Kalinin defensive operation.
The Kalinin defensive operation began on October 10, 1941 with the withdrawal of fascist troops to the Sychevka region and the turn of the 3rd Panzer Group to the Kalinin operational direction with the task of capturing the city of Kalinin on the move, bypassing Moscow from the northwest, and also launching an offensive to the north in the rear North- Western Front, and under favorable conditions, strike at Yaroslavl and Rybinsk. The site reports with a link to Rezonans.kz.
Events developed rapidly. October 10 from the Sychevka region, inflicting main blow in the direction of Staritsa - Kalinin, the 41st motorized (1st, 6th tank, 36th motorized divisions) and 27th motorized divisions went on the offensive army corps a. At the same time, the 6th Army Corps moved from the area northwest of Dneprovo to the offensive on Rzhev and the 23rd Army Corps attacked on Yeltsy from the Nelidovo area (Scheme 2).
On the morning of October 11, the forward detachments of the 41st Motorized Corps occupied Zubtsov, at 20.00 on the same date the Burnt Gorodishche, and at 17.00 on October 12 Staritsa (8). Our separate scattered units, having lost contact with their headquarters, retreated east in disorder.
The breakthrough of the Western Front in the Kalinin direction significantly complicated the situation. The appearance of the enemy in the Kalinin area - the most important node roads - threatened a deep coverage of Moscow from the north and northeast and created a threat of encirclement of the troops of the left wing of the North-Western and the right wing of the Western fronts.
In this situation, the Soviet command took a number of measures.
The Military Council of the Western Front sends the Supreme Commander-in-Chief the following plan for the destruction of the German group that has entered the Kalinin region (9):
Direct (wire)
Hand over immediatelyComrade Stalin
I report my thoughts on the destruction of the enemy group that has left for Kalinin and the prevention of its movement on Moscow: front and partly by aviation of the right group of the Western Front.
- On the same days, units of the 5th Rifle Division, units of Khomenko, workers and fighter detachments stubbornly defend themselves on the outskirts of the city, preventing the enemy from capturing the city itself.
From the Bezborodovo region, where a motorcycle regiment and a reinforced rifle regiment, from the morning of 14.10 move to the area of Gorodnya, Mezhevo, from where to launch an offensive in the direction of Salygino to the enemy's flank.
Within two days, assemble a grouping of 4 (four) rifle divisions in the area of Staritsa, Gorki, from where 3 (three) rifle divisions strike at the rear of the enemy in the general direction on Ryazanov. The actions of this group from the south cover one SD.
Within 2 days, pull up at the expense of the North-West. front of the 8th tank brigade, one rifle division to the Mednoe area and strike through the city.
By the end of 14.10, pull up the tank brigade of the reserve of the High Command to the Zavidovo area, from where to strike in cooperation with aviation, a motorcycle battalion and a rifle regiment in the direction of Salygino.
Beginning of operation 16.10. Please approve.
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The main task of such a turn was to create a new "cauldron" by the forces of the 9th Army and the 3rd Panzer Group on the northern flank of Army Group Center and launch an offensive in the rear of the North-Western Front. However, the troops of the 5th rifle division Lieutenant Colonel P. S. Telkov and the 256th Infantry Division of General S. G. Goryachev, who arrived later, as well as the Kalinin detachment of the people's militia under the command of Art. Lieutenant Dolgoruk, putting up fierce resistance, withdrew to the northwestern part of the city and held it until October 17. On this day the 21st tank brigade, having unloaded at the stations of Zavidovo and Reshetnikovo, having made a march around the Moscow Sea, crossing the Shosha and Lama rivers, attacked the German troops moving in the direction of Kalinin along the Turginovsky and Volokolamsky highways. Part of the tanks broke through to the railway station, and tank number 3 (commander senior sergeant Gorobets) passed through the entire city and entered the location of the troops of the 5th rifle division. The 21st tank brigade did not fulfill the assigned task of liberating the city of Kalinin, but by its actions caused great damage to the enemy's manpower.
An attempt by German troops (the 41st Motorized Corps of the 3rd Panzer Group) to break through to the flank and rear of the Northwestern Front was repulsed by the troops of the operational group of N.F. Vatutin. To build up efforts in the Kalinin direction, the enemy deployed the 9th Army in a northern direction with the task of destroying the troops of the Kalinin Front in the Staritsa - Rzhev - Zubtsov region, further developing the offensive in the general direction to Vyshny Volochek, and the right flank to the Kalinin region. Subsequently, the 3rd Panzer Group was to strike in the direction of Vyshny Volochek and, in cooperation with the 9th Army, cut off the escape routes for the main forces of the Kalinin and Northwestern fronts. An attempt by the German troops on October 16 to develop an offensive on Torzhok by the forces of the 41st mechanized corps was thwarted, the troops were cut off, and by October 21 in to a large extent destroyed. At the same time, the 29th Army did not strike at the flank of the 41st Motorized Corps (by decision of the army commander, the troops were withdrawn to the line beyond the Tma River), this allowed the enemy to gain a foothold in the Kalinin area. October 24 9th german army with two motorized divisions of the 56th mechanized corps, launched an offensive from the line Rzhev - Staritsa to Torzhok. But they could not overcome the resistance of the 22nd and 29th armies, at the end of October they were stopped at the turn of the Bolshaya Kosha and Darkness rivers and went on the defensive at the lines reached.
The troops of the front, with the support of aviation, daily attacked the Germans in the Kalinin region. As a result of these actions, on October 23, von Bock's directive was followed to suspend the offensive through Kalinin. Thus, energetic strikes in the Kalinin area, although they did not lead to the capture of the city, but disrupted the fulfillment of the main task, for the sake of which the 3rd Panzer Group was deploying from Moscow to the north.
Since the beginning of November, the front in the Kalinin direction has stabilized at the line exclusively of Selizharovo - the Bolshaya Kosha River - the Tma River - the northern and eastern outskirts of the city of Kalinin - the western shore of the Volga reservoir. The offensive actions of the troops of both sides in the defense zone of the Kalinin Front in November had no territorial success. The blow to the flank and rear of the Northwestern Front, envisaged by the enemy's plan, was thwarted, and the participation of the 9th Army in the attack on Moscow was ruled out. Marshal I. S. Konev characterized this period of the war as follows:
Continuous and bloody battles, which, although they did not bring us tangible territorial successes, greatly exhausted the enemy and inflicted colossal damage to his equipment.
From October 13 to December 5, units of the Kalinin Front destroyed up to 35 thousand German soldiers and officers, knocked out and captured 150 tanks, 150 guns of various calibers, a large number of motorcycles and cars, shot down 50 aircraft. With active defense and offensive actions, they pinned down 13 fascist German infantry divisions, preventing them from being transferred to Moscow, where decisive battles unfolded. By the end of the operation, the troops of the Kalinin Front occupied a position in relation to the northern flank of Army Group Center, favorable for going over to the offensive. Despite the fact that these fights did not bring major territorial gains, the forces of the Germans were exhausted in them, and parts of the Kalinin Front acquired combat hardening.
As a result of the operation, the Soviet troops, by active defense and offensive actions taken at the end of November, pinned down 13 infantry divisions of Army Group Center, did not allow them to be transferred to Moscow, where decisive battles unfolded. The troops of the Kalinin Front, having taken an enveloping position in relation to the northern flank of the Army Group Center, thwarted the attempts of the German troops to make a breakthrough to Torzhok - Vyshny Volochek in order to encircle the troops of the Western and North-Western fronts.
However, in command and control of the troops on the part of the command and staff of the Kalinin Front, mistakes were made in assessing the capabilities of the enemy and their troops. This led to the failure of the troops of the front to fulfill the plan of the main command. The front failed to encircle the enemy grouping in Kalinin in October, nor to cover the Moscow direction in mid-November 1941.
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Czech Republic 1968 year. The city of Prague, which includes Russian tanks. They are not so welcome there that the freedom-loving Czechs took to the barricades.
After this, the slaves Soviet tanks started pushing them.
Approximately such a primitive version has dominated the media for the last forty years.
Let's try to figure out who is actually a slave.
Exists great amount photographs showing traces of interaction between the USSR army and the Prague "angry citizens".
The latter built barricades, threw Molotov cocktails, wrote denunciatory and at the same time cheerful slogans on the walls of houses and leaflets.
Like " Cain was also a brother" or " Ivan come back home, otherwise Natasha will marry Volodya».
Basically, the themes of the collapsed brotherhood, vodka and Russian slavery were played up.
There was also such Russian circus AGAIN(highlighted by the author) in Prague, do not tease, do not feed". This is an interesting slogan.
The Russian circus refers to the Russian army. Which AGAIN ended up in Prague. It's hard to disagree with this.
1968 people against tyranny
The first time the USSR army was in Prague in 1945. When she liberated this city from the Germans, together with the Czech combat unit.
Here are their losses (data from Wikipedia):
The personnel of the Red Army:
o 11,265 deadweight losses
o 38,083 wounded and sick
o Total 49,348 people
The personnel of the Czechoslovak army corps:
o 112 deadweight losses
o 421 wounded and sick
o Total 533 people
And here are the figures of the same Wikipedia, according to the losses of the Czechs during Prague Spring 68th year:
"... According to modern data, 108 citizens of Czechoslovakia were killed and more than 500 wounded during the invasion ...".
That is, the losses of the Czechs in clashes with the Germans and Russians are quite comparable.
Draw your own conclusions.
Czech plant, produces Hetzer self-propelled guns for the Reich.
There are other interesting numbers. Data of cooperation between Czechs and Germans in the defense sphere. See how much the Czech Republic, this forge of the Reich, made weapons for the Wehrmacht.
In 1941, one fifth of all German tanks produced by the Czechs. And the production of armored vehicles only increased. There were no strikes or protests at all.
I wonder why?
At the same time, the Czechs did not glue posters like "Fritz go home, no schnapps" or "Hans remember, your Gretchen is waiting for you". And they didn’t pose for photos of burned-out German tanks.
And they diligently and diligently performed their duties at the defense plants of Czech firms. They were like silk.
Moreover, the Skoda factories continued to work, even after the victory. And they stopped production, probably only then, when the Czech workers realized that they would not receive wages from their German masters.
This is probably because the attitude towards the Czech Republic among the Germans was not the same as, for example, towards Belgium. From where 65% of the entire train and more than 90% of cars were taken out.
For example, all new American machine tools were taken out of Poland.
Nothing like this happened in the Czech Republic. The Germans considered the territory of this country as the lands of the Reich. Why take something out of there?
If hardworking and disciplined Czechs will fulfill any German order at home. They will assemble the best self-propelled gun of the Second World War in its class Hetzer, for example.
And then she will go to the Eastern Front, destroy Red Army tanks.
Jaromir Jagr.
For example, the famous Czech hockey player Jaromir Jagr. Pay attention to what is written on his form. This is the number 68. Symbol of the Prague Spring.
That is, the Czechs for a very long time, they cannot forget this date. Although not much time has passed.
And it would make sense to put another. 39th year.
A year of Czech vague resistance to Germany. What it was, you can clearly see in this photo.
1939 Prague citizens greet the Nazi army
After that it started effective cooperation of the Czech people with the Nazi Reich.
Which fruitfully continued until the 45th. Without any Prague winters, autumns or springs.
Until the Czechs were liberated those very Russian "slaves" whom they so famously trolled in 1968.
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