104th Guards Division to be recreated as part of the Airborne Forces by December – Kommersant
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The 104th division will again be created as part of the Airborne Forces, TASS reports, citing a source close to the Defense Ministry. According to him, the division will be created by December 1.
“A final decision has been made to recreate the 104th division as part of the Airborne Forces in the status of an airborne assault division on the basis of the 31st separate airborne assault brigade,” the agency’s interlocutor said.
On Airborne Forces Day, August 2, the commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Mikhail Teplinskiy, promised to create two more airborne regiments by the end of the year and revive the 104th Guards Airborne Division. He did not name specific dates.
The 104th Guards Rifle Division of the Order of Kutuzov took part in the Great Patriotic War as part of the 9th Guards Army. Participated in the battle of Sliwice, the last major battle after the signing of the surrender.
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