310th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
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The 310th Rifle Division was a standard Red Army rifle division formed on July 15, 1941 in Kazakhstan before being sent to the vicinity of Leningrad, where it spent most of the war, sharing a similar combat path with its "sister", the 311th Rifle Division. The soldiers of the division fought until early 1944 to, first, hold open some sort of lifeline to the besieged city, then to break the siege and drive off the besieging German forces. They then participated in the offensive that drove Germany's Finnish allies out of the war. Finally, the division was redeployed to take the fight to the German heartland in the winter and spring of 1945. It ended the war north of Berlin with a very creditable combat record for any rifle division.
310th Rifle Division (July 15, 1941 – 1945) | |
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Active | 1941–1945 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Type | Division |
Role | Infantry |
Engagements | Siege of Leningrad Lyuban Offensive Operation Novgorod–Luga Offensive Svir–Petrozavodsk Offensive Vistula-Oder Offensive East Pomeranian Offensive Berlin Strategic Offensive |
Decorations | Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner |
Battle honours | Novgorod |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Maj. Gen. Nikifor Matveevich Zamirovski Col. Mikhail Andreevich Orlov Col. Nikolai Vasilevich Rogov |