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212th Rifle Division, the Glossary

The 212th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army after a motorized division of that same number was badly damaged and then redesignated about five weeks after the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union.^[1]

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Aleksandr Vasilevsky

Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky (Александр Михайлович Василевский) (30 September 1895 – 5 December 1977) was a Soviet career-officer in the Red Army who attained the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1943.

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Łuków

Łuków is a city in eastern Poland with 30,727 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2005).

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Battle of Berlin

The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II.

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Battle of Brody (1941)

The Battle of Brody (other names in use include Battle of Dubna, Battle of Dubno, Battle of Rovne, Battle of Rovne-Brody) was a tank battle fought between the 1st Panzer Group's III Army Corps and XLVIII Army Corps (Motorized) and five mechanized corps of the Soviet 5th Army and 6th Army in the triangle formed by the towns of Dubno, Lutsk and Brody between 23 and 30 June 1941.

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Battle of Kiev (1941)

The First Battle of Kiev was the German name for the major battle that resulted in an encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II, the capital and most populous city of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

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Battle of Stalingrad

The Battle of StalingradSchlacht von Stalingrad see; p (17 July 19422 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked in a protracted struggle with the Soviet Union for control over the Soviet city of Stalingrad in southern Russia.

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Battle of Uman

The Battle of Uman (15 July – 8 August 1941) was the World War II German offensive in Uman, Ukraine against the 6th and 12th Soviet Armies.

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Błonie

Błonie is a town in Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 12,058 as of December 2021.

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Berdychiv

Berdychiv (Бердичів) is a historic city in Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine.

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Brest Fortress

Brest Fortress (Брэсцкая крэпасць,; Twierdza brzeska, Bresto tvirtovė, Брестская крепость), formerly known as Brest-Litoŭsk Fortress, is a 19th-century fortress in Brest, Belarus.

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Brest, Belarus

Brest, formerly Brest-Litovsk and Brest-on-the-Bug, is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the Polish town of Terespol, where the Bug and Mukhavets rivers meet, making it a border town.

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Brody

Brody (Броди; Brody; Brody; Brod) is a city in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine.

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Bryansk Front

The Bryansk Front (Брянский фронт) was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War. 212th Rifle Division and Bryansk Front are military units and formations established in 1941.

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BT tank

The BT tank (translit, lit. "fast moving tank" or "high-speed tank") was one of a series of Soviet light tanks produced in large numbers between 1932 and 1941.

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Bykhaw

Bykhaw or Bykhov (Bychaŭ,; Быхов; Bychów; Bihov; Bychavas) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus.

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Case Blue

Case Blue (German: Fall Blau) was the Wehrmacht plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942, during World War II.

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Central Asian Military District

The Red Banner Central Asian Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces, which existed in 1926–1945 and 1969–1989, with its headquarters at Tashkent (1926–1945) and Almaty (1969–1989). 212th Rifle Division and Central Asian Military District are military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

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Chavusy

Chavusy or Chausy (Čavusy; Чаусы; Czausy) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus.

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Cherkasy

Cherkasy (Черкаси) is a city in central Ukraine.

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Courland Pocket

The Courland Pocket was an area of the Courland Peninsula where Army Group North of Nazi Germany and the Reichskommissariat Ostland were cut off and surrounded by the Red Army for almost a year, lasting from July 1944 until 10 May 1945.

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Desna (river)

The Desna (Десна; Десна) is a river in Russia and Ukraine, a major left-tributary of the Dnieper.

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Dnieper

The Dnieper, also called Dnepr or Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.

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Dnieper Flotilla

The Dnieper Flotilla (Днепровская военная флотилия, Дніпровська військова флотилія) is the name given to the various naval flotillas on the Dnieper River.

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Don (river)

The Don (p) is the fifth-longest river in Europe.

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Don Front

The Don Front was a front of the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War, which existed between September 1942 and February 1943, and was commanded during its entire existence by Konstantin Rokossovsky.

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Dubno

Dubno (Дубно) is a city and municipality located on the Ikva River in Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine.

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Elbe

The Elbe (Labe; Ilv or Elv; Upper and Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe.

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Far Eastern Front

The Far Eastern Front (Russian: Дальневосточный фронт) was a front — a level of military formation that is equivalent to army group — of the Red Army during the Second World War.

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Fergana

Fergana (Фарғона), or Ferghana, also Farghana is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan.

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Filipp Golikov

Filipp Ivanovich Golikov (Филипп Иванович Голиков; – July 29, 1980) was a Soviet military commander.

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First Polish Army (1944–1945)

The Polish First Army (Pierwsza Armia Wojska Polskiego, 1 AWP for short, also known as Berling's Army) was an army unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the East.

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Ganzlin

Ganzlin is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

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Georgy Zhukov

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (a; 189618 June 1974) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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Havel

The Havel is a river in northeastern Germany, flowing through the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt.

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Havelberg

Havelberg is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Ivan Boldin

Ivan Vasilievich Boldin (Ива́н Васи́льевич Бо́лдин; in Vysokaya – March 28, 1965 in Kiev) was a senior Red Army general and war hero during the Second World War.

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Karachev

Karachev (Карачев) is an ancient town and the administrative center of Karachevsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia.

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Katyusha rocket launcher

The Katyusha (a) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II.

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Kazakhs

The Kazakhs (also spelled Qazaqs; Kazakh: қазақ, qazaq,, қазақтар, qazaqtar) are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia and Eastern Europe, mainly Kazakhstan, but also parts of northern Uzbekistan and the border regions of Russia, as well as northwestern China (specifically Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture) and western Mongolia (Bayan-Ölgii Province).

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Kiev Military District

The Kiev Military District (abbreviated) was a military district of the Imperial Russian Army and subsequently of the Red Army and Soviet Armed Forces.

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Kirov, Kirov Oblast

Kirov (Киров) is the largest city and administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia.

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Kobryn

Kobryn or Kobrin (Кобрын; Кобрин; Kobryń; Kobrynas; Кобринь; קאָברין) is a town in Brest Region, Belarus.

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Konstantin Rokossovsky

Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (Russian: Константин Константинович (Ксаверьевич) Рокоссовский; Konstanty Rokossowski; 21 December 1896 – 3 August 1968) was a Soviet and Polish officer who became a Marshal of the Soviet Union, a Marshal of Poland, and served as Poland's Defence Minister from 1949 until his removal in 1956 during the Polish October.

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Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi (Корсунь-Шевченківський) is a small city located in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine.

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Kotluban

Kotluban (Котлубань) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Kotlubanskoye Rural Settlement, Gorodishchensky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia.

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Kozelshchyna

Kozelschyna (Козельщина) is a rural settlement in Kremenchuk Raion, Poltava Oblast (province) of central Ukraine, located 77 km from Poltava.

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Kremenchuk

Kremenchuk (Кременчук) is an industrial city in central Ukraine which stands on the banks of the Dnieper River.

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Krychaw

Krychaw or Krichev (Kryčaŭ,; Кричев,, Krzyczew) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus.

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Kursk

Kursk (Курск) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers.

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Kuzmichi, Gorodishchensky District, Volgograd Oblast

Kuzmichi (Кузьмичи) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Kuzmichyovskoye Rural Settlement, Gorodishchensky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia.

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Lopatyn

Lopatyn (Лопатин, Łopatyn) is a rural settlement in Chervonohrad Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine.

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Lublin–Brest offensive

The Lublin–Brest Offensive (Lyublin-Brestskaya nastupatel'naya operatsiya, 18 July – 2 August 1944) was a part of the Operation Bagration strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army to clear the Nazi German forces from the regions of Eastern Poland and Western Belarus.

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Luninyets

Luninyets or Luninets (Luniniec; Лунинец; Łuniniec; Luninecas; Luninitz) is a town in Brest Region, Belarus.

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Markian Popov

Markian Mikhaylovich Popov (1902–1969) was a Soviet military commander, Army General (26 August 1943), and Hero of the Soviet Union (1965).

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Mikhail Parsegov

Mikhail (Mikael) Artemievich Parsegov (Михаил (Микаел) Артемьевич Парсегов; 15 June 1899 – 26 April 1964) was a Soviet military commander, colonel general of artillery (1958), and Hero of the Soviet Union (1940).

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Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia

The Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Военная академия Генерального штаба ВооруженныхСил Российской Федерации) is the senior staff college of the Russian Armed Forces.

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Moscow Defence Zone

The Moscow Defence Zone was a front of the Red Army during World War II to defend Moscow from the German advance.

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Moscow Military District

The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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Mukhavets

The Mukhavets (Mukhaviets; Mukhovets, Muchawiec) is a river in western Belarus.

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Oder

The Oder (Czech, Lower Sorbian and) is a river in Central Europe.

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Ognica, Gmina Widuchowa

Ognica (Nipperwiese) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border.

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Operation Bagration

Operation Bagration (Operatsiya Bagration) was the codename for the 1944 Soviet Byelorussian strategic offensive operation (Belorusskaya nastupatelnaya operatsiya "Bagration"), a military campaign fought between 22 June and 19 August 1944 in Soviet Byelorussia in the Eastern Front of World War II, just over two weeks after the start of Operation Overlord in the west, causing Nazi Germany to have to fight on two major fronts at the same time.

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Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.

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Operation Kutuzov

Operation Kutuzov was the first of the two counteroffensives launched by the Red Army as part of the Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation.

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Operation Solstice

Operation Solstice (Unternehmen Sonnenwende), also known as Unternehmen Husarenritt or the Stargard tank battle, was one of the last German armoured offensive operations on the Eastern Front in World War II.

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Operation Uranus

Operation Uranus (Operatsiya "Uran") was a Soviet 19–23 November 1942 strategic operation on the Eastern Front of World War II which led to the encirclement of Axis forces in the vicinity of Stalingrad: the German Sixth Army, the Third and Fourth Romanian armies, and portions of the German Fourth Panzer Army.

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Order of Alexander Nevsky

The Order of Alexander Nevsky (orden Alexandra Nevskogo) is an order of merit of the Russian Federation named in honour of saint Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263) and bestowed to civil servants for twenty years or more of highly meritorious service.

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Order of Kutuzov

The Order of Kutuzov (орден Кутузова orden Kutuzova) is a military decoration of the Russian Federation named after famous Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745–1813).

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Order of Suvorov

The Order of Suvorov is a military decoration of the Russian Federation named in honor of Russian Generalissimo Prince Alexander Suvorov (1729–1800).

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The Order of the Red Banner (Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration.

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Order of the Red Star

The Order of the Red Star (Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union.

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Orsha

Orsha (Orša; Орша,; Orša, Orsza) is a city in Vitebsk Region, Belarus.

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Orsha offensives (1943)

The Orsha offensives were a series of battles fought in Belarus between the Red Army and the Wehrmacht during the autumn of 1943, and into the following winter.

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Oryol

Oryol (a), also transliterated as Orel or Oriol, is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia, situated on the Oka River, approximately south-southwest of Moscow.

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Orzhytsia

Orzhytsia (Оржиця, Оржица) is a rural settlement located in Lubny Raion of Poltava Oblast in Ukraine.

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Oskil

The Oskil or Oskol (Оскiл; Оскол) is a south-flowing river in Russia and Ukraine.

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Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland

The Großdeutschland", also commonly referred to simply as Großdeutschland or Großdeutschland Division, was an elite combat unit of the German Army (Heer) that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II.

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Pilica (river)

The Pilica is a river in central Poland, and the longest left tributary of the Vistula river, with a length of 333 kilometres (8th longest).

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Pinsk

Pinsk (Пінск; Пинск,; Pińsk; Пінськ) is a city in Brest Region, Belarus.

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Pinsk Marshes

The Pinsk Marshes (Pinskiya baloty), also known as the Pripet Marshes (Prypiackija baloty), the Polesie Marshes, and the Rokitno Marshes, are a vast natural region of wetlands in Polesia, along the forested basin of the Pripyat River and its tributaries from Brest to the west, Mogilev in the northeast, and Kyiv to the southeast.

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Pronia

The Pronia (Проня, Проня, also transliterated as Pronya) is a river in Mogilev and Vitebsk regions of Belarus.

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Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.

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Reserve of the Supreme High Command

The Reserve of the Supreme High Command (Russian: Резерв Верховного Главнокомандования; also known as the Stavka Reserve or RVGK (РВГК.) or RGK (РГК — Резерв Главного Командования). comprises reserve military formations and units; the Stavka Reserve acted as the principal military reserve of the Soviet Red Army during World War II, and the RVGK now operates as part of the Russian Armed Forces under the control of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces (Верховный главнокомандующий.) — the President of the Russian Federation.

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Riga

Riga is the capital, the primate, and the largest city of Latvia, as well as one of the most populous cities in the Baltic States.

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Riga offensive (1944)

The Riga offensive (lit) was part of the larger Baltic offensive on the Eastern Front during World War II.

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Rodion Malinovsky

Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (Родио́н Я́ковлевич Малино́вский, Rodion Yakovych Malynovskyi; – 31 March 1967) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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Roslavl

Roslavl (Ро́славль) is a town and the administrative center of Roslavlsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia.

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Russian military deception

Russian military deception, sometimes known as maskirovka (lit), is a military doctrine developed from the start of the 20th century.

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Saratov

Saratov (Саратов) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River.

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Siedlce

Siedlce (שעדליץ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants.

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Slawharad

Slawharad or Slavgorod (Slaŭharad; Славгород; Sławograd) is a town in Mogilev Region, eastern Belarus.

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Smolensk

Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow.

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Smolensk operation

The second Smolensk operation (code naming "Suvorov";Istomin (1975), pp. 20–21 7 August – 2 October 1943) was a Soviet strategic offensive operation conducted by the Red Army as part of the Summer-Autumn Campaign of 1943.

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Sochaczew

Sochaczew is a town in central Poland, with 33,456 inhabitants (as of 2023).

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Southwestern Front (Soviet Union)

The Southwestern Front was a front of the Red Army during the Second World War, formed thrice.

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Sozh

The Sozh (Sož,; Сож; Сож) is a river flowing in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.

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Stalingrad Front

The Stalingrad Front was a front, a military unit encompassing several armies, of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War.

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Stara Rudnica

Stara Rudnica (Altrüdnitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border.

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Stargard

Stargard (1945: Starogród, 1950–2016: Stargard Szczeciński; Stargard in Pommern or Stargard an der Ihna; Stôrgard) is a city in northwestern Poland, located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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Stary Oskol

Stary Oskol (Ста́рый Оско́л) is a city in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located south of Moscow.

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Sula (Dnieper)

The Sula (Сула́; Су́ла) is a left tributary of the Dnieper with a total length of and a drainage basin of.

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Szczecin

Szczecin (Stettin; Stettin; Sedinum or Stetinum) is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland.

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T-26

The T-26 tank was a Soviet light tank used during many conflicts of the Interwar period and in World War II.

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Table of organization and equipment

A table of organization and equipment (TOE or TO&E) is the specified organization, staffing, and equipment of military units.

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Tatars

The Tatars, in the Collins English Dictionary formerly also spelt Tartars, is an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" across Eastern Europe and Asia. Initially, the ethnonym Tatar possibly referred to the Tatar confederation. That confederation was eventually incorporated into the Mongol Empire when Genghis Khan unified the various steppe tribes.

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Tiasmyn

The Tiasmyn is a right tributary of the Dnieper River in Ukraine.

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Tim River

The Tim River is a river in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.

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Tim, Kursk Oblast

Tim (Тим) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Timsky District of Kursk Oblast, Russia.

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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.

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Uzbeks

The Uzbeks (Oʻzbek, Ўзбек,, Oʻzbeklar, Ўзбеклар) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the wider Central Asian region, being among the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area.

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Valmiera

Valmiera is the largest city of the historical Vidzeme region, Latvia, with a total area of.

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Vasily Sokolovsky

Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky (Васи́лий Дани́лович Соколо́вский; July 21, 1897 – May 10, 1968) was a Soviet general, military theorist, Marshal of the Soviet Union, and a commander of Red Army forces during World War II.

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VIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

VIII Army Corps (VIII. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II.

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Vistula–Oder offensive

The Vistula–Oder offensive was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European theatre of World War II in January 1945.

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Volga Military District

The Volga Military District (PriVO) was a military district of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation that existed from 1918 to 1989 and 1992 to 2001. 212th Rifle Division and Volga Military District are military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

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Volga–Ural Military District

The Volga–Ural Military District was a military district of the Russian Ground Forces, formed on 1 September 2001 by the amalgamation of the Volga Military District and the Ural Military District.

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Voronezh

Voronezh (Воро́неж) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River.

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Western Front (Soviet Union)

The Western Front was a front of the Red Army, one of the Red Army Fronts during World War II.

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XII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

XII Army Corps (German: XII. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II.

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XIV Panzer Corps

XIV Panzer Corps (also: XIV Army Corps or XIV. Armeekorps) was a corps-level formation of the German Army which fought on both the Eastern Front and in the Italian Campaign.

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XXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

The XXIV Army Corps (XXIV.) was a unit of the German Army during World War II.

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XXXXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

German XXXXIV.

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XXXXVIII Panzer Corps

XXXXVIII Panzer Corps (also: XXXXVIII Army Corp or XXXXVIII. Armeekorps), was a corps-level formation of the German Army which saw extensive action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II.

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Zehdenick

Zehdenick is a town in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

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Zhizdra

Zhizdra (Жи́здра) is a town and the administrative center of Zhizdrinsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Zhizdra (river)

The Zhizdra is a river in Kaluga Oblast in Russia, a left tributary of the Oka.

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10th Army (Soviet Union)

The 10th Army of the Soviet Union's Red Army was a field army active from 1939 to 1944.

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11th Army (Soviet Union)

The 11th Army was an army of the Red Army during World War II.

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11th Guards Army

The 11th Guards Army was a field army of the Red Army, the Soviet Ground Forces, and the Russian Ground Forces, active from 1943 to 1997.

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11th Guards Rifle Division

The 11th Guards Rifle Division was a rifle division of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. 212th Rifle Division and 11th Guards Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II and military units and formations established in 1941.

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11th Panzer Division

The 11th Panzer Division (11th Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army during World War II, established in 1940.

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121st Rifle Division

The 121st Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II. 212th Rifle Division and 121st Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II and military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

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12th Guards Rifle Division

The 12th Guards Rifle Division was reformed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in January, 1942, based on the 1st formation of the 258th Rifle Division and served in that role until after the end of the Great Patriotic War. 212th Rifle Division and 12th Guards Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II and military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

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131st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 131st Infantry Division was a German Army infantry division in World War II.

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134th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 134th Infantry Division was a German division in World War II.

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13th Army (Soviet Union)

The 13th Army was a name given to several field armies of the Soviet Union's Red Army.

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160th Rifle Division (1940 formation)

The 1940 formation of the 160th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, formed as part of the prewar buildup of forces, based on the shtat (table of organization and equipment) of September 13, 1939. 212th Rifle Division and 160th Rifle Division (1940 formation) are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II.

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16th Army (Soviet Union)

The 16th Army was a Soviet field army active from 1940 to 1945.

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1st Baltic Front

The First Baltic Front (Russian: Пéрвый Прибалтийский фронт) was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War.

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1st Belorussian Front

The 1st Belorussian Front (Пéрвый Белорусский фронт, Pervyy Belorusskiy front, also romanized "Byelorussian"), known without a numeral as the Belorussian Front between October 1943 and February 1944, was a major formation of the Red Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group.

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1st Panzer Army

The 1st Panzer Army (1.) was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II.

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The 1st Red Banner Army was a Red Army field army of World War II that served in the Soviet Far East. 212th Rifle Division and 1st Red Banner Army are military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

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208th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 208th Infantry Division, or 208.Infanterie-Division in German, was a large military unit that served during World War II.

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211th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 211th Infantry Division (211.) was a German infantry division of the German Heer during World War II, active from 1939 to 1944.

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217th Rifle Division

The 217th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed in the months just before the start of the German invasion, based on the shtat (table of organization and equipment) of September 13, 1939. 212th Rifle Division and 217th Rifle Division are 1941 establishments in the Soviet Union, infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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21st Army (Soviet Union)

The Soviet 21st Army was a field army of the Red Army during World War II.

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226th Rifle Division

The 226th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed as one of the first reserve rifle divisions following the German invasion of the USSR. 212th Rifle Division and 226th Rifle Division are 1941 establishments in the Soviet Union, 1945 disestablishments in the Soviet Union, infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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234th Rifle Division

The 234th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed out-of-sequence in the Moscow Military District in October–November 1941. 212th Rifle Division and 234th Rifle Division are 1941 establishments in the Soviet Union, 1945 disestablishments in the Soviet Union, infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II and military units and formations established in 1941.

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24th Army (Soviet Union)

The 24th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed in 1941 and active during the Second World War. 212th Rifle Division and 24th Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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24th Panzer Division

The 24th Panzer Division was formed in late 1941 from the 1st Cavalry Division based at Königsberg. 212th Rifle Division and 24th Panzer Division are military units and formations established in 1941.

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252nd Rifle Division

The 252nd Rifle Division was the eighth of a group of 10 regular rifle divisions formed from cadres of NKVD border and internal troops as standard Red Army rifle divisions, very shortly after the German invasion, in the Moscow Military District. 212th Rifle Division and 252nd Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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260th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 260th Infantry Division (260.) was an infantry division of the German Heer during World War II.

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26th Army (Soviet Union)

The 26th Army (Russian: 26-я армия 26-ya armiya) was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, active from 1941.

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277th Rifle Division

The 277th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army and later the Soviet Army, formed twice. 212th Rifle Division and 277th Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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28th Army (Soviet Union)

The 28th Army was a field army of the Red Army and the Soviet Ground Forces, formed three times in 1941–42 and active during the postwar period for many years in the Belorussian Military District. 212th Rifle Division and 28th Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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297th Rifle Division

The 297th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II, formed twice. 212th Rifle Division and 297th Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II and military units and formations established in 1941.

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2nd Belorussian Front

The 2nd Belorussian Front (Второй Белорусский фронт, Vtoroi Belorusskiy front, also romanized "Byelorussian"), was a major formation of the Soviet Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group.

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2nd Guards Tank Army

The 2nd Guards Tank Army was a large military formation of the Red Army and later the Soviet Army, now part of the Russian Ground Forces of the Russian Federation. 212th Rifle Division and 2nd Guards Tank Army are military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

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2nd Panzer Army

The 2nd Panzer Army (2.) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 2nd Panzer Group on October 5, 1941.

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324th Rifle Division

The 324th Rifle Division was a standard Soviet infantry division of the Red Army during World War II. 212th Rifle Division and 324th Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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338th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 338th Rifle Division was first formed in September 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Penza. 212th Rifle Division and 338th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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33rd Army (Soviet Union)

The Red Army's 33rd Army was a Soviet field army during the Second World War. 212th Rifle Division and 33rd Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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356th Rifle Division

The 356th Rifle Division formed in August, 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, in the Kuibyshev Oblast. 212th Rifle Division and 356th Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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369th Rifle Division

The 369th Rifle Division began forming on 1 August 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, in the Chelyabinsk Oblast. 212th Rifle Division and 369th Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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385th Rifle Division

The 385th Rifle Division was raised in 1941 as an infantry division of the Red Army, and served for the duration of the Great Patriotic War in that role. 212th Rifle Division and 385th Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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38th Army (Soviet Union)

The 38th Red Banner Army was a field army of the Soviet Union that existed between 1941 and 1991. 212th Rifle Division and 38th Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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38th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

The 38th Separate Guards Vitebskaya order of Lenin Red Banner order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Brigade is a mechanized infantry brigade of the Russian Ground Forces, part of the Eastern Military District.

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397th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 397th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, active twice during 1941-45, fighting the German Operation Barbarossa. 212th Rifle Division and 397th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are 1941 establishments in the Soviet Union, 1945 disestablishments in the Soviet Union, infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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3rd Army (Soviet Union)

The 3rd Army was a field army of the Red Army during World War II.

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3rd Baltic Front

The 3rd Baltic Front (3-й Прибалтийский фронт) was a front of the Red Army during the Second World War.

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3rd Shock Army

The 3rd Shock Army (Третья ударная армия) was a field army of the Red Army formed during the Second World War. 212th Rifle Division and 3rd Shock Army are military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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40th Army (Soviet Union)

The 40th Army (40-ya obshchevoyskovaya armiya, "40th Combined Arms Army") of the Soviet Ground Forces was an army-level command that participated in World War II from 1941 to 1945 and was reformed specifically for the Soviet–Afghan War from 1979 to circa 1990. 212th Rifle Division and 40th Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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413th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 413th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in the summer of 1941 in the Far Eastern Front. 212th Rifle Division and 413th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are 1941 establishments in the Soviet Union, infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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415th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 415th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in the autumn of 1941 in the Far Eastern Front. 212th Rifle Division and 415th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are 1941 establishments in the Soviet Union, 1945 disestablishments in the Soviet Union, infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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45th Rifle Division

The 45th Rifle Division was a Red Army infantry division formed originally during the Russian Civil War that fought in World War II and then served through the Cold War in the Leningrad Military District. 212th Rifle Division and 45th Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II.

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47th Army

The 47th Army (47-я армия) was a field army of the Red Army during World War II, active from 1941 to 1946. 212th Rifle Division and 47th Army are military units and formations established in 1941.

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49th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 49th Rifle Division was a Soviet Army infantry division, formed three times. 212th Rifle Division and 49th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II.

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50th Army (Soviet Union)

The 50th Army was a Soviet field army during World War II. 212th Rifle Division and 50th Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

The 5th Panzer Division (5th Tank Division) was an armoured division of the German Army during World War II, established in 1938.

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60th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 60th Infantry Division was formed in late 1939, from Gruppe Eberhardt, a collection of SA units that had been engaged in the capture of Danzig during the Invasion of Poland.

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61st Army (Soviet Union)

The 61st Army was a field army of the Red Army and the Soviet Ground Forces. 212th Rifle Division and 61st Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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62nd Army (Soviet Union)

The 62nd Army (62-я армия) was a field army established by the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War.

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62nd Rifle Division

The 62nd Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed four times and active during World War II and the postwar period. 212th Rifle Division and 62nd Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II.

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64th Rifle Division (1942–1945)

The 64th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army which existed between 1942 and 1945. 212th Rifle Division and 64th Rifle Division (1942–1945) are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II.

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66th Army (Soviet Union)

The 66th Army was a field army of the Red Army.

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6th Army (Wehrmacht)

The 6th Army (6.) was a field army of the German Army during World War II.

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6th Combined Arms Army

The 6th Combined Arms Army is a field army of the Red Army and the Soviet Army that was active with the Russian Ground Forces until 1998 and has been active since 2010 as the 6th Combined Arms Army.

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70th Army (Soviet Union)

The 70th Army was a Soviet field army during World War II.

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82nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 82nd Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army which was formed twice. 212th Rifle Division and 82nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II.

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84th Division (United States)

The 84th Training Command ("Railsplitters") is a formation of the United States Army.

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88th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 88th Rifle Division was twice formed as an infantry division of the Red Army, first as part of the prewar buildup of forces. 212th Rifle Division and 88th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are 1945 disestablishments in the Soviet Union, infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II and military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

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9th Army (Wehrmacht)

The 9th Army (9.) was a World War II field army.

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9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

The 9th Panzer Division was a panzer division of the German Army during World War II.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/212th_Rifle_Division

Also known as 212th Rifle Division (Soviet Union).

212th Rifle Division, the Glossary

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