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| + | {{Infobox_card|faction=Soviet Union|type=Infantry|rarity=Special|set=Breakthrough|cost=9|op_cost=2|attack=7|defense=7|ability1=Guard |special = At the end of your turn, fully repair this unit.|title1={{PAGENAME}}|image1=222nd rifles.png|reserved=No|special effect type=Pincer}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a Infantry unit in ''{{gamename}}''. |
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| + | [[File:Hist_222nd_guard_rifles.png|300px|thumb| Soviet Soldiers in street fighting in Budapest, Hungary. 1945 |none]] |
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| + | The 222nd Guards Rifle Regiment was part of the 72nd Guards Rifle Division, but raised to guards status in 1943 after a heroic performance in the Battle of Stalingrad. The division fought for liberation of the city of Belgorod in 1943 and, in 1944 it fought in the Budapest Offensive. In 1944 the division was attached to the 24th Guards Rifle Corps and managed to capture an area around the village of Bruty in Slovakia where its advance was halted by the German 1st Battalion of Grenadier Regiment. After the war the division became the 7th Guards Rifle Brigade, and after the fall of the Soviet Union it was transferred to the Ukraine and is now the 72nd Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Army. |
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Latest revision as of 22:17, 20 September 2023
222nd Guard Rifles is a Infantry unit in Kards - The WWII CCG.
Background[]
Soviet Soldiers in street fighting in Budapest, Hungary. 1945
The 222nd Guards Rifle Regiment was part of the 72nd Guards Rifle Division, but raised to guards status in 1943 after a heroic performance in the Battle of Stalingrad. The division fought for liberation of the city of Belgorod in 1943 and, in 1944 it fought in the Budapest Offensive. In 1944 the division was attached to the 24th Guards Rifle Corps and managed to capture an area around the village of Bruty in Slovakia where its advance was halted by the German 1st Battalion of Grenadier Regiment. After the war the division became the 7th Guards Rifle Brigade, and after the fall of the Soviet Union it was transferred to the Ukraine and is now the 72nd Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Army.