over 5,000 casualties and went over to the defense on June 22. On June 29 German troops landed on the south coast of Sevastopol Bay. In the area of the Suzdal Heights the remnants of the 9th Naval Rifle Brigade and the 388th and 109th Divisions held the last line east of the Chersonese. The division's remnants, the 773rd and 782nd Rifle Regiments and 953rd Artillery Regiment, took up positions to cover the last remaining airfield on June 30, holding their positions until finally surrendering on July 2. Colonel Shvarev was evacuated; he went on to command the 317th Rifle Division and the 20th Rifle Corps. On August 5 the 388th was finally stricken from the Red Army order of battle. 2nd Formation After an absence of more than two years from the Red Army order of battle, much like the 384th Rifle Division, and the 386th, a new 388th was formed on November 22, 1944 as a separate rifle division of the 15th Army of the Far Eastern Front. It had an entirely different order of battle from the 1st formation: 499th Rifle Regiment 630th Rifle Regiment 632nd Rifle Regiment 869th Artillery Regiment 477th Self-Propelled Gun Battalion 430th Antitank Battalion 116th Reconnaissance Company 214th Sapper Battalion 1031st Signal Company 349th Medical/Sanitation Battalion 237th Chemical Protection (Anti-gas) Company 621st Motor Transport Company 601st Field Bakery 498th Divisional Veterinary Hospital 3154th Field Postal Station 1996th Field Office of the State Bank Col. Nikolai Fedorovich Mulin was appointed to command on the day the division re-formed, and remained in command for the duration. Soviet invasion of Manchuria When this operation began on August 9, 1945, the 15th Army was assigned to 2nd Far Eastern Front. The Army had four rifle divisions under command, the 34th, 255th, 361st and 388th, and was operating on a front of more than 300km, although its forces were concentrated in three limited sectors. The 388th was at Voskresenskoye, about 30km east of Leninskoye, and was deployed to secure Japanese strongpoints on the south bank of the Amur River on the left flank of the 361st. These two divisions, plus the 34th, planned to unite at Chiamussu on the Songhua River. At 0100 hours on August 9 reconnaissance and advanced detachment of all four divisions attacked without artillery preparation and secured major islands in the Amur. The 1st Battalion of the 630th Rifle Regiment, embarked in vessels of