13th Guards Rifle Division

The 13th Guards Rifle Division was an infantry division during the Battle of Stalingrad. They were a part of the 62nd Army during the battle. The Division was formed in January of 1942, when the 87th Rifle Divison was awarded Guards Status and re designated the 13th Guards. In September of 1942, the Guards moved across the Volga to the western side and into the city of Stalingrad to reinforce the units there. In September of 1943, it was given the honorific 'Poltava'.

After the end of the battle, the Division was later instated into the 5th Guards Army of the Voronezh Front. They took part in Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev in 1943, reorganized as part of the 32nd Guards Rifle Corps.. It remained as a member of the 5th Guards Army, part of the 1st Ukranian Front during the final push into Germany.

After the war, it would appear it was reorganized into the 13th Guards Mechanized Division, part of the Southern Group of Forces until the 1950's, when it was disbanded. It's Lineage was carried on by the 13th Guards Tank Division, who were a part of the SGF until the 1980s, when it was withdrawn and disbanded.

In Game
In Call of Duty and Call of Duty 2, the player takes the role of two different members of the 13th Guards Rifle Division during the Battle of Stalingrad.