The 248th Infantry Division (1st formation) is an infantry formation in the Armed Forces of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War .
| 248th Infantry Division (1st formation) | |
|---|---|
| Troops | land |
| Type of army | infantry |
| Formation | June 28, 1941 |
| Dissolution (transformation) | December 27, 1941 |
| Battle way | |
| Smolensk battle Vyazemsky operation of the battle for Moscow | |
On June 28, 1941, the formation of the 248th division began in the city of Vyazma . At first, it was assumed that the entire division (or most of it) would be formed from conscripts and reserve soldiers of the Vyazemsky and the nearest districts of the Smolensk region [1] . The division was formed in Vyazma in June - early July 1941. The 248th Infantry Division of the 1st formation has a tragic fate, whose history covers only a few months of 1941, and the military way is calculated in just a few days. The division was formed in Vyazma and died near Vyazma. In TsAMO there is even no historical compound form [1] .
Content
Division Formation History
On June 28, 1941, a group of officers headed by Major General Karol Sverchevsky arrived in Vyazma, who, according to the Directive of the Moscow Military District No. 10321, began to form the 248th division here.
Order on military unit 248 pages div.
No. 1 dated June 28, 1941. The city of Vyazma.
On this day he arrived in the city of Vyazma and proceeded to the formation of 248 Pages. Divisions. Base:
During the formation, the division command received 300 serviceable vehicles for the fleet from the assembly point of the Vyazemsky RVK [2] .
As for other divisions forming in the same period, 14 days were allotted for the formation of the compound [2] .
Judging by the divisional documents, the division was in formation in the Vyazma area until July 13, 1941. From the resources of the Moscow military district, 12034 commanders and privates arrived in the division [2] .
On July 22, 1941, the division numbered 13,534 people, while by state it was supposed to number 14,706 people [2] .
On August 1, 1941, the division had 13,855 people [1] [3] .
On August 7, 1941, on the basis of the directive of the Supreme High Command Headquarters of August 6, 1941, the 49th Army , which until August 12, 1941 was called the 35th Army , was formed as part of the Reserve Front on the basis of the 35th Rifle Corps . The army along with the 248th rifle division also included the 194th mountain rifle division, the 220th , 298th rifle divisions , the 4th division of the militia , the 396th corps artillery regiment and other units.
Division Fight
While the front of the Reserve armies was created in the rear of the Western Front, which included, among other things, the 24th Army with the 248th Rifle Division, the situation in the West was extremely tense [1] .
On July 10, 1941, the forces of Center Army Group, forces of the 2nd Panzer Group from the Shklov area and the 3rd Panzer Group from the Vitebsk region, delivered two powerful strikes in the direction of Yelny and Dukhovshchina , trying to encircle a large group of Soviet troops in the Smolensk region. The grandiose battle of Smolensk began [1] .
Smolensk battle
July 13, 1941 the vanguards of the 7th and 20th German tank divisions reached Velizh and Demidov .
On July 15, 1941, the 20th Panzer Division of the enemy occupied Ribshevo and Prechistoe , the 7th Panzer Division entered the Moscow-Minsk highway west of Yartsevo, and the 18th Motorized Division reached the Shrines Since August 17, 1941, units of the division occupied the defensive line:
902 rifle regiment - defended the site: Mokrishchevo (44 km west of Novo-Dugino ), Koshkino (49 km southwest of Novo-Dugino ), Osinki (41.5 km southwest of Novo-Dugino);
905th Infantry Regiment - Seltso (48 km southwest of Novo-Dugino), (suit) Larino (51.5 km southwest of Novo-Dugino ), Knyazhino (46 km southwest of Novo-Dugino ); [one]
By the time of entering the hostilities during the Vyazemsky defensive operation on October 1, 1941, the 248th rifle division totaled 12066 people [1] .
On October 1, 1941, the 49th Army, which at that time included the 248th Infantry Division, was ordered to subordinate the army to the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command and move its units to a new area [1] .
Vyazemsky defensive operation
On October 4, a battle unfolded for the eastern and western bridgeheads on the banks of the Dnieper . On the west bank, the main forces of the group of Lieutenant General Boldin joined the battle against the LVI motorized and 5th army corps of the enemy. On the eastern shore, infantry divisions from the 49th and 32nd armies of the Reserve Front were preparing to join the battle. [2] .
On October 4, 1941, there was a fierce oncoming tank battle for the Hill-Zhirkovsky . As a result, his German 6th Panzer Division, with the support of the infantry, was able to repel all the attacks of the Soviet units from the Boldin group and also withdraw with the main forces to the captured bridgehead in the Tikhanovo area.
On October 5, 1941, the warring parties intended to decisively destroy the enemy: one to continue the attack on Vyazma, the other to restore the defense along the Dnieper River [1] .
On October 5, 1941, the 248th rifle division was subordinated to the commander of the 32nd army, Lieutenant General S.V. Vishnevsky, and by morning occupied the defense front from Krekshino to the mouth of the Vyazma River, concentrating the main forces of the 902nd and 899th rifle regiments at the front: from east of Glushkovo to Kazarinovo and occupying in depth the region of Obletsa 1 , Baranovo , Tychkovo .
The division commander, Major General Sverchevsky, with a small group of Red Army soldiers, left the encirclement in the Teryaeva Sloboda area at section 316 of General Panfilov’s rifle division [1] . The rear of the division, transport and the medical battalion were assigned to staff the 144th Rifle Division of the Western Front, which had left the Vyazemsky encirclement [2] .
Full name
248th Infantry Division .
Submission
| On the date | Front | Army | Body |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/10/1941 | Army Group Reserve Bet | 24th army | |
| 08/01/1941 | Reserve front | 24th army | 53rd Rifle Corps |
| 09/01/1941 | Reserve front | 49th Army | - |
| 10/01/1941 | Supreme High Command Headquarters | 49th reserve army | - |
| 10/05/1941 | Western front | 32nd army | - |
Composition
- 899th Infantry Regiment
- 902th Rifle Regiment
- 905th Infantry Regiment
- 711th light artillery regiment (paws)
- 774th howitzer artillery regiment (hap)
- 302nd Separate Anti-Tank Fighter Division (OIPTD)
- 320th reconnaissance battalion (rb)
- 412th combat engineer battalion (sabbat)
- 644th separate communications battalion (obs)
- 502nd Motor Battalion (ATB)
- 277th health battalion (medical battalion)
- 242nd Separate Chemical Defense Company
- 370th Division Veterinary Hospital (DVL)
- 259th Camping Bakery (PHP)
- 926th post-field station (PPS)
- 656th field office of the State Bank (PCG)
Command
Division Commander
- Karl Sverchevsky , Major General -
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Igor Mikhailov. Born and died near Vyazma
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 248th Infantry Division - Red Army compound in the Great Patriotic War
- ↑ F. 500. Op. 12462, D.673, D.757, Op. 12463. D.623. T.1, T.2,
Literature
- Igor Mikhailov. Born and died near Vyazma
- Lopukhovsky L.N. [http: //militera.lib.ru/h/lopuhovsky_ln01/index.html Vyazemsky catastrophe of the 41st year] / Design of the series by artist P. Volkov. - M .: Yauza, Eksmo, 2007. - 640, [40] p. - (World War II: the price of Victory). - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-699-18689-1 .