10th Guards Airborne Division

10th Guards Airborne Division (8 Dec 1942 – 20 Dec 1945)
126th Guards Rifle Division
10th Guards Airborne Division (8 Dec 1942 – 20 Dec 1945); 126th Guards Rifle Division
Active	1942–1946
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Airborne, Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II Battle of the Dnieper; Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive; Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive;
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner; Order of Suvorov;
Battle honours	Krivoi Rog

The 10th Guards Airborne Division (Russian: 10-я гвардейская воздушно-десантная дивизия) was an infantry division of the Red Army from 1942 to 1946.

Postwar, the division was reorganized as the 126th Guards Rifle Division at the end of 1945, and was disbanded in late 1946.

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