Unit History
8th Guards Mechaized Corps
Formed 23 October 1943 from 3rd mechaized Corps in the 1st Tank Army. Units were re-designated as follows:
19th Guards Mechanized Brigade
20th Guards Mechanized Brigade
21st Guards Mechanized Brigade
1st Guards Tank Brigade
354th Guards Heavy SU Regiment
264th Guards Mortar Regiment
358th Guards Antiaircraft Regiment
756th Anti-Tank Battalion
405th Guards Mortar Battalion
8th Guards Motorcycle Battalion
27th Sapper Battalion
Battles and Honors
Kursk July 1943
Dnieper River September 1943
Keiv Defensive December 1943
Zhitomir Berdichev January 1944
Proskurov Chernovtsy March 1944
Chortkov March 1944
Lvov Sandomir July 1944
Gulf of Riga July 1944
Vistula Order January 1945
East Pomerania Febuary 1945
Berlin April 1945
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Lenin
20th Guards Mechanized Brigade
Order of Lenin
Orderof the Red Banner
Order of Suvorov
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy
1st Guards Tank Brigade
Order of Lenin (twice)
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Suvorov
Order of Kutuzov
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
Order of
Bogdan Khmelnitsky
Order of Suvorov