40th Guards Rifle Division
The 40th Guards Rifle Division was one of a series of ten Guards rifle divisions (32nd - 41st) of the Red Army formed from airborne troops in the spring and summer of 1942 in preparation for, or in response to, the German summer offensive. It fought in the Stalingrad area during that battle, eventually in the operations that encircled German 6th Army, and then continued to serve in the several campaigns in the south sector of the front, helping to liberate Ukraine and the Balkans, and ending the war at Vienna.
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40th Guards Rifle Division
The 40th Guards Rifle Division was one of a series of ten Guards rifle divisions (32nd - 41st) of the Red Army formed from airborne troops in the spring and summer of 1942 in preparation for, or in response to, the German summer offensive. It fought in the Stalingrad area during that battle, eventually in the operations that encircled German 6th Army, and then continued to serve in the several campaigns in the south sector of the front, helping to liberate Ukraine and the Balkans, and ending the war at Vienna.
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Col. L.Sh. Bransburg
Mjr. Gen. A.I. Pastrevich
Mjr. Gen. G.F. Panchenko
Mjr. Gen. N.F. Sukharev
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(6 August 1942 - ca. 1946)
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(ca. 1946 - April 1957)
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17th Guards Mechanised Division
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17th Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957 - 1990s)
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40th Guards Rifle Division
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