269th Rifle Division | |
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Active | July 1941 – 1946 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Type | Rifle division |
Engagements | World War II |
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The 269th Rifle Division (Russian: 269-я стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II.
Formed in the summer of 1941, the division served with the Bryansk Front in the same area until late 1943, when it began advancing westwards. The 269th fought in Operation Bagration, the southern Baltic states, and the Battle of Berlin during 1944 and 1945. Postwar, it was disbanded in 1946 in Belarus.