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100th Guards Rifle Division

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The 100th Guards Rifle Division was an elite Red Army airborne infantry division during World War II. [1]

33 relations: Ad hoc, Airborne forces, Bila Tserkva, Czechoslovakia, Danube, Division (military), Hungary, Karelia, Karelian Front, Kremenchuk, Kropyvnytskyi, Lake Balaton, Leningrad Oblast, Mannerheim Line, Operation Spring Awakening, Order of the Red Banner, Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast, Red Army, Russian Airborne Troops, Saint Petersburg, Soviet Union, Svir River, Tver, Vienna, Vienna Offensive, Vyazma airborne operation, Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, World War II, Zvenigorod, 31st Guards Airborne Division, 39th Guards Airborne Corps, 8th Guards Airborne Division, 9th Guards Army.

Ad hoc

Ad hoc is a Latin phrase meaning literally "for this".

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Airborne forces

Airborne Military parachuting or gliding form of inserting personnel or supplies.

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Bila Tserkva

Bila Tserkva (Бі́ла Це́рква; Biała Cerkiew; Belaya Tserkov; literally 'White Church') is a city in central Ukraine, the largest city in Kiev Oblast.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the:Czech Republic and:Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

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Danube

The Danube or Donau (known by various names in other languages) is Europe's second longest river, after the Volga.

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Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers.

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Hungary

Hungary (Magyarország) is a country in Central Europe that covers an area of in the Carpathian Basin, bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west.

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Karelia

Karelia (Karelian, Finnish and Estonian: Karjala; Карелия, Kareliya; Karelen), the land of the Karelian peoples, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Finland, Russia, and Sweden.

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Karelian Front

The Karelian Front was a front (a formation of Army Group size) of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II, and operated in Karelia.

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Kremenchuk

Kremenchuk (Кременчу́к, Kremenčuk,; Кременчу́г,, translit. Kremenchug), an important industrial city in central Ukraine, stands on the banks of the Dnieper River.

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Kropyvnytskyi

Kropyvnytskyi (Kropyvnyc'kyj) is a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river, and is the administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast.

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Lake Balaton

Lake Balaton (Plattensee Blatenské jazero, Lacus Pelso, Blatno jezero) is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary.

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Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast (lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).

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Mannerheim Line

The Mannerheim Line (Mannerheim-linja, Mannerheimlinjen) was a defensive fortification line on the Karelian Isthmus built by Finland against the Soviet Union.

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Operation Spring Awakening

Operation Spring Awakening (Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen) (6 – 16 March 1945) was the last major German offensive of World War II.

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Order of the Red Banner

The Order of the Red Banner (transl) was the first Soviet military decoration.

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Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast

Ramenskoye (Ра́менское) is a town and the administrative center of Ramensky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located southeast of Moscow.

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Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Рабоче-крестьянская Красная армия (РККА), Raboche-krest'yanskaya Krasnaya armiya (RKKA), frequently shortened in Russian to Красная aрмия (КА), Krasnaya armiya (KA), in English: Red Army, also in critical literature and folklore of that epoch – Red Horde, Army of Work) was the army and the air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and, after 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

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Russian Airborne Troops

The Russian Airborne Troops or VDV (from "Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii", Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ; Air-landing Forces) is a military branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg (p) is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015).

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Svir River

The Svir (Veps:, Karelian/Finnish: Syväri) is a river in Podporozhsky, Lodeynopolsky, and Volkhovsky districts in the north-east of Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

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Tver

Tver (p; IPA: tvʲerʲi) is a city and the administrative center of Tver Oblast, Russia.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien) is the federal capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria.

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Vienna Offensive

The Vienna Offensive was launched by the Soviet 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts in order to capture Vienna, Austria during World War II.

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Vyazma airborne operation

The Vyazma Airborne Operation was a Red Army airborne landing in the rear of German lines during the Battles of Rzhev.

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Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive

The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive or Karelian offensive was a strategic operation by the Soviet Leningrad and Karelian Fronts against Finland on the Karelian Isthmus and East Karelia fronts of the Continuation War, on the Eastern Front of World War II.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Zvenigorod

Zvenigorod (Звени́город) is an old town in Moscow Oblast, Russia.

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31st Guards Airborne Division

The 31st Guards Airborne Division was an airborne division of the Soviet airborne from 1948 to 1959.

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39th Guards Airborne Corps

The 39th Guards Airborne Corps was a Red Army airborne corps.

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8th Guards Airborne Division

The 8th Guards Airborne Division was an airborne division of the Red Army during World War II.

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9th Guards Army

The 9th Guards Army was a field army of the Red Army during World War II, which fought in the Vienna Offensive and the Prague Offensive at the end of the war.

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Redirects here:

100th Guards Airborne Division, 100th Guards Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 100th Guards Svir Red Banner Airborne Division, 15th Guards Airborne Division, Soviet 100th Guards Rifle Division.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_Guards_Rifle_Division

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