18th Red Banner Rifle Corps

18-й стрелковый Краснознамённый корпус

Military Unit: 16962

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov, 1.6.43 - 25.12.44
• Lieutenant-General Nikita Emelyanovich Chuvakov, 26.12.44 - 2.46
• Lieutenant-General Pyotr Ivanovich Fomenko, 2.46 - 7.52

Activated 1.6.43.

Organisation 10.5.45:

• 37th Guards Rifle Division
• 15th Rifle Division
• 69th Rifle Division

In 7.45 the 15th Rifle Division was replaced by the 108th Rifle Division.

In 10.45 the 37th Guards Rifle Division was renamed 27th Guards Mechanised Division.

In 5.46 the 108th Rifle Division was transferred to the Moscow Military District, and was disbanded.

In 6.46 the 69th Rifle Division and the 27th Guards Mechanised Division was replaced by the 26th Rifle Division and the 26th Guards Mechanised Division.

Organisation 1.1.47:

• 26th Rifle Division (Lodz, Poland)
• 26th Guards Mechanised Division (Borne Sulinovo, Poland)

Organisation 1950:

• 26th Rifle Division (Lodz, Poland)
• 26th Guards Mechanised Division (Borne Sulinovo, Poland)

Disbanded 7.52.

Headquarters:

• Bartelshagen, Germany, 10.5.45
• Borek, Poland, 14.6.45
• Bentschen (Zbaszyn), 19.6.45
• Jawor, Poland, 7.45 - 8.45
• Lodz, Poland, 9.45 - 7.52

Subordination:

• 65th Combined Arms Army, 5.45 - 12.6.46
• Northern Group of Forces, 12.6.46 - 7.52