16th Guards Rifle Division
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title:
16th Guards Rifle Division
text:
The 16th Guards Rifle Division was reformed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in February 1942, based on the 1st formation of the 249th Rifle Division, and served in that role until well after the end of the Great Patriotic War. It was in Kalinin Front when it was redesignated and remained in the northern half of the front throughout the war. In the summer it was assigned to Western Front's 30th Army to the north of the Rzhev salient and took part in the stubborn and costly struggle
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Military unit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Guards_Rifle_Division
date created:
2019-12-01T23:22:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T02:05:24Z
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