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67th Rifle Division

Soviet military division

Field	Value
unit_name	67th Rifle Division
native_name	67-я стрелковая дивизия
image	Штаб 67 стр. дивизии.jpg
caption	The unit's headquarters in Liepāja
country	Soviet Union
type	Infantry division
branch	Red Army flag.svg Red Army
Red Army flag.svg Soviet Army
dates	1939-1941
size	Several corps or divisions
garrison	Liepāja
battles	*WWII

Red Army flag.svg Soviet Army

Operation Barbarossa

The 67th Rifle Division () was an infantry division of the Red Army. The 20th Rifle Division (territorial defence) was formed from militia brigades in the Leningrad Military District in 1923. On May 21, 1936, it was named the 67th Rifle Division. In June 1941, was part of the 27th Army in the Baltic Special Military District. After being badly battered during the early part of Operation Barbarossa, it was disbanded 19 September 1941.

Re-formed in September 1941. Fought on Finnish front. With 14th Army in northern Norway May 1945.

In 1957, it became the 116th Motor Rifle Division, but was then disbanded in 1960. For some part of the postwar period it was part of the 6th Army (Soviet Union).

Structure

56 Rifle Regiment
114 Rifle Regiment
281 Rifle Regiment
94 Artillery Regiment
242 Artillery Regiment
Smaller units

References

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References

V.I. Feskov et al 2004, 73.

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