7th Guards Tank Division 7th Guards Tank Division The 7th Guards Tank Division was a tank division of the Soviet Army during the Cold War. The division traced its heritage back to the 7th Guards Tank Corps, formed during World War II in July 1943 from the 15th Tank Corps for its performance in Operation Kutuzov, the Soviet counteroffensive after the Battle of Kursk. It was part of the 3rd Guards Tank Army during the war, and was converted into a tank division like the rest of the tank corps in 1945. Stationed in Czechoslovakia postwar, it was briefly downsized into a regiment in
Bombing of Gorky in World War II the plant. First of all, a wheeled workshop was started, the main restoration work was completed in 4 months. The official date for the restoration of the Gorky Automobile Plant was October 28, 1943. On this day, a report that was signed by 27 thousand builders was sent to Joseph Stalin. Bombing of Gorky in World War II The bombing of Gorky (now known as Nizhny Novgorod) by the Luftwaffe continued from 1941 to 1943 in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II. The main purpose of the bombing was to destroy the industrial center of the city. Gorky