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The 220th Rifle Division was briefly a Red Army motorized infantry division that was reorganised shortly after the German invasion as a standard rifle division. The division distinguished itself in at least three battles. It was partly credited with the liberation of the cities of Orsha and Minsk in the first stages of the Destruction of Army Group Center. Shortly after it also shared credit for the liberation of the city of Grodno. == 1st Formation == The division was first organized as the 220th Motorized Rifle Division beginning in April, 1941 in the area of Smolensk. It was commanded by Major General N.G. Khoruzhenko and consisted of: * 653rd Motorized Rifle Regiment * 673rd Motorized Rifle Regiment * 137th Tank Regiment * 660th Artillery Regiment * 295th Reconnaissance Battalion * 381st Sapper Battalion. It was part of the 23rd Mechanized Corps. When Operation Barbarossa began the 220th was in the very early stages of forming up and was very poorly equipped. Trucks and other motor vehicles were in short supply, and the tank regiment likely had no tanks at all.〔Charles C. Sharp, ''"Red Tide", Soviet Rifle Divisions Formed From June to December 1941, Soviet Order of Battle World War II, Vol. IX'', 1996, p 33〕 For practical purposes the division was motorized in name only, and within a month the decision was made to reform the 220th as a standard rifle division. The division operated as part of the 23rd Mechanized Corps, itself part of 19th Army in June and July 1941, but by 1 August 1941, was shifted into 32nd Army, part of the Reserve Front.〔http://tashv.nm.ru/BoevojSostavSA/1941/19410801.html#1〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「220th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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