155th Rifle Division

Former Soviet military formation 155th Rifle Division 1939-1945 Soviet Union 23px Red Army Infantry Winter War Battle of Ilomantsi (1939) World War II Battle of Bryansk (1941) Battle of Moscow Siege of Budapest The 155th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army of the Soviet Union. It was established in Opotschka in 1939. In December 1939, it fought in the Battle of Ilomantsi during the Winter War. In October 1941, it was destroyed in Bryansk. On October 28, 1941 the 1st and 2nd Moscow Worker's Brigades were in Moscow formed using Destroyer Battalions' troops, similar to the earlier People's Militia formations. On November 14, 1941, they were upgraded in status to the 4th and 5th Moscow Rifle Divisions respectively. On January 20, 1942 the 4th Moscow Rifle Division was redesignated the 155th Rifle Division (Second Formation).Irregular Units of the RKKA https://web.archive.org/web/20080621160315/http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/formation/DNO.htm 2008-06-21 , January 5, 2004. During the rest of the Second World War, it fought in Kalinin, Kursk, the Carpathians, and Budapest. By May 1945, it served with the 27th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. In the summer of 1945, the division was disbanded and the soldiers then served with the Southern Group of Forces.Feskov V.I. Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской Golikov V.I. Kalashnikov K.A. Slugin S.A. Tomsk Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing 2013 9785895035306 422 Russian The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces References Category:Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II Category:Military units and formations established in 1939 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Category:1939 establishments in the Soviet Union Category:1945 disestablishments in the Soviet Union Category:Winter War