393rd Rifle Division

rdf:langString 393rd Rifle Division

rdf:langString 393rd Rifle Division (22 November 1944 – 1946)

rdf:langString 393rd Rifle Division (1 October 1941 – 30 June 1942)

rdf:langString Col. Filipp Anisimovich Isakov

rdf:langString Col. Ivan Dmitrievich Zinovev

rdf:langString Infantry

rdf:langString Division

rdf:langString The 393rd Rifle Division was raised in 1941 as an infantry division of the Red Army, and served twice during the Great Patriotic War in that role. In its first formation the division followed a very similar combat path to that of the 411th Rifle Division. It was first formed on 1 October in the Kharkov Military District, probably on the basis of militia units that had been raised there. It fought in the Barvenkovo–Lozovaya Offensive that created the Izium - Barvenkovo salient in January 1942 and was intended to play a leading role in a spring offensive aimed at the liberation of Kharkov. In the event a German counteroffensive cut off the salient; the division was deeply encircled and destroyed. In the buildup to the Soviet invasion of Manchuria a new 393rd was formed in the Far Eastern Front in late 1944. The new division fought into the northern part of the Korean peninsula, taking many ports and cities with enough distinction that it was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, and continued to serve briefly into the postwar period.