118th Guards Rifle Division

118th Guards Rifle Division 1945–1946; 1950–1956 Soviet Union 1955 23px Red Army (1945-46)Soviet Army (1950-56) Division Infantry Pärnu Tallinn Maj. Gen. Karl Adamovich AllikasMaj. Gen. Johan Yakovlevich Lombak The 118th Estonian Guards Rifle Division was an elite infantry division of the Red Army and later the Soviet Army. It was formed following the German surrender in June 1945 from the 2nd wartime formation of the 7th Estonian Rifle Division. The division became a brigade in 1946 and became a division again in 1950. It was disbanded in 1956. History The division was formed on June 28, 1945 from the re-designated 7th Estonian Rifle Division. On the same date the entire 8th Estonian Rifle Corps was raised to Guards status as the 41st Guards Rifle Corps. On its formation the 118th Guards inherited the honorific title and decoration of the 7th, with its full title being 118th Guards Rifle Estonian, Tallinn,Освобождение городов https://www.soldat.ru/spravka/freedom/1-ssr-6.html 2024-11-27 www.soldat.ru Order of the Red BannerAffairs Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 1967b 21 Division.Charles C. Sharp, "Red Guards", Soviet Guards Rifle and Airborne Units Divisions 1941 to 1945, Soviet Order of Battle World War II, Vol. IV, Nafziger, 1995, p. 88Feskov et al 2013, p. 147 The division was commanded by Maj. Gen. Karl Adamovich Allikas, who had commanded the 7th Estonian Rifle Division since January 6, 1943. This re-designation took place nearly two months after V-E Day, but before the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, so technically the 118th Guards can be considered a wartime formation, although it did not see combat in Manchuria. In February 1946 General Allikas was replaced in command by Maj. Gen. Johan Yakovlevich Lombak, who had previously commanded the 249th Estonian Rifle Division (later 122nd Guards Rifle Division). The division was downsized into the 22nd Guards Separate Rifle Brigade in 1946. It was based at Pärnu.Feskov et al 2013, p. 149 The division was reformed from the 22nd Guards Separate Rifle Brigade in 1950, and served until 1956 with 4th Guards Rifle Corps (the 10th Guards Army previously), before being disbanded again on July 7, 1956 at Tallinn.http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/armies/10gvoa.htm 10th Guards Combined Arms Army Holm Michael www.ww2.dk 2016-03-09 and Feskov et al 2013, p. 152 References Citations Bibliography https://archive.org/details/rkkaawards219451966 Сборник приказов РВСР, РВС СССР, НКО и Указов Президиума Верховного Совета СССР о награждении орденами СССР частей, соединениий и учреждений ВС СССР. Часть II. 1945 – 1966 гг. Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 1967b Moscow ru Collection of orders of the RVSR, RVS USSR and NKO on awarding orders to units, formations and establishments of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Part II. 1945–1966 Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской Feskov V.I. Golikov V.I. Kalashnikov K.A. Slugin S.A. Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing 2013 9785895035306 Tomsk Russian The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces External links Kark Adamovich Allikas Johan Yakovlevich Lombak G118 Category:Military units and formations established in 1945 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1956 Category:Military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner Category:1945 establishments in the Soviet Union Category:1956 disestablishments in the Soviet Union