Rescue of Leningrad

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by jesk » 13 Mar 2019, 19:36

Boby wrote:
13 Mar 2019, 19:23
Where do you calculate this 70 to 350 km?
Isaev counted. And noticeably on the map.

http://militera.lib.ru/h/isaev_av5/06.html

By the end of December, the enemy was thrown back to the starting position, from which he launched an attack on Tikhvin on October 16. The frontiers achieved in October 1941 were lost so that they would never again be in the hands of the invaders.
Development achieved success is not received. Stretched for 350 km along the perimeter of the front stretching toward Tikhvin, the front again “collapsed” into a 70-kilometer line, supported by a large water barrier.

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by Boby » 13 Mar 2019, 20:03

This is absolutely wrong. From north to Ilmen Sea there were more than 170 km.


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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by jesk » 13 Mar 2019, 20:09

Boby wrote:
13 Mar 2019, 20:03
This is absolutely wrong. From north to Ilmen Sea there were more than 170 km.
70 km offensive width 1, 39, 38 corps

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by jesk » 13 Mar 2019, 20:24

The German soldiers captured in Tikhvin in December. The lack of winter clothes could affect quality of fighting too. In snow will not jump, long will not lie...

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by Boby » 13 Mar 2019, 20:29

What is this, jesk? frontline A is to be compared to frontline B, not the width of attack.

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Boby wrote:
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What is this, jesk? frontline A is to be compared to frontline B, not the width of attack.
3 corps involved in offensive. The front line to the Black Sea operatively other directions.

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by Boby » 13 Mar 2019, 20:49

I. and XXXVIII. attack was very limited, as 15.11. map showns.

But i'm interested in the situation on 26.10. Do you have a map? It would be helpful.

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by jesk » 13 Mar 2019, 21:01

Boby wrote:
13 Mar 2019, 20:49
I. and XXXVIII. attack was very limited, as 15.11. map showns.

But i'm interested in the situation on 26.10. Do you have a map? It would be helpful.
положение немецко-фашистских войск к исходу 27 октября

https://muz-school9tihvin.eduface.ru/up ... 1469556246

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by Boby » 13 Mar 2019, 21:27

Thanks. So on 26 october the offensive was far from reaching Tikhvin, but Leeb, against Hitler's POV, continued it.

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by jesk » 13 Mar 2019, 21:44

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Thanks. So on 26 october the offensive was far from reaching Tikhvin, but Leeb, against Hitler's POV, continued it.
40 km to Tikhvin remained. In another locality for a motorized division it is few, but there are swamps and autumn thaw. Leeb chose to continue the movement in order to cut the railway. Any regrouping of forces took weeks, so only Tikhvin.

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by Boby » 13 Mar 2019, 21:49

Only Tikhvin?

Since he received a free hand on 26.10, continuing the offensive was no obligation.

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by jesk » 13 Mar 2019, 22:03

On October 27 Germans were in Sitomlya. Late was to refuse plans. Tikhvin and turn on the northwest. What they and did, but forces of attackers dried out.

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by Boby » 13 Mar 2019, 22:08

Why would be late to stop the offensive??

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by jesk » 13 Mar 2019, 22:18

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Why would be late to stop the offensive??
What after? Regrouping forces through the swamps for a month? The offensive has entered a stage when it was necessary to adhere to the plan. Bad, but..

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Re: Rescue of Leningrad

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Post by Boby » 13 Mar 2019, 22:27

No, because the deep penetration was only 2 divisions...

Are you saying it was not possible to pull back 2 divisions?

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... IX1141.jpg

Btw, it was the 12. Pz., not the 18. wrongly appearing in the map.

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