5th Guards Cavalry Division - the Red Army
5th Guards Cavalry Division - the Red Army
Hi
Have You detailed info on the Soviet 5th Guards Cavalry Division in February-March 1945?
1. The way and fights of 5th div. since 26. to 28. February 1945.
2. What units consisted this Division of?
3. Are there any mentions in diaries, reports of eyewitnesses about the 5th Div. in February-March 1945?
4. Biographies of generals: Chepurkin, Oslikovskii, Kaluschny, Brikel.
Thanks for help.
Regards
KaSeF
P.S. Did the 207 Tank battalion (regiment? brigade?) belong to the 2nd Belorussian Front in February 1945?
Have You detailed info on the Soviet 5th Guards Cavalry Division in February-March 1945?
1. The way and fights of 5th div. since 26. to 28. February 1945.
2. What units consisted this Division of?
3. Are there any mentions in diaries, reports of eyewitnesses about the 5th Div. in February-March 1945?
4. Biographies of generals: Chepurkin, Oslikovskii, Kaluschny, Brikel.
Thanks for help.
Regards
KaSeF
P.S. Did the 207 Tank battalion (regiment? brigade?) belong to the 2nd Belorussian Front in February 1945?
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Hi,
You can find some biographical info (admittely not much) on these fellows at my site including a picture of Chepurkin provided by the general's great-grandson. Regarding Kaluschny then I have him as Kaliuzhnii.
Kind Regards
Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II
You can find some biographical info (admittely not much) on these fellows at my site including a picture of Chepurkin provided by the general's great-grandson. Regarding Kaluschny then I have him as Kaliuzhnii.
Kind Regards
Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II
Last edited by Steen Ammentorp on 10 Aug 2006, 17:50, edited 1 time in total.
Thanks. I know this site. Excellent!
You can find the photos of Oslikowskii and Kaliuzhnii here: http://www.plus-minus.imax.com.pl/Zdoby ... 70245.html
Regards
KaSeF
You can find the photos of Oslikowskii and Kaliuzhnii here: http://www.plus-minus.imax.com.pl/Zdoby ... 70245.html
Regards
KaSeF
5th Guards Bessarabsko-Tannenbergskaya, order of Lenin, Red Banner and order of Suvorov II st. Cavalry Division im. G.I. Kotovskogo was activated 22.12.41 from the 3rd Cavalry Division.
It consisted of:
17th Guards Lidskiy Cavalry Regiment
22nd Guards Cavalry Regiment
24th Guards Allensteinskiy Cavalry Regiment
104th Tank Regiment
178th Guards Mortar Regiment
7th Guards Horse Artillery Regiment
39th indep. Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
6th Guards Field Engineer Squadron
5th indep. Guards Communication Squadron
6th Guards Chemical Defence Squadron
5th Guards Recon. Squadron
1st Medical Squadron
The 20th Guards Cavalry Regiment was attached from time to time during 1944/45.
1944-45 served under the 3rd Cavalry Corps, first under the 1st and 2nd Baltic Front, summer 1944 under the 3rd Belorussian Front, and from 8.44 to the end under the 3rd Belorussian Front.
Commanders:
GenMaj M.F. Maleyev, and from 15.1.42 GenMaj N.S. Chepurkin.
The division ended up in the Transcaucasus MD after the war, and parts later became 1st and then 18th Heavy Tank Division, and survived to 1992 as the 5th Guards Tank Division, having relocated to Transbaykal in 1965.
Michael
It consisted of:
17th Guards Lidskiy Cavalry Regiment
22nd Guards Cavalry Regiment
24th Guards Allensteinskiy Cavalry Regiment
104th Tank Regiment
178th Guards Mortar Regiment
7th Guards Horse Artillery Regiment
39th indep. Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
6th Guards Field Engineer Squadron
5th indep. Guards Communication Squadron
6th Guards Chemical Defence Squadron
5th Guards Recon. Squadron
1st Medical Squadron
The 20th Guards Cavalry Regiment was attached from time to time during 1944/45.
1944-45 served under the 3rd Cavalry Corps, first under the 1st and 2nd Baltic Front, summer 1944 under the 3rd Belorussian Front, and from 8.44 to the end under the 3rd Belorussian Front.
Commanders:
GenMaj M.F. Maleyev, and from 15.1.42 GenMaj N.S. Chepurkin.
The division ended up in the Transcaucasus MD after the war, and parts later became 1st and then 18th Heavy Tank Division, and survived to 1992 as the 5th Guards Tank Division, having relocated to Transbaykal in 1965.
Michael
Hi KaSeF,
From various sources, mainly two books by Vitalii Ivanovich Fes'kov:
1) Krasnaia Armiia v pobedakh i porazheniiakh, 1941-1945 gg.
2) Sovetskaia Armiia v gody "kholodnoi voiny" (1945-1991)
as well as the "Boevoi sostav Sovetskoi Armii" which is a monthly order of battle for the Soviet Armed forces 1941 to 1945.
Extracts from this (every 3 months) has been published here: http://victory.mil.ru/war/oob/index.html
The 207th Tank Regiment was part of the 32nd Smolenskaya, Red Banner and order of Suvorov II st. Cavalry Division. This division served together with the 5th Guards Cavalry Division under the 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps.
Mike
From various sources, mainly two books by Vitalii Ivanovich Fes'kov:
1) Krasnaia Armiia v pobedakh i porazheniiakh, 1941-1945 gg.
2) Sovetskaia Armiia v gody "kholodnoi voiny" (1945-1991)
as well as the "Boevoi sostav Sovetskoi Armii" which is a monthly order of battle for the Soviet Armed forces 1941 to 1945.
Extracts from this (every 3 months) has been published here: http://victory.mil.ru/war/oob/index.html
The 207th Tank Regiment was part of the 32nd Smolenskaya, Red Banner and order of Suvorov II st. Cavalry Division. This division served together with the 5th Guards Cavalry Division under the 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps.
Mike