Another 319th was formed in the summer of 1942 in the North Caucasus Military District while the German offensive was threatening the Soviet oilfields near Baku.

This unit gave very creditable service for the duration of the war, distinguishing itself in the fighting through the Baltic states, and completing its combat path in East Prussia.

The division began forming for the first time on December 19, 1941 at Balakhna, just north of Gorkiy, in the Moscow Military District.

[2] A new division began forming from late July to August 4, 1942 at Makhachkala in the North Caucasus Military District.

"[4] In fact, Kombrig Monakhov had been the Senior Deputy Inspector of Infantry in Odessa Military District at the outbreak of the war, and had since commanded the 421st and 388th Rifle Divisions.

Maslennikov, commander of the Transcausasus Front's Northern Group of Forces, received orders for defense of the region from the STAVKA, including the following: "[Occupy] a defensive line along the Sulak River with 416th and 319th Rifle Divisions..." In late October, when the German forces had renewed their offensive, the division was still in second echelon, protecting the Makhachkala axis.

[6] A third 319th Rifle Division began forming on the last day of September 1943, near Kholm in the Northwestern Front, under the command of Col. Nikolai Matveevich Uralsky.

The Army's report of March 21 stated:"Attacking in the direction of Lyuban, the 32nd Rifle Brigade encountered swamps that it could not overcome in the winter.

"[8] Despite these successes, the Lyuban Operation was ultimately a failure, and the brigade was eventually forced to fall back to the line of the Volkhov River.

The offensive was led by 8th Army, and as its penetration stalled the brigades of the Corps were fed in piecemeal to try, unsuccessfully, to revive the attack.

He was then succeeded over the next ten weeks by three other colonels, until on June 5 Col. Dmitrii Arsentevich Dulov took the reins, which he would hold for the duration of the war.

At the start of the Baltic Campaign in early July 1944, the 319th was holding a sector of the Alolya River, facing the German Panther Line defenses about 20km north of Pustoshka.

The troops who participated in the liberation of Daugavpils and Rezekne, by the order of the Supreme High Command of 27 July 1944 and a commendation in Moscow are given a salute of 20 artillery salvoes from 224 guns..[20] By August 1, the division was back with 22nd Army and had advanced north as far as Preiļi.

[22] In early October it was east of Raseiniai in Lithuania at the start of the offensive that would result in the liberation of Riga and the formation of the Courland Pocket.

[25] In the last month of the war the division was in 90th Rifle Corps, which formed the right flank of the 43rd Army in the final assault on Königsberg.