Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te hanganga o Noema 1941 o te 257th Rifle Division he wehenga hiko o te Red Army, te waahanga tuarua ki te kawe i te tohu i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I uru atu te wehenga ki te 3rd Shock Army, a, i tukuna ki te whawhai i te
Toropets<unk>Kholm whakaeke i te marama o Hanuere 1942. Whai muri i te mutunga o te whakaeke, i tiakina e te 257 nga tuunga ki te raki-rawhiti o te taone nui o Velikiye Luki mo te nuinga o te tau. Mo te wehewehe i a ia i te Pakanga o Velikiye Luki i te mutunga o te tau 1942 me te timatanga o te tau 1943, i whakahoutia te wehenga hei 91st Guards Rifle Division i te Paenga-whawha 1943.