As a part of the 1st Shock Army, the division attacked the Demyansk Pocket on 26 February 1943.

The 5th Guards Airborne Regiment crossed the Porus River and cut the road on 7 March.

Between 26 August and 30 September, the division, now part of the 60th Army participated in the capture of Pryluky during the Chernigov-Pripyat Operation.

On 2 October, the 7th Guards Airborne Regiment crossed the Dnieper, capturing a bridgehead near the village of Medwin in the Chernobyl Raion.

[3] As part of the 17th Guards Rifle Corps, it captured the villages of Akreshory and Prokurava on 12 September.

Between December 1944 and January 1945, it crossed the Hornád River and fought south of Košice.

On 25 March 1945, it fought in the Moravska Ostrava Operation and seized a bridgehead on the Oder on 19 April.