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The 240th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army after a motorized division of that same number was reorganized in the first months of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It was based on the shtat (table of organization and equipment) of July 29, 1941, with several modifications. This conversion required several months and the division arrived at the front too late to see much action in the winter counteroffensive west of Moscow. At the start of the German summer offensive in June 1942 it was serving in Bryansk Front west of Voronezh and gradually fell back to east of that city before taking part in the Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive in January and February 1943, liberating the town of Tim and assisting in the elimination of an encircled column of German and

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  • The 240th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army after a motorized division of that same number was reorganized in the first months of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It was based on the shtat (table of organization and equipment) of July 29, 1941, with several modifications. This conversion required several months and the division arrived at the front too late to see much action in the winter counteroffensive west of Moscow. At the start of the German summer offensive in June 1942 it was serving in Bryansk Front west of Voronezh and gradually fell back to east of that city before taking part in the Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive in January and February 1943, liberating the town of Tim and assisting in the elimination of an encircled column of German and Hungarian troops as part of 38th Army. As part of this Army it played a minor role in the Battle of Kursk and then a more major one in the subsequent advance through eastern Ukraine. After arriving at the Dniepr River north of Kyiv the 240th was instrumental in establishing the bridgehead at Lyutizh which later became the springboard for the liberation of the Ukrainian capital, and would be awarded battle honors for both of these accomplishments. During the offensives into western Ukraine in the spring of 1944 the division won, in quick succession, the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of Suvorov. As part of 40th Army, mostly under 50th Rifle Corps, it took part in the Jassy–Kishinev offensives and the subsequent advance across the Carpathian Mountains into Hungary. During the fighting through that country and into Slovakia during the months leading to the German surrender the subunits of the division were awarded a large number of decorations and other honors, but despite this distinguished record the 240th was surplus to requirements and was disbanded in the summer of 1945. (en)
  • 240 Dywizja Strzelecka (ros. 240-я стрелковая дивизия) – związek taktyczny (dywizja) Armii Czerwonej. Sformowana w 1942 na bazie oddziałów zmotoryzowanych, walczących z niemieckim najeźdźcą od sierpnia 1941. Dywizja brała udział w bojach pod Charkowem i Kijowem, forsowała Dniepr i Dniestr, wyzwalała spod okupacji wojsk Osi Rumunię i Czechosłowację. Wojnę zakończyła w mieście Ołomuniec. (pl)
  • 240-я стрелковая дивизия — войсковое соединение Вооружённых Сил СССР, принимавшее участие в Великой Отечественной войне. (ru)
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  • Kiev
  • Dniepr
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  • Dniepr (en)
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  • Col. Ivan Vasilyevich Gorbenko (en)
  • Maj. Gen. Pyotr Pyotrovich Avdeenko 10px (en)
  • Maj. Gen. Stepan Aleksandrovich Ivanov (en)
  • Maj. Gen. Terentii Fomich Umanskii 10px (en)
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  • Motorized Infantry, Infantry (en)
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  • 240 Dywizja Strzelecka (ros. 240-я стрелковая дивизия) – związek taktyczny (dywizja) Armii Czerwonej. Sformowana w 1942 na bazie oddziałów zmotoryzowanych, walczących z niemieckim najeźdźcą od sierpnia 1941. Dywizja brała udział w bojach pod Charkowem i Kijowem, forsowała Dniepr i Dniestr, wyzwalała spod okupacji wojsk Osi Rumunię i Czechosłowację. Wojnę zakończyła w mieście Ołomuniec. (pl)
  • 240-я стрелковая дивизия — войсковое соединение Вооружённых Сил СССР, принимавшее участие в Великой Отечественной войне. (ru)
  • The 240th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army after a motorized division of that same number was reorganized in the first months of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It was based on the shtat (table of organization and equipment) of July 29, 1941, with several modifications. This conversion required several months and the division arrived at the front too late to see much action in the winter counteroffensive west of Moscow. At the start of the German summer offensive in June 1942 it was serving in Bryansk Front west of Voronezh and gradually fell back to east of that city before taking part in the Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive in January and February 1943, liberating the town of Tim and assisting in the elimination of an encircled column of German and (en)
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  • 240th Rifle Division (en)
  • 240 Dywizja Strzelecka (ZSRR) (pl)
  • 240-я стрелковая дивизия (ru)
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  • 240th Motorized Division (March 11, 1941 – August 6, 1941) (en)
  • 240th Rifle Division (August 6, 1941 – July 1945) (en)
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