The 5th Airborne Brigade ( 5th Airborne Division ) is a military unit of the USSR armed forces that took part in the Great Patriotic War .
 5th Airborne Brigade (5th vdbr) | |
| Troops: | Air Force |
| Type of army: | Airborne |
| Formed by: | 05.1941 |
| Disbanded (transformed): | 11/20/1941 |
| Predecessor: | 211th Infantry Division |
| Successor: | 16th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division |
| Combat areas | |
| 1941: Ukraine , Kursk Region | |
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Formation history
The brigade was formed in the Kiev Special Military District on the basis of the 211st rifle division in May 1941.
The fighting period: July 11 - November 19, 1941 [1] .
The 5th Airborne Brigade of Colonel Alexander Ilyich Rodimtsev was deployed on the night of August 7, 1941 to the direction of the main attack of the German troops advancing on Kiev . A counter-attack conducted by the brigade allowed for some time to stabilize the situation. [2]
On August 10, 1941, a counterattack of the Soviet troops began on the southern face of the KiUR. The 5th Airborne Brigade fought in the forest near the state farm Feofania.
On August 11, 1941, the 5th and 6th airborne brigades fought for the Red Tavern farm (2-3 km to the northeast of Chabany, now it is the territory of the Exhibition Center)
On August 11, 1941, the 5th and 6th airborne brigades fought near Khotov and Novosyolka.
From the operative report of the headquarters of the South-Western Fleet by 22:00 08/12/41:
... By the decision of the army commander , in the morning of August 12, 417, 147 pr, 5 and 6 in the area were withdrawn to the army reserve in the area with. Khotov and Feofania sovkhoz, the rest of the units continue the offensive with the task of restoring the front edge of the KiUR defense at the Yurivka-Mrygi front. "
In the 5th airborne brigade from the beginning of the fighting, 145 men and 1146 soldiers were out of action on August 13, 1941.
On November 20, 1941, the control of the 5th airborne unit was deployed to the control of the 87th rifle division , created from the troops of the 3rd airborne corps , headed by Rodimtsev. The 5th military unit itself was transformed by the 16th Infantry Regiment of the 87th Infantry Division.
Combat composition on June 1, 1941
- brigade management, military unit 3607
- 3rd brigade headquarters department, military unit 3439
- 1st Parachute Battalion, military unit 3271
- 2nd Parachute Battalion
- 3rd Parachute Battalion
- 4th Parachute Battalion
- junior school
- separate artillery division
- separate anti-aircraft gun company
- separate intelligence scooter company
- separate communications company
Brigade Commander
- Colonel Rodimtsev, Alexander Ilyich
Distinguished Warriors
- Tsybulev, Alexey Ivanovich , corporal, gunner of the gun of a separate artillery battalion. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 20, 1941.
Notes
- ↑ XXI. Controls of the airborne brigades // List No. 7 of the brigade directorates of all branches of the military that were part of the active army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. - M .: Ministry of Defense, 1956. - 131 p.
- ↑ [ttp: //militera.lib.ru/h/isaev_av5/02.html Military History] - Isaev A.V. Boilers of the 41st]
Literature
- Feskov V.I., Kalashnikov K.A., Golikov V.I. Chapter 2. Rifle and airborne troops, fortified areas of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War // Red Army in victories and defeats of 1941-1945 .. - Tomsk: Tomsk University Press, 2003. - 619 p. - ISBN 5-7511-1624-0 .
- Rodimtsev A.I. (Literary recording by Peter Severov). Yours, Fatherland, sons . - 1st. - Kiev: Politizdat of Ukraine, 1982. - 90 p.