The 150th Rifle 'Idritsa-Berlin' Division (Russian:150-я стрелковая 'Идрицко-Берлинская' дивизия) was a formation in the Red Army fighting on the Eastern Front of World War II.
During the Battle of Berlin it was, in history and in-game, this division who fought through the Reichstag and brought the Red Army Flag to the top of the building, claiming victory to the Motherland.
The player controls a soldier in the division in both Call of Duty and Call of Duty: World at War at the last level of each game. In Call of Duty, the players sees one of their comrades taking the flag to the roof, but in Call of Duty: World at War, the flag bearer dies near the end and it is the player who gets the flag and replaces the Nazi one.
It is an element of the 3rd Shock Army.
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