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[2] The Red Army formed at least 42 "national" divisions during the Second World War which had substantial ethnic majorities in their composition derived from location of initial formation rather than intentional "nationalization" of the divisions, including four Azeri, five Armenian, and eight Georgian rifle divisions and a large number of ...
It lists infantry divisions in the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution to the reorganization of the Soviet Army in the aftermath of the Stalinist era. Mechanized Divisions were formed during 1945–46, and then all remaining Rifle Divisions were converted to Motor Rifle Divisions in 1957. During World War II more than 700 Rifle Divisions ...
As World War II went on, the complement of supporting units attached to a Soviet army became larger and more complex. By 1945, a Soviet army typically had attached mortar, antitank, anti-aircraft, howitzer, gun–howitzer, rocket launcher, independent tank, self-propelled gun, armored train, flamethrower, and engineer-sapper units.
Red Army ground forces divisions of World War II (3 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Soviet World War II divisions" ... List of Soviet divisions 1917–1945
Pages in category "Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 500 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. [1] Those with ethnic groups listed were at least nominally recruited from those groups. Many of the higher-numbered units were divisions in name only, being in reality only small battlegroups (Kampfgruppen).
Pages in category "Military units and formations of the Soviet Union in World War II" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
During World War II each unit of the Red Army had a military standard, as required by the Decree on Revolutionary Red Banners of the WPRA Units from 11 June 1926 (superseded by the Decree on the Red Banner of the Military Units of the Red Army from 21 December 1942). [1]