by now acutely aware of the danger and began its own action on the same day, beginning with a withdrawal from Staraya Russa. On the 19th the 22nd Army began its pursuit of the German II Corps. During this advance Kholm was finally liberated on February 21. On the night of February 24/25 joint forces of the 22nd and 1st Shock Armies captured Dedovichi. The exploitation continued the next day as the 391st attacked the 15th Latvian SS Division, forcing it to withdraw and destroying the small German garrison at Chikhachyovo. In the last days of the month the division moved back to the 1st Shock Army, but in the face of increasing German resistance that Army went over to the defense in early March after an advance of nearly 180km. Baltic Offensive In June the 391st was moved back to the 3rd Shock Army as a separate division. At the start of the summer campaign it was facing the defenses of the Panther Line, southeast of Idritsa. Pushing past these and into the Baltic states the division was finally awarded a battle honor for its part in the liberation of Rezekne, Latvia:Shortly afterwards the division was subordinated to the 93rd Rifle Corps, where it would remain for the duration. By September 1 the 93rd Corps had been transferred to the 42nd Army, and was approaching Krustpils by mid-month. As of October 1, 93rd Corps had been shifted yet again, now to the 22nd Army, and was fighting west of Jaunjelgava as part of the push to seal off Army Group North in the Courland Pocket. Silesian Campaign 93rd Rifle Corps remained in 22nd Army in Latvia for the rest of 1944, and into February, 1945. Since this was a mostly quiet front the STAVKA decided that the Corps was more needed elsewhere, and so from February 7 - 19 it was moved by rail to join the 59th Army in 1st Ukrainian Front. As of March 1 the Corps consisted of the 391st, 98th and 239th Rifle Divisions. On February 24, immediately following the Lower Silesian Offensive, the Front commander, Marshal I. S. Konev, presented his plan for subsequent operations. Upon the arrival of the Front's main group of forces in the Neisse area the 59th and 60th Armies were to develop the attack from the bridgehead north of Ratibor to the west and southwest. Ultimately this operation would