Question about Soviet units in the Salla area (1944)

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Question about Soviet units in the Salla area (1944)

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Post by krimsonglass51 » 14 Feb 2023, 13:01

This was posted in another thread viewtopic.php?f=55&t=262834&start=15, but I was hoping someone here may know more.

According to the blog post covering reports from 36AK in the early half of 1944 https://cont.ws/@wildgoose/2451427, there is a section about the enemy situation between 2/10/44 - 2/25/44 that talks about the results of what I assume was the interrogation of a Soviet pow.

According to the report:
Als Sicherungs-Divisionen für Murmanskbahnabschnitt Kandalakscha-Kirowsk nennt der Gefangene 333 die 64.Schütz.Div., die angeblich Ende 42\43 aufgestellt und noch nicht eingesetzt.

Im Sommer 1943 wurde davon gesprochen, dass diese die 122.Schütz.Div. ablösen sollte.

Als weitere Division nennt Gefangener die 132. od. 32.Schütz.Div., die angeblich im Herbst 43 in Kandalakscha eingetroffen ist.

Die genannten Divisionen sind in letzter Zeit an der Hauptfront festgestellt worden.
If Google Translate is correct, the prisoner is claiming the (Soviet) 64th Rifle Division, 132nd Rifle Division, and the 32nd Rifle Division were redeployed to secure the Murmansk Kandalaksha-Kirovsk railway area, while the 122nd Rifle Division was to be moved out? When I did some research of my own, I only found that the 122nd Rifle Division operated in the Salla area between 1941-1944 before being redeployed for the Baltic Offensive in September. The other divisions operated elsewhere on the Eastern Front, but never in the Soviet/Finnish Arctic.

Was the prisoner mistaken or purposely giving out false information, or was my analysis completely wrong?

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Re: Question about Soviet units in the Salla area (1944)

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Post by Art » 15 Feb 2023, 17:05

krimsonglass51 wrote:
14 Feb 2023, 13:01
the prisoner is claiming the (Soviet) 64th Rifle Division, 132nd Rifle Division, and the 32nd Rifle Division were redeployed to secure the Murmansk Kandalaksha-Kirovsk railway area
Such divisions existed but were deployed elsewhere. That could be a deliberate disinformation, honest mistake or just rumors overheard by particular man.


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