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The153rd Rifle Division was a Soviet infantry division of theRed Army duringWorld War II. It was formed in theUral Military District. On 22 June 1941 when the GermanOperation Barbarossa began, it was serving under command ofNikolai Gagen with the 51st Rifle Corps of the22nd Army. By 29 June 1941, after the effective destruction of the37th Rifle Division, a composite regiment (20th Rifle Regiment) formed mostly from 37th Rifle Division rear units (Tyl) was attached to the division.[1]
The 153rd Rifle Division was one of the first divisions to be designated aGuards formation, becoming3rd Guards Rifle Division on 18 September 1941, due to 'its combat record in Belarus andSmolensk'. It was reformed for the second time in February 1942, and later became the57th Guards Rifle Division in December 1942, after fighting with the63rd Army.
Reformed for the third time, during theEast Prussian Offensive, on 6 April 1945 the Division, which was with the 69th Rifle Corps,50th Army, was one of the divisions in the encirclement aroundKönigsberg, located at the northwest sector. The division to the right was the216th Rifle Division, and to the left was the110th Rifle Division. They attackedGerman positions and broke through the second defense line.
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