It was partly formed for the first time as a standard Red Army rifle division in the spring of 1941, before the German invasion, but was never completed.

Heavily depleted in counterattacks against the north flank of German Sixth Army, by November the survivors were reassigned and the division disbanded.

The 207th was formed for a third time in June 1943, and fought its way through the central part of the Soviet-German front, ending the war in the heart of Berlin in the battle for the Reichstag.

During the following two months the 24th, along with the 66th and 1st Guards Armies, were thrown into a series of desperate and costly counterattacks against the north flank of the German "corridor" that led their positions in Stalingrad.

[6] The 40th Separate Rifle Brigade had been formed in accordance with an order dated 18 October 1941.

The next day, elements of the army, and several others, reached the suburbs and entered difficult urban combat.

The 207th supported its comrades of the 150th Rifle Division as they fought through the building and hoisted the Red Banner over it on the 30th.

It was reorganized along a new table of organization and equipment in accordance with a directive of 25 February 1947, resulting in the following structure:[7] In addition, the 16th Guards Rechitsa Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Tank Self-Propelled Gun Regiment, reorganized in 1945 from the 16th Guards Tank Brigade, joined the division from the disbanded 15th Mechanized Division.

The following reorganizations also occurred:[7] In 1958 the 40th Motor Rifle Regiment was transferred to the 26th Guards Tank Division.

A directive dated 29 September 1960 formed the 32nd Separate Tank Battalion in the division.