Soviet 96th Rifle Division

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Soviet_23rd_Army
gptkbp:active_years 1941-1945
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:3rd_Belorussian_Front
gptkb:1st_Ukrainian_Front
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Red_Banner_of_Labour
gptkb:Order_of_the_Red_Star
gptkb:Order_of_the_Patriotic_War
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:command_structure Divisional Headquarters
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Ivan_S._Konev
gptkbp:country gptkb:Monarch
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
gptkbp:equipment Mosin-Nagant rifles
T-34 tanks
gptkbp:formation_date 1941
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:has_ability approximately 12,000 soldiers
approximately 8,000 soldiers
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Krasnodar
gptkbp:historical_significance Contributed to the defeat of Nazi Germany
Participated in key battles of WWII
Part of the Soviet military strategy in WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet 96th Rifle Division
gptkbp:military_branch 1st Rifle Regiment
2nd Rifle Regiment
3rd Rifle Regiment
gptkbp:military_technology gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:motto For the Motherland!
gptkbp:nickname The Steel Division
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Operation_Bagration
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Battle_of_Berlin
gptkb:Siege_of_Leningrad
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Soviet_Army
gptkbp:reform gptkb:1944
1943
1945
gptkbp:size approximately 10,000 soldiers
gptkbp:successor 96th Guards Rifle Division
gptkbp:supports gptkb:military_unit
Engineer Battalion
Supply Company
Tank Battalion
Medical Company
gptkbp:type Rifle Division