143rd Rifle Division
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The 143rd Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in early September 1939 in the Byelorussian Military District, based on the shtat of September 13. It took part in the invas
Counterattacks against 2nd Panzer Group (Roslavl-Novozibkov Offensive). Note position of 13th Army.
The 6th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army. Formed multiple times, it participated in several battles, most notably the Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919, the
143rd Rifle Division
…of Trubchevsk] by 25 August. He was to establish his command post at Lomakovka. The 143rd had priority for replenishment of forces along with the 6th, 137th, and 155th Divisions. The following day Central Front was disbanded and Bryansk Front expanded to four Armies. Pochep fell to 17th Panzer on the…
Chief of the sniper team of the 125th rifle regiment, Lieutenant G. L. Vezhnevets, July 1941