The 144th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District, based on the shtat of later that month. It remained in the same District
Battle of Moscow. Note position of 5th Army during late November and early December.
Moscow counteroffensive and formation of the Rzhev salient. Note advance of 5th Army.
Gunners of the 144th with 76mm cannon and limber near Vyazma, March 1, 1943
The 20th Army was a field army of the Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II.
20th Army soldiers fighting south of Dorogobuzh, 1 September 1941