The division was first assigned to the
44th Army, and in late August it was defending along the
Terek River on the northern approaches to
Grozny. After September the 416th was transferred to the
58th Army in
Transcaucasus Front's Northern Group. At year's end it was back in 44th Army, which was transferred to the
South Front in February 1943. After liberating
Rostov-na-Donu on the 14th, the front came up against the German fortified positions along the
Mius River and were held there until the line was broken at the outset of the
Donbass Strategic Offensive in August. 44th Army was on the front's left flank, and on August 30 the 416th participated in the liberation of the city of
Taganrog, and received its name as an honorific. Immediately following, the division was moved to
28th Army, and after the front was renamed
4th Ukrainian in October, the 416th was shifted once again in November, joining
37th Rifle Corps in the
3rd Guards Army. In February 1944, the division made its first major shift of commands, to the
5th Shock Army of
3rd Ukrainian Front. Apart from a brief shift with its corps to
46th Army in May, it would remain in that army for the duration. During the
1st Jassy-Kishinev Offensive in April 1944, 5th Shock assisted in the liberation of
Odessa, but soon after came up against the German/Romanian defenses along the
Dniestr River. On the night of 18–19 April, 37th Corps attempted an assault crossing to seize the German strongpoint at Talmazy, but was unsuccessful; the 416th was in reserve during this attack. A further effort was made in early May with similar results, and after several successful German counterattacks, the front went over to the defense in mid-May. The division participated in the
Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive in late August. After this offensive was well underway, 5th Shock Army was withdrawn to the
Reserve of the Supreme High Command. In October it became part of the
1st Belorussian Front, and the 416th became part of the
32nd Rifle Corps; it would remain in that front and that corps for the duration and afterwards. Under these commands it took part in the
Vistula-Oder Offensive and the
East Pomeranian Offensive, during which it played a main role in the capture of the fortified city of
Küstrin, leading to the final offensive on Berlin. During the
Battle of Berlin, the division, with its corps, captured the
Jannowitzbrücke station S-Bahn station on April 29, and attacked the
City Palace the next day. The division also helped capture the
Reichsbank on May 1. The soldiers of the 416th ended the war with the official title of 416th Rifle, Taganrog,
Order of the Red Banner,
Order of Suvorov Division. (Russian: 416-я стрелковая Таганрогская Краснознамённая ордена Суворова дивизия.) It went on to serve postwar in the
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. == Postwar ==