5th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (Soviet Union) (original) (raw)

The 5th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (Russian: 5-я зенитная артиллерийская дивизия) was an anti-aircraft artillery division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II. Formed in November 1942, the division served with the 7th Guards Army for most of the war. It fought in the Battle of Kursk, the Battle of the Dnieper, and the Siege of Budapest, ending the war in the Czechoslovakia. It was disbanded within months of the end of the war, and received the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of Kutuzov, and the honorific Bratislava for its actions in the Bratislava–Brno Offensive.