324th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

324th Rifle Division
Active	1941-1946
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	World War II Battle of Moscow Battle of Rzhev, Summer 1942 Battles of Rzhev Operation Kutuzov Operation Bagration East Prussian Offensive Battle of Konigsberg
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner
Battle honours	Lower Dnieper
Commanders
Notable commanders	Nikolay Kiryukhin Ivan Yakovlevich Kravchenko Arkady Boreyko

The 324th Rifle Division was a Soviet infantry division of the Red Army during World War II. On 6.04.1945 it was part of the 69th Rifle Corps of the 50th Army.

On 6 April 1945 the 324th Rifle Division was one of the divisions in the encirclement around Königsberg (the Battle of Königsberg), located at the northwest sector. The division to the right was the 110th Rifle Division, and to the left is unknown. They attacked German positions and broke through the second defense line.

Feskov et al. lists it as part of the short-lived Gorki Military District in 1945-6, where it was apparently disbanded by September 1945.

Sources and references

• V.I. Feskov, K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov, The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945-91, Tomsk University Publishing House, Tomsk, 2004