286th Rifle Division () was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II. Formed in the summer of 1941, the division entered combat during the fall of that year, fighting in operations attempting to break the siege of Leningrad. The division fought in the same area until the relief of Leningrad in February 1944, when it was transferred northwards to fight in the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, which ended the Continuation War. The division was transferred to Poland with the end of the Continuation War, and fought in the Vistula–Oder Offensive and the Prague Offensive in early 1945. The division was disbanded soon after the end of the war in the summer of 1945. History The 286th began forming on 10 July 1941 at Cherepovets, part of the Arkhangelsk Military District. Its basic order of battle included the 994th, 996th, and 998th Rifle Regiments, as well as the 854th Artillery Regiment. In mid-August the division was transferred to the Reserve of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XXXVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
The German XXXVIII Corps (''XXXVIII Armeekorps'') was a German army corps during World War II.'' On 8 January 1945, the XXXVIII Corps was redesignated as the XXXVIII Tank Corps (''XXXVIII Panzerkorps''). Commanders * Field Marshal (''Generalfeldmarschall'') Erich von Manstein - 1 February 1940 to 28 February 1941 * Infantry General (''General der Infanterie'') Friedrich-Wilhelm von Chappuis - 15 March 1941 to 23 April 1942 * Infantry General (''General der Infanterie'') Siegfried Haenicke - 23 April 1942 to 29 June 1942 * Artillery General (''General der Artillerie'') Kurt Herzog - 29 June 1942 to 8 January 1945 * Artillery General (''General der Artillerie'') Horst von Mellenthin - 8 January 1945 to 16 March 1945 (as the XXXVIII Tank Corps) * Artillery General (''General der Artillerie'') Kurt Herzog - 16 March 1945 - 10 May 1945 Area of operations * Germany - January 1940 to June 1940 * France - June 1940 to June 1941 * Eastern Front, northern sector - June 1941 to October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravan River
The Ravan () is a river in Leningrad Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Tigoda The Tigoda () is a river in Novgorodsky and Chudovsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast and Tosnensky and Kirishsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Volkhov. The length of the river is , and the area of its drain .... It starts from the Otlizino lake. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .«Река Равань» Russian State Water Registry References Rivers of Leningrad Oblast {{Russia-river-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
92nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryabovo, Tosnensky District, Leningrad Oblast
Ryabovo (russian: Ря́бово) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Tosnensky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located southeast of Saint Petersburg, between the towns of Tosno and Lyuban. Municipally it is incorporated as Ryabovskoye Urban Settlement, one of the seven urban settlements in the district. Population: History In 1907, Esmeralda Mende (russian: Эсмеральда Яковлевна Менде), a British citizen, bought a piece of land in Ryabovo and built a brick factory, which started operation in 1910. Prior to these events, Ryabovo was a summer house area. It was a part of Lyubanskaya Volost of Novgorodsky Uyezd of Novgorod Governorate. On 1 August 1927 the uyezds were abolished and Lyubansky District, with the administrative center in the town of Lyuban, was established. Ryabovo became a part of Lyubansky District. The governorates were also abolished, and the district was a part of Leningrad Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. On 23 July 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
I Army Corps (I. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II. It was established by upgrading the former staff of the 1st Division of the Reichsheer at Konigsberg on 1 October 1934.Axis History Factbook Commanders Area of operations * Poland - September 1939 to May 1940 * France - May 1940 to June 1941 * Eastern Front, Northern Sector - June 1941 to October 1944 * Courland Pocket - October 1944 to May 1945 See also * List of German corps in World War II List of German corps in World War II This is a list of German Army corps that existed during World War II. Army (Heer) Infantry corps I–IX * I Army Corps * II Army Corps * III Army Corps * IV Army Corps * V Army Corps * VI Army Corps * ... References External links Army,01 Military units and formations established in 1934 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 {{Germany-mil-unit-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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