 After forming it remained in service in the Caucasus and Iran until the summer of 1942, when it was redeployed to help counter the German drive toward Tuapse.The 408th had a short and undistinguished career as a combat formation, and was soon disbanded.The 408th Rifle Division began forming on August 14, 1941, at Yerevan in the Transcaucasus Military District along with its "sister" 409th Rifle Division nearby.