The corps headquarters was renamed from that of the
15th Rifle Corps (2nd formation) on 16 April 1943 and became part of the
8th Guards Army, which it served with for the rest of its existence. Its previous divisions were replaced with the
39th,
79th, and
88th Guards Rifle Divisions. The corps entered combat on the
Southwestern Front on 19 July 1943 on the right bank of the
Seversky Donets in the
Izyum bridgehead. It fought in the
Donbass Strategic Offensives in August and September, and in October fought in the elimination of the German bridgehead on the left bank of the
Dnieper at the city of
Zaporozhye, during the
Zaporozhye Offensive. For its actions in the latter, the corps' 88th Guards Rifle Division received the name of the city as an honorific. On 24 October the corps crossed the Dnieper and on the next day the 39th Guards and the
152nd Rifle Division of the
46th Army captured
Dnepropetrovsk. 15 soldiers of the corps were made
Heroes of the Soviet Union for their actions in the fighting, among them Lieutenant Colonel Yu.M. Mazny, Captain V.A. Belyayev, Senior Sergeant V.S. Kashcheyev, and Sergeant A.I. Paradovich. In the spring of 1944, the corps fought in the
Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka Offensive and the
Odessa Offensive. For their actions in the breakthrough of Axis defenses on the
Inhulets River, divisions of the corps were decorated. In April the corps defended the east bank of the
Dniester Estuary, and in May replaced elements of the
5th Guards Army in the bridgehead on the right bank of the Dniester in the area of
Grigoriopol. In June, the corps and the 8th Guards Army were shifted to the left wing of the
1st Belorussian Front. During the
Lublin–Brest Offensive, the corps broke through German defenses west of
Kovel, crossed the
Western Bug, entered Polish territory, and captured
Lublin on 24 July. For its "courage in these battles," the corps received the name of Lublin as an honorific on 9 August. On 1 August the forces of the corps crossed the
Vistula and captured the
Magnuszew bridgehead. In the
Warsaw–Poznan Offensive of January 1945, the corps attacked from the bridgehead on 14 January and advanced on
Poznań. On 2 February, its units crossed the
Oder near
Reitwein, 10 km south of
Kustrin, and in February and March fought to retain their bridgehead. For its "courage and heroism" in these operations the 28th Guards Corps was awarded the
Order of the Red Banner on 19 February 1945 and corps commander Lieutenant General
Alexander Ryzhov and corps artillery commander Colonel A.G. Timoshenko were made Heroes of the Soviet Union. The corps subsequently fought in the
Berlin Offensive, during which they captured 11,000 German soldiers. For its actions the corps was awarded the
Order of Suvorov, 2nd class, on 11 June, and all of its divisions received the
Order of Lenin on 28 May. == Commanders ==