In February 1944 it and its 9th Rifle Corps entered 3rd Ukrainian Front and remained there through the advance into western Ukraine and the fighting along the Dniester River and into Moldova.

In early September, 5th Shock was removed to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command and redeployed to 1st Belorussian Front in eastern Poland in preparation for the advance on the German capital.

During the offensive all three of the division's rifle regiments were recognized for their roles in the fighting for East Pomerania, and the 230th as a whole was later decorated for its part in the battle of Berlin, while several of its subunits also received distinctions.

[4] By this time the 1st Panzer Group had occupied the bend of the Dniepr River opposite and south of Dnepropetrovsk, although an attempt to take that city was foiled in part because Red Army engineers had blown the dam and the hydroelectric station on August 18.

[5] The panzer group later shifted northwest and crossed at Kremenchuk, soon driving north to encircle and destroy most of Southwestern Front east of Kyiv in the first weeks of September.

[7] While the German offensive focus now turned to Moscow and Leningrad, Army Group South was ordered to advance on Kharkiv, the Donbas and Rostov-na-Donu.

This appeared to seal the fate of up to five Soviet armies, including the 37th, but the encirclement was never really closed; the cordon was porous at best as the German infantry lagged behind.

As of July 25 a report of the defensive dispositions of Southern Front stated remnants of the division were still under command of 37th Army, helping to hold a sector 50–115km east of Rostov.

[14] Later in the month the division, now down to an effective strength of well under 2,000 personnel, was taking up positions along the Terek River between the German forces and the direct route to the Baku oil fields.

By the end of October it was sent back to the Volga Military District to be rebuilt after heavy casualties in the largely fruitless attacks of the previous months.

It returned to action in January 1943, now as part of Southwestern Front, just in time to swept up in the German counteroffensive at Kharkiv in February while serving with 1st Guards Army.

German efforts to close the gap on August 20 made some initial progress but failed due to a strong Soviet reaction.

On the 31st Field Marshal E. von Manstein was finally authorized to withdraw both armies to the Kalmius River, effectively beginning the race to the Dniepr.

The troops participating in the battles for the liberation of the Donbas region, during which they captured Stalino and other settlements, by the order of the Supreme High Command of 8 September 1943, and a commendation in Moscow, are given a salute of 20 artillery salvoes from 224 guns.

[25]During the rest of September Southern Front, with 5th Shock on its right (north) flank, forced the German 6th Army back through the Donbas towards the southernmost part of the Panther–Wotan line from Zaporozhe to Melitopol.

The larger part of its forces fell back to form a bridgehead east of the Dniepr south of Nikopol with the 5th Shock and 2nd Guards Armies in pursuit.

During November substantial German reserves were moved into the bridgehead in anticipation of an offensive to restore communications with Crimea, which had been cut off by the remainder of 4th Ukrainian Front.

[27] Until the end of February 1944 the 28th Army was involved in the Nikopol–Krivoi Rog offensive, facing the southern flank of the German-held Nikopol bridgehead over the Dniepr near Bolshaya Lepatikha until early that month when this was finally evacuated.

General Roslyi recalled in his memoirs:The corps reached the Dniestr without its authorized crossing equipment and could not count on reliable artillery and aviation support.

Meanwhile, the 986th and 988th Rifle Regiments began getting across near Varnița, one battalion at a time, greatly aided by employing a locally procured ferryboat that the German forces had abandoned.

The main forces of these armies took advantage of this early success and began advancing behind a rolling barrage, gaining as much as 12-13km during the day and through the night before going over to the pursuit on January 15.

5th Shock Army would attack in the general direction of Neudamm and then force the Oder River in the area of Alt Blessin before continuing to advance towards Nauen.

On January 28 the 2nd Guards Tank and 5th Shock Armies broke through the Pomeranian Wall from the march and by the end of the month reached the Oder south of Küstrin and seized a bridgehead 12km in width and up to 3km deep.

The Army deployed within the Küstrin bridgehead along a 9km-wide front between Letschin and Golzow and was to launch its main attack on its left wing on a 7km sector closer to the latter place.

The Army then occupied jumping-off positions for a reconnaissance-in-force by battalions of five of its divisions while the remainder carried out more regular reconnaissance activities beginning early on the morning of April 14.

In the course of two days of limited fighting the Front's troops advanced as much as 5km, ascertained and partly disrupted the German defensive system, and had overcome the thickest zone of minefields.

The following day it battled 11th SS Panzergrenadier Division Nordland for possession of the strongpoint of Buckow after a further advance of 6km; it had now reached and partially broken through the third German defensive zone.

The next day the Corps secured the Army's left flank, fighting in the area south of Altlandsberg, bringing it to the northeastern outskirts of the city.

Lyovin ordered two companies to climb down to water level on improvised ladders, while rafts, empty barrels and washtubs, captured lifebelts from a sunken ship, and many other means were used to reach the far side.

The next day the Corps exploited the successes of 8th Guards Army on its left to reach the line of the Wallstrasse–the Seydelstrasse–the Alte Jakobstrasse, clearing another 40 blocks.