When Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began on 22 June, the corps, under the command of Major General Arkady Yermakov, was part of the Western Special Military District, with the 100th and 161st Rifle Divisions assigned.[3] Corps support units included the 10th Separate Communications and the 5th Separate Sapper Battalions. With the 13th Army of the Western Front, the 2nd Rifle Corps participated in the Battle of Bialystok-Minsk near the Minsk and Slutsk Fortified Regions during late June and early July 1941.[4][5] The corps was disbanded on 20 August.[2][6]
Second formation
The corps was reformed and fought against Japan in 1945. Corps support units included the 10th Separate Communications and 967th Separate Sapper Battalions, as well as the 1999th Military Postal Station.[7] In January 1945, the corps, directly subordinated to the headquarters of the Transbaikal Front comprised the 103rd, 275th, 292nd and 293rd Rifle Divisions;[8] in June the 293rd would be reassigned as a separate rifle division in 36th Army.[9] The corps was disbanded in November 1945.[10]
Dvoinykh, L.V.; Kariaeva, T.F.; Stegantsev, M.V., eds. (1993). Центральный государственный архив Советской армии [Central State Archive of the Soviet Army] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Minneapolis: Eastview Publications. ISBN1879944030. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Sharp, Charles C. (1996). The Soviet Order of Battle World War II: An Organizational History of the Major Combat Units of the Soviet Army. Vol. 10: "Red Swarm", Soviet Rifle Divisions Formed From 1942 to 1945. West Chester, Ohio: George F. Nafziger. OCLC39214254. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Further reading
Glantz, David M. (2003). The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945: August Storm. London: Frank Cass. ISBN0-7146-5279-2 – via Questia. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
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