The corps headquarters formed in the Transbaikal Military District in September 1939.
The corps and the 16th Army were transferred west and became part of the Southwestern Front in late June.
The corps captured a bridgehead on the left bank of Oder and later took Kustrin between 30 January and 30 March 1945.
It broke through German defenses and participated in the capture of the Berlin city center between 16 April and 2 May.
[6] Postwar, the 32nd served as part of the 5th Shock Army of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany.