following the victory at kursk, the division was assigned to the 1st baltic front. on 1 june 1944, the division was directly subordinate to the front, along with 47th rifle division. along with the 3rd belarussian front, they invaded belarus and much of lithuania. on 2 august 1944, division had arrived at the suburbs of šiauliai, which was home to their commander, vladas karvelis. the division was stationed there for one month, to receive reinforcements from lithuanian forced-volunteers.