sentences:  During 1942 and into 1943 it saw limited action on a relatively quiet sector of the front north of Bryansk, before joining a limited offensive in February.During the general offensives of that summer, the division fought in the drive past Smolensk, and made a forced crossing of the upper Dniepr River.The 324th played a limited role in Operation Bagration, but distinguished itself in the fighting in East Prussia in 1945, sufficiently to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner.