The 339th Rifle Division was first formed in late August, 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Rostov-on-Don. As it was formed in part from reservists and cadre that included members of the
Memorial plaque to the 1135th Rifle Regiment in Rostov-on-Don
Battle of Rostov (1941)
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The Battle of Rostov took place on the Eastern Front of World War II around Rostov-on-Don and was fought between Army Group South of Nazi Germany and the Southern Front of the Soviet Union.
Soviet troops fighting in Rostov
Column of German Panzer III tanks in Rostov, November 1941.
A Soviet Maxim machine gun crew driving Germans from the outskirts of the city, November 1941