11th Guards Airborne Division

11th Guards Airborne Division I Formation: 1943–1944 II Formation: 1948–1955 Soviet Union Red ArmySoviet Airborne Troops Infantry, airborne Division (2nd formation)The 11th Guards Airborne Division was the name of two separate airborne divisions of the Soviet Airborne Troops. The division was first formed in late 1943 from three airborne brigades and did not see action before its conversion to the 104th Guards Rifle Division nearly a year later. The division was formed a second time in 1948 from a regiment at Ryazan and was disbanded in 1955. History First Formation The 11th Guards Airborne Division was formed on 23 December 1943 from the 1st, 2nd, and 11th Guards Airborne Brigades,Alyohin 2009 141 part of the Reserve of the Supreme High Command.Combat composition of the Soviet Army, 1 January 1944, p. 28 The division included the 1st, 2nd, and 11th Guards Airborne Brigades. It was commanded by Major General Vasily Polikarpovich Ivanov.NKO Order 00145, 23 December 1943 The division became part of the 38th Guards Airborne Corps when it was formed.Glantz 1994 68 On 8 December 1944, the State Defense Committee decided to reorganize the division as the 104th Guards Rifle Division. The reorganization took place at Slutsk.http://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/airborne/structure/details.htm?id=11272@egOrganization 31-я отдельная гвардейская десантно-штурмовая Ордена Кутузова 2-й степени бригада Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation ru 31st Separate Guards Air Assault Order of Kutuzov 2nd class Brigade 17 September 2016 Second Formation The 347th Guards Air Landing Regiment had been converted from the 347th Guards Rifle Regiment in June 1946, and from 1946 to 1948 was based in Tula. It formed part of the 106th Guards Airborne Division.https://www.ww2.dk/new/vdv/347gvpdp.htm 347th Guards Air Landing Regiment Holm Michael www.ww2.dk 2016-09-17 On 15 October 1948, the 11th Guards Airborne Division was formed from the 347th Guards Air Landing Regiment. The new division was based at Ryazan and inherited the Order of the Red Banner from the regiment. It was part of the 38th Guards Airborne Corps.Feskov et al 2013 236 In 1948 the key divisional units included the 111th Guards Airborne Regiment; the 137th Guards Air Landing Regiment;Airlanding Regiments were glider-borne units.Glantz 1984 137 N the 1185th Guards Artillery Regiment (all at Ryazan, Moscow Oblast) and independent Self-Propelled Artillery, independent Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery, independent Guards Anti-Tank Artillery; and independent Guards Engineering Battalions; and independent Guards Reconnaissance, independent Communications, and an independent Air-Landing Security Company. Combat service support units included an independent Supply Truck Battalion, and independent Medical & Sanitary Company. The 137th Guards Air Landing Regiment was later converted to the 137th Guards Airborne Regiment at some point, possibly as late as April 1955. The division was commanded by Vasily Larin from February 1949, and then Aleksandr Andreyevich Koreshchenko from 24 January 1953 to 5 April 1955.Kalashnikov Dodonov 2019 310 On 25 April 1955, the division was disbanded,Feskov et al 2013 237 with the 111th Guards Airborne Regiment transferred to the 105th Guards Vienna Airborne Division and the newly converted 137th Guards Airborne Regiment transferred to the 106th Guards Airborne Division. 11th Guards Airborne Division https://www.ww2.dk/new/vdv/11gvvdd.htm www.ww2.dk 2015-11-20 Holm MichaelFeskov et al 2013 248 Composition In 1948, the division was composed of the following units.Feskov et al 2013 248 111th Guards Airborne Regiment 137th Guards Air Landing Regiment 1185th Guards Artillery Regiment Commanders General-mayor Vasily Larin (February 1949–24 January 1953)Kalashnikov Dodonov 2019 310 General-mayor Aleksandr Andreyevich Koreshchenko (24 January 1953–5 April 1955)Kalashnikov Dodonov 2019 310 References Notes N Citations Bibliography http://militera.lib.ru/h/0/pdf/alyohin_rv01.pdf Воздушно-десантные войска: история российского десанта Alyohin Roman Eksmo 2009 9785699332137 Moscow ru Airborne Troops: History of the Russian Paratroopers 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 ru The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces Feskov et al 2013 http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/glantz.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20101107143932/http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/glantz.pdf dead November 7, 2010 The Soviet Airborne Experience Glantz David M. Combat Studies Institute, US Army Command and General Staff College 1984 9781428915824 Fort Leavenworth https://books.google.com/books?id=0erZZt-EGDQC The History of Soviet Airborne Forces Glantz David M. Frank Cass 1994 0714634832 Ilford, Essex Kalashnikov K. A. Высший командный состав Вооруженных сил СССР в послевоенный период: Справочные материалы (1945-1975). Dodonov I. Yu. Media-Alyans 2019 9786017887315 4: Командный состав Сухопутных войск (армейское и дивизионное звенья). 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