Rifle Division. In December 1940, he was sent to the advance training courses at Frunze Military Academy, from which he graduated in May 1941. World War II Glazunov returned to the 59th Rifle Division in the far east. On 23 June, he was appointed commander of 3rd Airborne Corps in Pervomaisk. He fought in the Battle of Kiev. On 29 August, Glazunov became the commander of the Soviet Airborne Troops. He organized the training of the airborne and the formation of ten airborne corps and five brigades. In January and February 1942, Glazunov planned and conducted the Vyazma Airborne Operation during the Rzhev-Vyazma Offensive. On 27 March 1942, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. In June 1943, Glazunov was released from command and became the deputy commander of the 29th Guards Rifle Corps. In November, he became the commander of the 4th Guards Rifle Corps, which he would lead until the end of the war. Glazunov led the corps through the Battle of the Dnieper, the Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive and the Odessa Offensive. During January and February 1944, the corps broke through German fortifications near the village of Novonikolayevka, expanding the Nikopol bridgehead and allegedly capturing 96 settlements. On 19 March, Glazunov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his leadership during the Nikopol-Krivoi Rog Offensive. In early June 1944, the corps was transferred to the 1st Belorussian Front at Kovel. Under Glazunov's command, the corps fought in the Lublin–Brest Offensive, during which it crossed the Bug River. During the Vistula–Oder Offensive, the corps crossed the Vistula and captured a number of settlements, for which it was awarded the title 'Brandenburg'. On 6 April 1945, Glazunov was awarded a second Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his actions in holding the Magnushev bridgehead during the Lublin–Brest Offensive. During the Berlin Offensive, the corps took part in the breakthrough in the Battle of the Seelow Heights and crossed the Spree. In Berlin, the corps captured the Ministry of Aviation and the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. For his leadership in the capture of Berlin, Glazunov was awarded a third Order of Lenin. Postwar Glazunov continued to command the corps as part of the 8th Guards Army. In January 1946, he was appointed commander of the 125th Rifle Corps, and in June the inspector