111th Rifle Corps
The 111th Rifle Corps () was an infantry corps of the Red Army during World War II. Its headquarters was formed with the 54th Army of the Volkhov Front in mid-November 1943, and with its assigned divisions fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive during January and February 1944. The corps then fought in failed attempts to break the Panther Line for the next several months and the Pskov-Ostrov Offensive in July. Its headquarters was transferred to the 67th Army and with a different set of divisions fought in the Riga Offensive in September. During late 1944 and early 1945 it served on garrison duty in southern Estonia and Latvia, then participated in the disarmament and collection of German prisoners of the war surrendered in the Courland Pocket in early May. Postwar, the corps was disbanded in early 1946. World War II The headquarters of the 111th Rifle Corps was formed in early November 1943 under the command of Major General Boris Rozhdestvensky, who led it for the rest of the war, part of the 54th Army of the Volkhov Front. Corps troops, formed along with the headquarters, included the 551st Separate Communications Battalion and the 3907th Field Postal Station. Upon formation, it was assigned the 44th and 288th Rifle Divisions and the 53rd Rifle Brigade. The 53rd Rifle Brigade transferred to the 115th Rifle Corps in December. The corps fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive in January and February 1944, recapturing Chudovo, Shimsk, Soltsy, Dno, and Porkhov in cooperation with the 119th Rifle Corps. During January, the 288th went into front reserve and the 18th and 80th Rifle Divisions joined the corps. In late January, the corps advanced toward Chudovo against the German 21st Infantry Division, capturing the town with a three-pronged attack by the 44th Rifle Division and the 14th and 53rd Rifle Brigades. The 18th and 80th were transferred in February, while the 288th returned to the corps, which was joined by the 225th Rifle Division. The corps rejoined 54th Army on 11 February after the army headquarters was relocated to the left flank of the front. The Volkhov Front was disbanded by an order of 13 February and the corps and army transferred to the Leningrad Front . In conjunction with the 14th Guards Rifle Corps of the 1st Shock Army, the 111th attacked the town of Dno late on 23 February, but both corps were repulsed by German counterattacks. On the next day, a renewed assault by the 44th and 288th Divisions and attached 16th Tank Brigade of the 111th and a rifle division, brigade, and tank regiment of the 14th Guards took the town. The corps fought in the recapture of Porkhov on 26 February, then fought with the army in unsuccessful attempts to break the Panther Line. It would include the 44th, 225th, and 288th Divisions until July. The 54th Army transferred to the 3rd Baltic Front in April. The 393rd Field Vehicle Repair Base was formed by 1 June as a corps unit. From mid-to-late