333rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 333rd Rifle Division began forming in the North Caucasus Military District in August, 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, as part of the massive mobilization of reserve forces very shortly after the German invasion. In 1942 it served in the late winter and early spring fighting near Kharkov, taking a beating both then and during the opening stages of the German summer offensive. Withdrawn into the reserves, the division was rebuilt in time to take part in the Soviet counteroffensive at Stalingrad in November, and played an important role in driving the German forces out of the Caucasus region during the winter. In the autumn of 1943 the division shared credit with the 25th Guards Rifle Division for the liberation of Sinelnikovo in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, receiving that plac
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333rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 333rd Rifle Division began forming in the North Caucasus Military District in August, 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, as part of the massive mobilization of reserve forces very shortly after the German invasion. In 1942 it served in the late winter and early spring fighting near Kharkov, taking a beating both then and during the opening stages of the German summer offensive. Withdrawn into the reserves, the division was rebuilt in time to take part in the Soviet counteroffensive at Stalingrad in November, and played an important role in driving the German forces out of the Caucasus region during the winter. In the autumn of 1943 the division shared credit with the 25th Guards Rifle Division for the liberation of Sinelnikovo in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, receiving that plac
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The 333rd Rifle Division began ...... arrison duties in the Balkans.
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Sinelnikovo
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Col. Ivan Mikhailovich Afonin
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Col. Mitrofan Ilich Matveev
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Maj. Gen. Anisim Mikhailovich Golosko
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Maj. Gen. Yakov Sergeevich Dashevskii
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The 333rd Rifle Division began ...... sk Oblast, receiving that plac
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333rd Rifle Division (August 20, 1941July 31, 1946)
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