169th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 169th Rifle Division was formed as a standard Red Army rifle division beginning in late August, 1939, as part of the pre-war Soviet military build-up. It saw service in the occupation force in western Ukraine in September. The German invasion found it still in Ukraine, fighting back to the Dniepr until it was nearly destroyed. The partly-rebuilt division fought again at Kharkov, then was pulled back into reserve and sent deep into the Caucasus where it fought south of Stalingrad throughout that battle. Following another major redeployment the division helped in the liberation of Oryol, and the following race to the Dniepr. In 1944 and 1945 it was in 1st and 2nd Belorussian Fronts, participating successfully in the offensives that liberated Belarus, Poland, and conquered eastern Germany
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169th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 169th Rifle Division was formed as a standard Red Army rifle division beginning in late August, 1939, as part of the pre-war Soviet military build-up. It saw service in the occupation force in western Ukraine in September. The German invasion found it still in Ukraine, fighting back to the Dniepr until it was nearly destroyed. The partly-rebuilt division fought again at Kharkov, then was pulled back into reserve and sent deep into the Caucasus where it fought south of Stalingrad throughout that battle. Following another major redeployment the division helped in the liberation of Oryol, and the following race to the Dniepr. In 1944 and 1945 it was in 1st and 2nd Belorussian Fronts, participating successfully in the offensives that liberated Belarus, Poland, and conquered eastern Germany
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169-я стрелковая дивизия (169 ...... .2.1943, 13.3.1943 — 9.5.1945.
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The 169th Rifle Division was f ...... ded the war on the Elbe River.
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Major General Ivan Evdokimovich Turunov
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Mjr. Gen. F.A. Veryovkin
Mjr. Gen. I.E Turunov
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Mjr. Gen. Ya.F. Yeryomenko
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169-я стрелковая дивизия (169 ...... .2.1943, 13.3.1943 — 9.5.1945.
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The 169th Rifle Division was f ...... and conquered eastern Germany
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169-я стрелковая дивизия
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169th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
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169th Rifle Division (25 August 1939 - 1946)
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