The 108th Infantry Bobruisk Order of Lenin. The Red Banner Division is a military unit of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War .
108th Infantry Bobruisk Order of Lenin Red Banner Division ( 108th pr ) | |
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Awards | |
Honorary titles | "Bobruisk" |
Troops | land |
Type of army | infantry |
Formation | 1939 |
Fighting way | |
1941: Belarus , Smolensk region , Moscow region 1942: Moscow region , Smolensk region 1943: Smolensk region , Oryol region , Bryansk region , Belarus 1944: Belarus , Poland 1945: Poland , Germany |
The period of finding the 108th Infantry Division in the army during the Great Patriotic War from June 22, 1941 to May 9, 1945 [1] .
The division was formed in 1939 and was part of the 44th rifle corps of the reserve of the Western Front , deployed in Vyazma .
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Participation in the Great Patriotic War
Battle of Bialystok-Minsk (June 22 - July 8, 1941)
From June 15, 1941, the 108th rifle division as part of the 44th rifle corps of the 13th Army began to redeploy to Zaslavl , Zhdanovichi . On June 22, the division concentrated in the area of Kolodishchi , east of Minsk [2] .
On June 24, a division consisting of two regiments (407 and 444 sp), one division 575 artillery regiment and the assigned third division 49 corps artillery regiment performed for defense in Minsk UR on the site Krasnoye , Dzerzhinsk , Stankovo 40 kilometers in defense zone [ 3] . The third regiment of the division (539 sp.) Continued to regroup in the Minsk region, a significant part of the artillery and anti-tank means of the division were at the disposal of the commander of the 44 rifle corps, the compound was not fully provided with ammunition and property, and the unloaded reserves at Ratomka station with their own vehicles were not yet obtained by mobilization, the division could not deliver. Arrived by June 27, 539 joint venture 108 detachment of the division, separated from the main forces of the division, occupied the defense along the right bank of the river Ptich along the line of Ozery, Volkovichi, Letskovshchina with the task of preventing the enemy from breaking through to Minsk from the south-west [4] . On the morning of June 27, units 2 and 44 rifle corps, including the 108 rifle division, subordinated 13 army , the commander of which lieutenant-general P. Filatov brought the task of the People’s Commissar of Defense : Minsk in no case fail the encirclement of his defensive forces [5] .
On the morning of June 28, positions of 444 squadron of 108 division in the Dzerzhinsk region were attacked by units of the 2nd German Tank Group . By the middle of the day, the enemy’s tanks, advancing from the Dzerzhinsk region, broke through the defense of 108 pr, destroyed the artillery division of the 575th artillery regiment and the attached 3rd division of the 49th artillery regiment. Several tanks attacked the command post of the 44th rifle corps [4] .
From the evening of June 28, units of the 108th rifle division were fighting in complete surroundings (in the so-called “Minsk Cauldron”), without communication with the command. On the night of June 29, the division commander, Major General A.I. Mavrichev brought the remnants of the division to the area of Old Village where he occupied the all-round defense , separate divisions of the division continued to occupy focal defense in the areas of Dzerzhinsk, Kukshevichi, Stankovo , Podgay [6] . During the day of June 29, the enemy did not take active action against the division, engaging in a change of units occupied on the eve of Minsk. On June 30, Commander of the 3rd Army, Lieutenant-General V. I. Kuznetsov , leaving the encirclement as part of his army headquarters, united the remnants of the 64th and 108th rifle divisions under his command and, due to the senselessness of holding their positions after the fall of Minsk decided to break through on July 1 to July 2 of the connections from the encirclement in the southeast direction through Fanipol , further in the direction of Bobruisk , Gomel [7] .
By July 1, the subordinate commander of the 108th arrow division consisted of about 500 men from the 407 rifle regiment, anti-tank division and reconnaissance battalion of the division, about 300 men from the support units, two surviving guns of the 49th corps artillery regiment, about 120 frontier troops and personnel other units that joined the division, a total of about 2,000 people [8] . Before the breakthrough, all unnecessary property, documentation was burned, equipment left without fuel and projectiles was destroyed. On July 2, 1941, during the breakthrough of the consolidated detachment of the division through the highway and railroad Dzerzhinsk-Minsk, during the battle, the last guns of the anti-tank division and the 49th corps artillery regiment were lost. Two weeks later, about 1,200 men from the 108th rifle division left the front line [9] [10] .
Battle of Smolensk (July 10 - September 10, 41) [11] [12]
In the second half of July, the remnants of units of the 44th infantry corps , including the 108th Infantry Division, were withdrawn to the reserve of the Western Front and concentrated in the area of Semlevo , Vyazma where an urgent re-formation was carried out. On July 26, the 44th Rifle Corps began its nomination to the Svishchevo area and to the Solovyov ferry, and already on July 27, the 108th Infantry Division, which had joined the Group of Forces of the Yartsevo sector, Major General Rokossovsky , arrived to repel the enemy’s attempt to capture the Solovyov ferry .
On July 28, the division in the corps went on the offensive in the direction of Usinino with the task of clearing the road to ensure the supply of the 20th army . Until August 5, the division conducted military operations on the western bank of the Vop River, providing for the actions of the troops defending Smolensk , then took up defensive positions on the eastern bank of the Vop river at the line of the mark. 169.9, the Skrushevsky farmsteads.
On the night of 15 to 16 August, the defense line of the 108th division was expanded at the expense of the sector taken from the 64th rifle division involved in the operation to defeat the enemy's Gluchshchinskaya grouping. On September 3 and 4, the division tried to go on the offensive on the west bank of the Vop river in the direction of Podroshie , but did not succeed and on September 5 went over to the defensive at the previous line.
Vyazma operation (October 2-13, 1941) [13]
By October 1941, the division was replenished and occupied defenses along the Vop river, south of Yartsevo (Smolensk region) . By the beginning of the Vyazemsk operation, the division had a strength of 10,095 men, defended in the Yartsevo area in the first echelon of the 16th army in the direction of concentrating the main efforts of the unification. The division's defense sector was located outside the direction of enemy strikes.
On October 6, the division was sent to the Vyazma area, as part of the 16th army being created on the Vyazemsky direction in order to counteract the enemy groups that had broken through. However, time was lost, the management of the 16th Army managed to avoid encirclement, and the 108th Infantry Division fell into the group of General Ershakov , as a part of which she fought from October 9 to 12 trying to break out of encirclement.
Less than one-third of the division, led by the commander, Major-General Orlov N. I., went out to their own in the Dorokhovo area.
Klin-Solnechnogorsk defensive operation (November 15 - December 5, 1941) [14]
The remnants of the division that had left the encirclement were incorporated into the 33rd Army . In early November, the compound was replenished with personnel to 7556 people and participated in the construction of fortifications on the Zosimov desert section, Naro-Fominsk . By November 15, the 108th Infantry Division was in the second echelon of the 33rd Army, occupying a defense 15 km from the front edge at the turn of Rassudovo , Rudnevo with the task of covering the Kiev highway.
On November 20, 1941, in connection with the enemy’s breakthrough at the close approaches to Moscow, the command of the Western Front transferred the division to the 5th Army and redeployed to Zvenigorod region by car, where, together with the 145th separate tank brigade, took up defense at the junction with 16 th army at the line Kotovo , Nasonovo . From November 21, 1941, leading stubborn battles with the advancing units of the 9th German Army Corps , under pressure from the enemy, the compound slowly moved eastward. On November 24, the remnants of the 129th Infantry Division were merged into the division . November 27-29, the division entrenched at the turn of Ivanovo , Funkovo . On November 30, under pressure from the enemy, Ivanovo was abandoned. During the battles near Zvenigorod, the division’s losses amounted to more than half of the personnel, its number was reduced to 2,400 people.
Naro-Fominsk defensive operation (December 1-5, 1941) [14]
By the beginning of the last attempt of the German troops to break through to Moscow, the 108th Infantry Division led defensive battles on the right flank of the 5th Army at the junction with the 16th Army . On December 1, 1941, in the division’s defense line, the formations of the 9th German Army Corps launched an offensive. By the end of December 2, as a result of fierce battles that reached hand-to-hand fights, the division moved south-east to the Anosino , Pokrovskoye , Pavlovskaya Sloboda , Yuryevo line .
On the morning of December 3, the division, reinforced by the 37th Infantry and 22nd Tank Brigades, counterattacked the enemy from the Pokrovsk line, a corner of the forest east of Yuryevo . During the day, Pokrovskoye and Padikovo passed from hand to hand several times. On December 4, the division entrenched at the turn of Pavlovskaya Sloboda , Yuryevo . After the hardest battles, 120-150 active bayonets remained in the regiments. The enemy who acted against it — the units of the 252nd Infantry Division , having exhausted their strength, did not take any more active actions.
Klin-Solnechnogorsk offensive operation (December 6-25, 1941) [14] [15] [16]
By the beginning of the Soviet counteroffensive near Moscow, the 108th Infantry Division remained on the right flank of the 5th Army, occupying defenses around the line Pavlovskaya Sloboda , Yuryevo .
At 2 pm on December 5, the division, as part of the troops of the right flank of the 5th Army assisting the troops of the 16th Army , launched an offensive in the direction of Pavlovskaya Sloboda , Surmino . By the end of the day, parts of the division were able to advance by 2–3 km, however , they couldn’t overcome the enemy’s defense, which had established itself at the Boriskovo line. Only by the end of December 10, after stubborn battles, the division was able to capture Padikovo first, then Boriskovo .
After the attack of the 5th Army south of Zvenigorod on December 11, the 108th Rifle Division, overcoming the stubborn resistance of the enemy, was able to advance another 4-5 km over two days, capturing Ivanovo’s area on December 11, and by the end of December 12 - Petrovskoye . On December 13, after the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps was withdrawn to the rear of the enemy, the enemy, disguised as rear guard, began to retreat in the direction of Ruz . Continuing to carry on persistent offensive battles of the 108th Infantry Division, together with the 37th Infantry Brigade and the 43rd Infantry Brigade, by December 18, having overcome almost 40 km, it reached the line Remyanitsa , Vishenki .
From December 19, the division was withdrawn to the army reserve and transferred to the direction of the main attack of the army. Already on December 20, in order to build up efforts to seize the well-fortified city of Ruza, the division was brought into battle, but this did not produce significant results. On December 21, the 108th Infantry Division and the 37th Infantry Brigade with two battalions crossed the Ruza River and began the battle for the capture of Small Ivantsevo. By the end of the day, the Germans launched a counterattack, forcing our units to withdraw to the east bank of the Ruza River. From that time on, the offensive of the 5th Army was exhausted, the formations and units suffered significant losses and were forced to go on the defensive. The 108th Infantry Division, reflecting the enemy’s counterattacks, entrenched in the area east of Likhachevo .
Rzhev-Vyazma offensive (January 8 - April 20, 1942) [14] [16]
By the beginning of the Rzhev-Vyazemsky operation, the 108th Infantry Division occupied defenses at the reached line — on the left flank of the 5th Army . For two weeks in the defense, the division was replenished with personnel and prepared for a new offensive.
From 6 to 10 January, the division conducted demonstrative offensive actions. On January 11, the division was transferred by army vehicles to the Kryukovo area on the left flank of the army in order to build up efforts in the direction of the main attack of the army. On January 12, the division launched an offensive, seizing Novotroitsk , Petrishchevo and reaching the line Yastrebovo , Novo-Arkhangelskoye by the end of the day. On January 13, the division overcame about 10 km and reached the Mishinka line, the Stroganka , covering Dorokhovo from the south. On January 14, the enemy was forced to leave Dorokhovo, covered by units of the 50th , 82nd and 108th rifle divisions. By January 16, having overcome another 20 km, the division captured the Otyakovo district, Mikhailovskoye, reaching the southern outskirts of Mozhaisk . From January 17 to January 20, the division fought on the southern approaches to Mozhaisk, taking Kolachevo on January 20 .
January 20, the enemy was forced to leave Mozhaisk. On January 21, the 108th Division, pursuing the enemy, advanced 15 km and captured the area of Artemka , Fomino .
The last point that the division seized on the Gzhatsky direction was the village of Nekrasovo (now it does not exist). Subsequently, the Soviet troops on the Gzhatsky direction did not have significant progress, as they stopped in front of the Vasilkovsky center of the German resistance, 16 km south-east of the city of Gzhatsk (now Gagarin, Smolensk region ). This node was part of the general defensive system of the Gzhatskii fortified area, which was overcome only in 1943 [17] .
By April 1942, the units of the 5th Army were forced to go on the defensive. In total, in the course of the Rzhev-Vyazma offensive operation of 1942, the 108th division fought about 60 km.
First Rzhev-Sychev operation (30.07-01.10.1942) [18]
From April 1942 to February 1943, the division as part of the 5th Army held defenses in the Gzhatsk area. On June 16, at the site of defense of 108 division at 04.40, the enemy, with forces reaching the company, launched an attack from the Belochkino area (14 km north-east Gzhatsk), penetrated into the southeast part of the grove (400 m north of Polyaninovo). On June 17, the division tried unsuccessfully to counterattack. The division probably did not take part in the attack on Karmanovo ( Gzhat operation ). In the 5th army, the 108th division was considered one of the best, including on the basis of the division, the commanders and units commanders were collected. In February 1943, the division was transferred to the 10th Army .
The 1943 Rzhev-Vyazma operation (02.03-23.03.43)
В феврале 1943 года дивизия была выведена из состава 5-й армии и совершив 400-километровый марш на левый фланг Западного фронта вошла в состав 10-й армии . В марте 1943 года дивизия принимала участие в наступательных боях в районе Жиздры , ведя упорные бои по овладению Крестьянской горы (Кретовой горы). После прекращения неудавшейся операции дивизия занимала оборону на Жиздринском плацдарме по рубежу Ожигово, Дретово, Бабикино (35 км южнее Козельска ), с апреля войдя в состав 16-й армии (с мая 1943 года — 11-я гвардейская армия ).
Орловская наступательная операция (12.07-18.08.43) [18] [19] [20]
С мая 1943 года войска 11-й гвардейской армии вели подготовку к наступлению. В период подготовки к операции 108-я стрелковая дивизия, а также 217-я стрелковая дивизия и 16-я гвардейская стрелковая дивизия занимали армейскую полосу обороны, обеспечивая подготовку к наступлению остальных дивизий армии.
В ночь с 9 на 10 июля подразделения 11-й и 83-й гвардейских стрелковых дивизий сменили на переднем крае подразделения 108-й дивизии, после чего 108-я дивизия была выведена в резерв армии — в район Дретово . Артиллерия дивизии (122-мм гаубиц — 12, 76-мм дивизионных пушек — 16, 120-мм миномётов — 14, 82-мм миномётов — 58) была оставлена на занимаемых огневых позициях для участия в артиллерийской поддержке 83-й гвардейской стрелковой дивизии 8-го гвардейского стрелкового корпуса на время боя за главную полосу обороны противника. Кроме того, к проделыванию проходов в тыловых минных полях и заграждениях в полосе 11-й гвардейской дивизии привлекался 172-й отдельный сапёрный батальон дивизии. [21]
К исходу дня 17 июля частям 2-й танковой армии , закрепившись на поспешно занятых рубежах, удалось приостановить наступление 8-го гвардейского стрелкового корпуса 11-й гвардейской армии на Болховском направлении. Командующий армией принял решение нарастить усилия вводом в сражение своего резерва — 108-й дивизии.
В ночь с 17 на 18 июля части дивизии сменили подразделения 83-й гвардейской стрелковой дивизии и с утра перешла в наступление с рубежа Крутицкое, Подсадное в направлении Столбчее и Долбилово , обороняемые подразделениями 20-й танковой дивизии из состава 2-й танковой армии . В первом эшелоне наступали 444-й стрелковый полк на левом фланге и 539-й полк — на правом, во втором эшелоне — 407-й стрелковый полк. 539-й стрелковый полк успешно отразив контратаку противника силою до батальона овладел к 17.00 Руднево, оседлав шоссе Болхов , Знаменское . 444-й полк овладел Столбчее, но был остановлен упорным сопротивлением противника у Долбилово. Нарастив усилия вводом второго эшелона и отразив ещё одну контратаку, к исходу суток дивизия овладела Долбилово, тем самым выполнив ближайшую задачу, преодолела более 10 км и перерезала пути снабжения Болховской группировки противника.
19 июля предполагалась продолжить наступление, однако с утра по боевым порядкам дивизии был нанесён массированный авиационный удар и с 10.00 противник нанёс контрудар (до двух полков пехоты и до 120 танков) по частям дивизии. С приданным 333-м истребительным-противотанковым артиллерийским полком и остатками 5-го танкового корпуса (около 10 танков), дивизия вела упорные бои, в том числе в полуокружении, однако 20 июля ранее занятые районы пришлось оставить. Потеряв более 3500 человек, в том числе получил тяжёлые ранения командир 444-го полка майор Лазов А. В., части дивизии отошли в район 16 км юго-западнее Болхов . Именно за эти бои дивизия была награждена орденом Красного Знамени.
Окружить болховскую группировку немецко-фашистских войск так и не удалось, противник смог планомерно отойти на подготовленный рубеж обороны (линия «Хаген»).
In August, the 108th Division was transferred to the 50th Army by taking part in the final battles of the Oryol operation. On August 18, together with the 110th Infantry Division , the 108th Division attempted to advance in the Korneevo area, Kalinino, in the direction of Ulemle , to capture the bridgehead on the western bank of the Bolva River, but did not succeed.
Bryansk offensive operation (01.09-03.10.43) [18] [22]
On August 30, 1943, the commander of the Bryansk Front, Colonel-General M. Popov , decided to regroup the 50th army units from the Zhizdra area to the Kirov area to strike at the flank and rear of the Kirov enemy forces.
By September 2, the 108th Infantry Division, as part of the 50th Army, had made a 100 km march, concentrating around 12 km west of Kirov. On September 4th, reconnaissance was conducted in which, in particular, one rifle battalion from the 108th division participated, the breakthrough section was specified. On September 7, units of the 108th, 369th and 324th infantry divisions go on the offensive in the first echelon of the army from the line of 20-25 km west of Kirov in the Dubrovka region (Kaluga region). The defense of the German 321st Infantry Division , which did not expect a strike, was broken on the first day of the offensive, and the 2nd Cavalry Corps was introduced. By September 11, units of the cavalry corps were able to seize a bridgehead on the western bank of the Desna River and cut the important railway Bryansk , Roslavl . However, the German command tightened the reserves, and by holding a number of counterattacks halted the offensive of our troops. Units of the 2nd Cavalry were actually surrounded. On September 11, the 108th Infantry Division received the task of ensuring the connection with the corps units.
The plan of action for the division commander was envisaged at 09.00 on August 12 , after a fire raid to break through the enemy defenses at the turn of Luzhki, Kamenka and, advancing along the eastern bank of the Desna River, by the end of the day to join the 2nd Cavalry Corps. In the first echelon of the division, the 407th and 444th regiments advanced, in the second echelon - the 539th regiment. To strengthen the division, the 336th Tank Regiment, the 546th Anti-Tank Regiment, the 312nd Mortar Regiment, the 60th Howitzer Brigade, and the 40th Guards Mortar Regiment were assigned. On the right, the 413rd Infantry Division launched an offensive; on the left, the 110th Infantry Division .
However, a little more than two hours before the start of the planned offensive, a reconnaissance platoon of the 407th regiment, during an reconnaissance search, broke into the enemy’s first trench, captured prisoners and destroyed up to 20 Nazis. Seeing the opportunity to develop success, the platoon commander began to expand the area of capture. In turn, the commander of the 1st battalion of the 407th regiment immediately supported the scouts, launched an attack and expanded the area of the breakthrough to 500 meters. The regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel A. Rychkov, continued the initiative by introducing the 2nd and 3rd battalions into the breakthrough. The division commander, Colonel P. Teremov, immediately put the 444th regiment into action on the breakthrough section of the 407th regiment. All the artillery was reassigned to the regimental commanders; artillery preparation was not needed. As a result of sudden and decisive actions, by 08.00 the divisions expanded the breakthrough front to two kilometers and advanced from three to five kilometers in depth. The enemy was able to organize only one counterattack with the forces up to the battalion, successfully reflected by two battalions of the 539th rifle regiment, advanced from the second echelon. Twice in the attacking divisions of the division there were attempts to launch air strikes, but the enemy pilots could not find our units in the wooded area. By the end of the day, enemy units before the front of the division were destroyed or scattered. Prisoners from the German 339th Infantry Division were captured.
On September 13, the division continued the offensive and detached from the main forces of the army for 35 km by the end of the day and united with parts of the 2nd cavalry corps, taking up defensive positions on the eastern bank of the Desna River in the Rekovichi area of the 407th and 539th regiments. Units of the 444th regiment, stretching for almost 15 km, defended several crossings across the Desna River on the eastern bank and covered the rear of the division from the retreating enemy units.
On September 14, the enemy, taking advantage of the delayed offensive of the main forces of the 50th army, attacked our units on the bridgehead with the forces of the German 129th Infantry Division , supported by several tanks from the 5th Panzer Division . During the day, four attacks were repelled, but by the end of the day the enemy was able to seize Vyazovsky , which dominates the crossing to the Zadasny bridgehead and located in the rear of the 407th regiment. At the same time, the German units attempting to withdraw to the western bank of the Desna managed to push the units of the 444th regiment away from a number of crossings across the Desna in a southerly direction, creating a threat to the rear and artillery of the division. At one of the moments of the battle, a small group of Germans in three armored personnel carriers from the northern direction broke through directly to the area where the divisional command post was located, but they were reflected by the training company and the platoon of anti-tank weapons . Half of the ammunition was spent, in the medical battalion there were more than 800 wounded, mainly from the cavalry corps.
On the morning of September 15, the counterattack organized by the division commander himself to capture Vyazovsk was not successful. After a two-hour battle, during which the northern outskirts of Vyazovsk changed hands several times, I had to retreat to the starting position. At the same time, the enemy resumed attacks on the right flank of the division, wedging in the defense of the 539th regiment. In the course of this battle, the commander of the 546th anti-tank regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Zhuravlev, was seriously wounded. In a difficult situation, the commander decided to transfer the 444th regiment to the bridgehead, leaving one reinforced rifle company to cover the rear of the division. The 444th regiment arrived in the afternoon on the bridgehead turned the tide of battle: at 16 o'clock he launched an attack on Vyazemsk and by 18.00 captured the village, completely defeating the opposing enemy. The penetration of the 539th regiment into the defense was eliminated already at night, by joint actions of the 444th and 539th regiments.
On the morning of September 16, the enemy didn’t undertake attacks on the bridgehead, by the end of the day the main forces of the army approached the descendians' bridgehead. As a result of the actions of the 2nd Cavalry Corps and the 108th Rifle Division, the enemy was unable to take up defenses along the western bank of the Desna River.
On the night of September 19, reconnaissance reported on the enemy’s withdrawal from the bridgehead, and the division proceeded to the pursuit, seizing the regional center Dubrovka. On September 22, units of the division crossed the Iput River, and by September 25, divisions of the division reached the Malaya Lipovka line, and Uzlogi - 15 km east of Khotymsk . To seize the city, a tank regiment and a regiment of guards mortars were assigned to the compound. On September 26, the 409th and 444th regiments started a battle a kilometer from the eastern outskirts of the city. At this time, the 539th Infantry Regiment, with the support of tanks, walked from the north of Khotymsk, overcame the Besed river and suddenly seized the western outskirts of the city, destroying a mortar battery on its outskirts. Enemy units began to flee the city. By 6 pm on September 26, the 108th Rifle Division fully captured the regional center of Khotimsk, the first liberated city of Belarus .
By the end of October 2, units of the division captured a bridgehead on the western bank of the Pronya river, 18 kilometers south of Chausy .
Gomel-Rechitsa operation (10-30.11.43)
In the course of the Gomel-Rechitsky operation until November 20, the 108th division led heavy but unsuccessful battles to expand the previously occupied bridgehead. On December 12, the division was withdrawn to the second echelon of the army, where until January 2, 1944, it restored combat capability.
Kalinkovich-Mozyr operation (08.01-30.01.44)
On January 3, the division returned to the front line and, in preparation for the Kalinkovichi-Mozyr offensive operation of the Belarusian Front, continued to conduct offensive battles, trying to expand the bridgehead on the Pronya river . On 4 January, the commander of the 444th rifle regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Hasan Yegor Davydovich, was killed during a battle for the village of Vetrenka.
Rogachev-Bykhov operation (February 21-26, 44)
On the night of February 21-22, units of the 108th Division, continuing the offensive, forced the Dnieper River on the Lenyvets, Adamovka (south of Bykhov ) section and, seizing the Golden Bottom, cut the Rogachev and Bykhov railways, then went over to defense.
Bobruisk operation (24-29.06.44) [18]
On the night of June 20, 1944, the division accepted the defense sector of the 348th rifle division, from where on June 24, 1944 it launched an offensive as part of the 3rd Army, striking north of Bobruisk. By June 26, units of the division reached the line of the Ola River in the area of Pavlovichi, Shpilivshchizna. On the morning of June 27, the army commander decided to enter the division into a breakthrough, following the 9th Panzer Corps , with the task of cutting off the enemy’s withdrawal paths beyond the Berezina River , thus completing his entourage. By the end of June 27, units of the division, passing through the enemy’s rear, together with units of the 9th Tank Corps, took up defenses in the Wieliczka area, Yasny Les, and Titovka. Within two days, the division reflected the attempts of the enemy to break out of encirclement. By the end of June 29, the organized resistance of the surrounding enemy grouping had ceased, the operation was completed. The 108th Rifle Division, as one of the most distinguished units in combat, was given the honorary title of Bobruisk.
Lublin-Brest operation (July 18 - August 2, 1944)
Mlavsko-Elbing operation (January 14—26, 1945)
East Pomeranian Operation (February 10 - April 4, 1945)
Berlin operation (April 16 - May 8, 1945)
Division commanded
- From March 1 to June 15, 1941 - Major General Mavrichev, Alexander Ivanovich
- From July 21, 1941 to June 16, 1943 - military commissar of the division Herman, Evsey Osipovich
- From June 16 to November 1, 1941 - Major General Orlov, Nikolai Ivanovich
- From November 2, 1941 to March 4, 1942 - Major-General Birichev, Ivan Ivanovich
- From March 5 to July 14, 1942 - Colonel Terentiev, Vasily Grigorievich
- From July 18, 1942 to January 8, 1943 - Colonel Stuchenko, Andrei Trofimovich
- from January 9 to June 14, 1943 - Colonel Sinitsyn, Grigory Ivanovich (removed from office)
- From June 15, 1943 to January 1946 - Colonel (from June 3, 1944 - Major General) Teremov, Pyotr Alekseevich
- From January 1946 to September 30, 1946 - Colonel Pachkov, Nikolay Stepanovich
Freed Cities
- September 26, 1943 - Hochimsk
- June 29, 1944 - Bobruisk
- March 30, 1945 - Danzig ( Gdansk ) ( Poland )
- April 28, 1945 - Strasbourg ( Germany )
- April 30, 1945 - Treptow ( Germany )
Combat composition of the 108th division
on May 30, 1941 [23]
- division management (state 4/120; location - Vyazma )
- 407th Infantry Regiment (State No. 4/121; Vyazma )
- 444th Infantry Regiment (State No. 4/121; Dorogobuzh )
- 539th Infantry Regiment (State No. 4/121; Gzhatsk )
- 575th Light Artillery Regiment (State No. 4/122; Sychevka )
- 585th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (State No. 4/123; Dorogobuzh )
- The 152nd separate anti-tank artillery battalion of the 45-mm cannon (state No. 4/124; Sychevka )
- The 458th separate anti-aircraft artillery division (state No. 4/125; Sychevka )
- 220th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (State No. 4/126; Vyazma )
- 485th separate communications battalion (State No. 4/127; Vyazma )
- 172nd Separate Sapper Battalion (State No. 4/128; Vyazma )
- 188th separate autoroute supply (State No. 4/130; Vyazma )
- 157th separate medical battalion (state No. 4/131; Vyazma )
- Military Prosecutor's Office, 3rd Division
Composed of [24]
- in June 1940 - Belarusian Special Military District
- from June to July 1941 - the 44th rifle corps of the 13th army
- in August 1941 - the 44th rifle corps of the Western Front
- in September - October 1941, the 16th Army
- from the end of October 1941 - the 33rd Army
- from November 20, 1941 to February 1943 - the 5th Army
- in March 1943 - the 10th Army
- From April 1943 to May 1943 - the 16th Army
- from June to August 1943 - the 11th Guards Army
- from August 1943 to January 1944 - the 50th Army
- in February 1944 - the 126th rifle corps of the 50th army
- From March to April 1944 - the 46th Rifle Corps of the 50th Army
- From May to June 1944 - the 46th Rifle Corps of the 3rd Army
- from June 1944 to June 1946 - the 46th rifle corps of the 65th Army
Division Warriors
- Zubov, Leonid Dmitrievich , sapper of the 172nd separate sapper battalion, sergeant . For ensuring the crossing of the Oder River on April 19, 1945, by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union . The first of the fighters of the 108th Infantry Division entered the western bank of the Oder River.
- Titov, Alexey Fyodorovich (1923-1945), commander of a machine-gun platoon of the 444th rifle regiment, senior lieutenant . For reflection from October 4 to October 8, 1944, more than thirty enemy attacks during the battles to hold the bridgehead on the left bank of the Narev River, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 28, 1945, were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union .
- Kulikov, Fedor Fedorovich (1914-1979), battalion commander of the 407th rifle regiment, captain . Forcing and holding on April 19-20, 1945, the bridgehead on the west bank of the Oder River, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 29, 1946, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union .
- Abilov, Anatoly Abilovich (1915–2005), commander of the 444th rifle regiment, guard lieutenant colonel . For speeding up and holding on April 17-20, 1945, a bridgehead on the west bank of the Oder River was presented to the rank of Hero of the Soviet Union [25] , but was awarded the Order of the Red Banner , after the war by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 5, 1990, awarded the title Hero Soviet Union .
For resilience, courage and heroism shown during the war in the fight against the fascist invaders, in the division were awarded 12294 soldiers and officers, including [26] :
- Gold Star Medal - 5 people
- Order of Lenin - 7 people
- Order of Red Banner - 166 people
- Order of Suvorov 2nd degree - 1 person
- Order of Suvorov 3rd degree - 9 people
- Order of Kutuzov 2nd degree - 4 people
- Order of Kutuzov 3rd degree - 17 people
- Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky 2nd degree - 4 people
- Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky 3rd degree - 50 people
- Order of Alexander Nevsky - 80 people
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree - 179 people
- Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree - 731 people
- Order of the Red Star - 3863 people
- Order of Glory 2 nd degree - 13 people
- Order of Glory 3rd degree - 432 people
- Medal of Honor - 4616 people
- Medal for Combat Merit - 2127 people
Division Snipers
- Red Army soldier Victor Belikov [27]
Notes
- ↑ Patriotic War of 1941-1945; The current army. Scientific reference book. - Zhukovsky; M: Kuchkovo Pole, 2005, p. 436
- ↑ Journal of hostilities headquarters of the Western Front 06.22.1941 g (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Report of the commander of 108 pr from 06/26/1941 g
- ↑ 1 2 The combat log of the headquarters 44 sk 24.06-30.06.41 g
- ↑ Боевой приказ штаба 13 армии 27.06.1941 г
- ↑ Иринархов Р. С. Западный Особый… — С.367.
- ↑ Иванов С. П. Штаб армейский, штаб фронтовой — С.80.
- ↑ Иринархов Р. С. Западный Особый… — С.368.
- ↑ Иринархов Р. С. Западный Особый… — С.434.
- ↑ Воспоминания ветеранов 108 дивизии
- ↑ Сборник боевых документов Великой Отечественной войны. Выпуск 37. — М.: Военное издательство МО СССР, 1959 г ( http://ww2doc.50megs.com/Issue37/Issue37.html )
- ↑ Сборник боевых документов Великой Отечественной войны. Выпуск 41. — М.: Военное издательство МО СССР, 1960 г ( http://ww2doc.50megs.com/Issue41/Issue41.html )
- ↑ Лопуховский Л. Н. Вяземская катастрофа 41 года. — М: Яуза, Эксмо, 2007—640 с
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Разгром немецко-фашистских войск под Москвой — М.: Воениздат, 1964. — 444 с
- ↑ Комаров Н. Я., Куманев Г. А. Великая битва под Москвой: Летопись важнейших событий. Комментарии. — М. Институт российской истории РАН, 2002. — 339 с.
- ↑ 1 2 Битва под Москвой. Хроника, факты, люди: В 2-х кн. — М .: ОЛМА-ПРЕСС, 2001. — Кн. 2, 1022 с.
- ↑ Биричев, 1974 , с. 108
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Теремов П. А. Пылающие берега. — М.: Воениздат, 1965
- ↑ Битва под Курском: От обороны к наступлению — М.: АСТ, 2006. — 826 с
- ↑ Баграмян И.X. Так шли мы к победе. — М.: Воениздат, 1977.
- ↑ Прорыв подготовленной обороны стрелковыми соединениями (По опыту Великой Отечественной войны 1941—1945 гг.). Сборник статей. — М.: Воениздат, 1957. — 376 с. Военная академия им. М. В. Фрунзе.
- ↑ Болдин И. В. Страницы жизни. — М.: Воениздат, 1961.
- ↑ Дислокация частей Западного особого военного округа на 30.05.1941
- ↑ http://www.rkka.ru/handbook/bs/sd.xls
- ↑ Наградной лист в электронном банке документов « Подвиг народа » (архивные материалы ЦАМО , ф. 33 , оп. 686196 , д. 884 , л. 8 ).
- ↑ Боевой путь 108-Бобруйской ордена Ленина краснознамённой дивизии
- ↑ Завидная наша судьба.
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