16th Rifle Division
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The 16th Rifle Division was a formation in the Red Army created during World War II. The division was formed twice, and was given the title 'Lithuanian' during its second formation.
Soldiers of the former Lithuanian Army, liberated from the Lithuanian Rifle Corps of the Red Army, warmly greeted in Vilnius during the June Uprising, 1941
Soldiers of the 16th Rifle Division participating in fighting in the Oryol Oblast in the summer of 1943
Soldiers of the 16th Rifle Division marching through the village of Stoniškiai in October 1944
Lithuanian SSR leadership in the 16th 'Lithuanian' Rifle Division, including Antanas Sniečkus, Vladas Karvelis, Justas Paleckis, June 1943
Courland Pocket
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The Courland Pocket was a pocket located on the Courland Peninsula in Latvia on the Eastern Front of World War II from 9 October 1944 to 22 May 1945. The last battle with a regular German army unit to
16th Rifle Division
…the 50th Lithuanian Reserve Rifle Division. On 31 January 1945, the Lithuanian division received orders to join the fight against the Germans in the Courland Pocket. The German resistance was strong and elements of Army Group Courland did not surrender to the Soviets until 8–9 May at the end of World War II in…
Destroyed German equipment between Riga and Tukums
Stamp used in Courland pocket (1945)
German prisoners of war after the surrender, May 1945
German prisoners of the war captured in the pocket being marched through Riga, May 1945