Roslavl-Novosybkov operation

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The Roslavl-Novosybkov Operation (Russian: Рославльско-Новозыбковская наступательная операция) from August 30 to September 12, 1941 was a military conflict on the Eastern Front of the Second World War . To the north of it, the successful Soviet Yelnya offensive was raging at the same time . The counter-offensive by troops from the Soviet Brjansk Front in the Roslavl and Novosybkow area could not stop the further advance of German Panzer Group 2 . In the absence of reserves and equipment, the Soviet troops had to withdraw to the south and south-east.

prehistory

Heinz Guderian on the Eastern Front in Russia, July 1941

From 24 July to 5 August 1941 Panzer Group 2 (were involving Guderian ) of the over 300,000 members of the Red Army in the boiler of Smolensk included. On August 3, Roslavl was by the 4th Panzer Division and units of the IX. Army corps , on August 12 the offensive of the German 2nd Army (Colonel General von Weichs ) in the direction of Gomel began .

After the failure of the Rogachev-Schlobin operation of the Soviet 21st Army , the 63rd Rifle Corps (Lieutenant General LG Petrowski ) , which had pushed too far west, was cut off and smashed. In the course of the further offensive, Gomel fell into German hands on August 19, and Army High Command 2 reported that 78,000 prisoners had been brought in and 144 tanks and around 700 cannons had been destroyed. The Soviet troops withdrew to the south and southeast. The defense of the Soviet central front was broken, the position of the 3rd Army deployed on the left wing became critical after it had to give up its positions in the Mosyr area on August 22nd .

In order to protect the Bryansk region in the long term, the Stavka ordered the Bryansk Front to be created at the seam between the reserve and central fronts on August 16 . After the heavy defeat in the Gomel area, this front (from north to south 50th, 3rd and 13th Army) under Colonel General AI Yeremenko took over the defense between the reserve front ( dissolved on August 28) and the south-western front . At the same time, the 21st Army was cut off in the area west of Novgorod-Seversky and pushed almost 20 kilometers to the south.

Advance of Panzer Group 2

Guderian was admitted on August 23, Hitler's headquarters to Rastenburg ordered and received by Hitler to command his tank group to the south to regroup because the OKH the participation of Army Group Center on the containment of the Soviet Southwestern Front in space Kiev wished. The XXIV. And XXXXVII. Army Corps (mot.) Was assigned the new thrust to the south on the side of the 2nd Army . The motorized corps of General Lemelsen initiated the attack between the Desna and Sudost rivers with the 17th and 18th Panzer Divisions , where the Soviet 45th Rifle Corps defended ahead with the 155th Rifle Division (Colonel PA Alexandrow). The troops of the XXIV Motorized Corps ( 3rd , 4th Armored Division , 10th Motorized Infantry Division ) carried out the attack in the direction of Novgorod-Seversky, Vorozhba and to the Snob in Trubchevsk .

The new offensive of the right wing of the 4th Army (XII. AK) and Panzer Group 2 to the south, which began on August 25, got underway quickly after the XXIV Motorized Army Corps had won an intact Desna bridge in Novgorod-Seversky and from there as far as Sirogowka and between Cholmy - Avdejewka southern bridgeheads were formed. From August 26th the 2nd Army divisions advancing to the right accompanied the attack in the direction of Starodub and Konotop . However, since the bridgehead at Korop in particular was immediately attacked by the Soviet 21st Army and the 2nd Army, which had 7 divisions, made only difficult progress, the advance was delayed again. The central front was disbanded on August 24, its troops under the Brjansk Front, and the 3rd and 21st Armies were combined because of their losses. Lieutenant General Yeryomenko had received the supreme command of the Bryansk Front because of better coordination with the Western Front.

On August 28, the 17th and 18th Panzer Divisions advanced further south, the vanguard stood north of Pochep and at Mostochnaja, the southern flank at Pogar and Trubchewsk, a diversionary attack was set up via Vitemlya in the direction of Snob. At the same time, the XXIV Army Corps (motorized) broke through the Soviet defense and developed its offensive between Novgorod-Seversky and Vorozhba . The task of the Soviet 13th Army with the 45th Rifle Corps (269th, 282nd and 155th Rifle Divisions) was to hold the Pochep, Kozoresowka, Rogowo, Baklan, Posuditschi, Pogar line as far as 40 km northwest of Trubchevsk. On August 29, the German 4th Panzer Division crossed the Desna, the motorized 10th Division was still detained on the opposite bank at Obdolonje. Opposite the right side of Panzer Group 2, the Soviet 50th Army defended on the line Zhukovka, Schirjatino and further south to Pochep. On the opposite left, the Soviet 21st Army fought on the line from Luzhki, Lobanovka, Samyshevo and in front of Novosybkow.

Wehrmacht

4th Army (right wing)

VII Army Corps , Artillery General Wilhelm Fahrmbacher

XII. Army Corps , General of the Infantry Walter Schroth

Panzer Group 2

XXXXVII. Army Corps (motorized) , General of the Panzer Force Joachim Lemelsen

XXIV Army Corps (motorized) , General of the armored troop Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg

In addition (beginning of September):

2nd Army (right wing)

Higher Command XXXV , General of the Artillery Rudolf Fights

XXXXIII. Army Corps , General of the Infantry Gotthard Heinrici

XIII. Army Corps , General of the Infantry Hans-Gustav Felber

Yeremenko's attack planning

Andrei Yeremenko

On August 30th, on the orders of the Stawka, the Brjansk Front had to launch the counter-offensive in the Trubchevsk and Pogar area against the German tank advance. According to the plan of the High Command, the attacks of the 50th Army to the west and the 13th Army to the northwest were to take place simultaneously. The aim of the operation was to throw Panzer Group 2 back on the Pochep, Novgorod-Seversky, Novosybkow line. In the first phase the line Petrovichi, Klimowitschi, Belaya Dubrava, Guta-Koretskaya, Novosybkow should be crossed and in the second phase the line Kritschew , Slavgorod ( Propoisk ) should be reached by September 15 . Contrary to the urgent opinion of the commander of the 13th Army, who wanted to lead his troops back to the eastern bank of the Desna river in order to create a sustainable defense there, the pressed formations (282nd, 307th, 269th and 155th Rifle Division) start a counterattack in the direction of Starodub. To make this possible, the Yermakov Operational Group on the right flank of the 13th Army was formed on August 29th from the mobile parts of the 3rd Army . Lieutenant General AN Yermakov had the 108th Panzer Division, the 141st Panzer Brigade and the 4th Cavalry Division. The 13th Army had to support the advance with the 155th, 307th and 6th Rifle Divisions in the direction of Novgorod-Seversky. This should prevent further retreat across the Desna and the threatened Trubchevk remain under the control of the Red Army .

As an extension of the Jelnja offensive launched from the north , the right wing of the 43rd Army had to overcome the Desna with all available mobile forces (109th Panzer and 106th and 303rd Rifle Divisions) and the 24th Army (General Rakutin) with them to support the recapture of the front arch. On the northern section of the Bryansk Front, an interaction with the 43rd Army of the reserve front was planned. The German VII Army Corps (267th, 23rd and 197th Infantry Divisions) defended the front of the 43rd Army . The main thrust through Zhukovka and Dubrowka to retake Roslavl was assigned to the 50th Army with the 279th, 273rd and 290th Rifle Divisions and the 121st Panzer Divisions. Together with the 43rd Army, they wanted to break through the German lines at Rekowitschi and Lelyatino. The south facing front of the German Panzer Group 2 was on the left wing by the XII. Army Corps (258th, 34th and 31st Infantry Divisions) and expected reinforcements from the LIII, which had been pushed from the front reserve via Roslavl . Army Corps . The mobile group of the 108th Panzer Division was concentrated in the Vershany and Orechhowskie area on August 29. About 30 km to the south, the 13th Army was attacking 40 km between Pogar and Novgorod-Seversky with 3 rifle divisions (155th, 307th and 6th) and the 50th Panzer Division (had no tanks). The 13th Army fought with the support of the Yermakov mobile group, which was to attack via Shishkin and Yudinovo towards the west on the line of villages Semtsy, Krasnaya Sloboda, Semyachki, Sosnovka, Snob-Trubchevsk to Novy Vasilyevsk. The breakthrough was planned in the area km south of Pogar at the seam to the 13th Army, after which the offensive should develop further in a south-westerly direction to Novosybkow. The attack of the 3rd Army with the 269th and 282nd Rifle Divisions was to take place from the Trubchevsk - Starodub line on Pochep. The attacking troops in the Petrovichi - Klimovichi - Novosybkow line should have reached by September 15. In the south, the Soviet 21st Army was engaged in heavy defensive battles on the Desna section. Yeremenko also hoped that the 40th Army (135th and 293rd Rifle Divisions, 2nd Airborne Corps, 10th Armored Division) newly formed on the Southwest Front could strike north on Korop to Desna in order to secure the preservation of Chernigov where the 5th Army was hard pressed. Air support for the counter-offensive was entrusted to the head of the headquarters of the Deputy Commandant of the Air Force, Major General IF Petrov . In the Bryansk area around 450 aircraft were pulled together against German Panzer Group 2. On the night of August 29th to 30th, heavy bombers TB-3 were supposed to bomb the opposing leg near Mglin and Unetscha , as well as the approaches to Starodub and Potschep, in four waves with 650 sorties .

Red Army

Bryansk Front

43rd Army - Major General Dmitri Mikhailovich Seleznyov

  • 38th Rifle Division, Colonel Maxsim Gavrilowitsch Kirillow
  • 53rd Rifle Division, Colonel Filipp Petrovich Konovalov
  • 145th Rifle Division, Kombrig. Alexander Alexejewitsch Wolschin
  • 149th Rifle Division, Major General Fedor Dmitrievich Sakharov
  • 211th Rifle Division, Colonel Matvey Stepanowitsch Batrakow
  • 222nd Rifle Division, Colonel Fedor Alexsandrovich Bobrov
  • 303rd Rifle Division, Colonel Nikolai Pavlovich Rudnjew
  • 104th Panzer Division, Colonel Vasily Gerasimow Burkow
  • 109th Panzer Division, Colonel Semen Pancratovich Chernobai

50th Army - Major General Mikhail Petrovich Petrov

  • 217th Rifle Division, Colonel Vladimir Petrovich Schlegel
  • 278th Rifle Division, Colonel Vasily Ivanovich Мeleschko
  • 279th Rifle Division, Colonel Pavel Grigoryevich Scheludbko
  • 258th Rifle Division, Kom. Brig. Kuzma Petrovich Trubnikow
  • 290th Rifle Division, Colonel Nikolai Wassiljewitsch Ryukin
  • 260th Rifle Division, Colonel Wasilli Danilowitsch Chochlow
  • 280th Rifle Division, Major General Sergei Yevlampievich Danilov
  • 299th Rifle Division, Colonel Ivan Fedotowitsch Seregin
  • 55th Cavalry Division, Major General KG Kalmyukov
  • 29th Rifle Regiment (38th Rifle Division)

Yermakov Operational Group - Major General Arkady Nikolayevich Yermakov

  • 4th Cavalry Division, Colonel Michail Semenowitsch Schishkin
  • 108th Armored Division, Colonel Sergei Alexejewitsch Ivanov (converted into the 108th Armored Brigade on December 2)
  • 141st Tank Brigade (former 110th Panzer Division) - Colonel Pyotr Chernov
  • 282nd Rifle Division, Colonel Michail Wassiljewitsch Grachev

Akimenko operational group

13th Army - Major General Avksenti Mikhailovich Gorodnyansky

45th Rifle Corps, Major General Jerman Jakowljewitsch Magon

  • 6th Rifle Division, Colonel Michail Danilowitsch Gritschin
  • 155th Rifle Division, Brig. Pyotr Alexejewitsch Alexandrov
  • 307th Rifle Division, Colonel Vasily Grigoryevich Terentjew
  • 121st Rifle Division, Brig. Pyotr Maxsimowitsch Zjukow
  • 132nd Rifle Division, Major General Sergei Semyonovich Biryusov
  • 143rd Rifle Division, Major General Georgi Alexsejewitsch Kurnosow

4th Airborne Corps, Major General Alexei Semjonowitsch Schadow

  • 7th Airborne Brigade,
  • 8th Airborne Brigade,
  • 214th Airborne Brigade,
  • 52nd Cavalry Division, Colonel Nikolai Petrovich Jakunin
  • 50th Panzer Division, Colonel BS Bacharow , converted into the 150th Panzer Brigade on September 17th
  • 43rd separate tank battalion

3rd Army - Major General Jakow Grigoryevich Kreiser

  • 137th Rifle Division, Colonel Iwan Tichonowitsch Grischin
  • 148th Rifle Division, Colonel Filipp Michailowitsch Cherokmanov
  • 269th Rifle Division, Colonel Nikolai Fedorowitsch Garnitsch
  • 283rd Rifle Division, Colonel Alexander Nikolayevich Netschajew
  • 113th separate tank battalion
  • 21st Mountain Division, Colonel Pyotr Wissarionowitsch Gnedin
  • 121st Tank Brigade, Colonel Nikolai Nikolayevich Radkewitsch
  • 150th Tank Brigade, Colonel Boris Sergejewitsch Bacharow

21st Army - Lieutenant General Vasily Ivanovich Kuznetsov

28th Rifle Corps, Major General Vasily Stepanowitsch Popov

  • 117th Rifle Division, Colonel Matvey Fedorowitsch Starostin
  • 187th Rifle Division, Colonel Iwan Iwanowitsch Iwanow
  • 219th Rifle Division, Major General Pavel Petrovich Korsyn

66th Rifle Corps, Major General Fyodor Dmitrijewitsch Rubtzow

  • 55th Rifle Division, Colonel Gework Andreevich Ter-Gasparjan
  • 75th Rifle Division, Colonel Sergei Filippowitsch Liwowarow
  • 232nd Rifle Division, Major General Semen Ivanovich Nedvigin
  • 266th Rifle Division, Colonel Ivan Dmitrievich Drjachlow

67th Rifle Corps, Colonel Filipp Fedosjewitsch Schmatschenko

  • 24th Rifle Division, Lieutenant General Kusma Nikitowitsch Galizki
  • 42nd Rifle Division, Colonel Mikhail Danilowitsch Grischin
  • 277th Rifle Division, Kombrig. Mikhail Afanasyevich Romanov

Reserve troops

  • 102nd Rifle Division, Colonel Spiridon Sergejewitsch Tschernjugow
  • 151st Rifle Division, Major General Vasily Ivanovich Neretin
  • 154th Rifle Division, Colonel Jakow Stepanowitsch Fokanow
  • 287th Rifle Division, Colonel IJ Jeremin
  • 298th Rifle Division, Colonel Mikhail Jeweljanowitsch Jerochin (under construction)
  • 32nd Cavalry Division, Colonel Alexei Prokofievich Moskalenko
  • 43rd Cavalry Division, Brig. IK Kuzmin
  • 47th Cavalry Division, Major General AN Sidelnikov
  • 18th Independent Panzer Regiment

course

Arkady Nikolayevich Yermakov

First phase

The high command of the Brjansk Front gave the order to attack in the direction of Roslavl with the order to break down the opposing front between Zhukovo and Zubrowka and at the same time to push the enemy back to the southwest in the direction of Starodub and Novgorod-Seversky. The mobile groups of the 13th and 21st Armies were to be concentrated in the Starodub region, the main objective being to stop the breakthrough of German Panzer Group 2 to the south. Major General Petrov's 50th Army was to travel from the confluence of the Seschcha and Glinka rivers on a broad front with the 279th, 278th, 299th, 290th rifle divisions, the 121st tank brigade and two artillery regiments of the Stavka reserve in the direction of Roslavl advance, the 13th Army had to cross the line Pogar - Gremjatsch - Pushkar with the 6th, 155th, 307th rifle, 147th and 50th tanks (without tanks) in order to penetrate to Karpovich - Gorodnja.

On August 30, a tank battle began in the area west of Trubchevsk, in which about 300 tanks took part. During these battles, the Yermakov group was involved in heavy fighting. Soviet tanks penetrated deep into the opposing front, with the fighting often taking place on the opposite side. With air support, the 143rd Rifle Division was able to penetrate Starodub and form a springboard on the west coast of the Desna near the city. The 282nd Rifle Division of the 13th Army was thrown back by the 18th Panzer Division in the area north of Trubchevsk. The 108th Panzer Division, which seeped through the German lines, was soon surrounded itself and had to defend itself all around. The 280th and 269th Rifle Divisions, which attacked in the area east and northeast of Potschep, were repulsed by the German 18th Panzer Division and parts of the 167th Infantry Division. At the same time, the attack groups of the Soviet 50th Army tried to advance towards Roslavl, but were stopped by the German 31st and 34th Infantry Divisions. After the artillery fire, the 279th Rifle Division led its attack in the direction of Vyazovsk and occupied the village line Aleschnja, Lyubimowka, Sloboda Gljstowka by evening.

On August 31, the German 4th Panzer Division was drawn south after the Desna bridgehead had been secured. The 13th Army fought with the 45th Rifle Corps (50th Panzer and 132nd Rifle Divisions) in the area 15 km south of Trubchevsk and 10 km north of Novgorod-Seversky, while the 3rd and 4th Panzer Divisions between Shostka and Novgorod-Seversky could be stopped. The 3rd Panzer Division crossed the Sudost River and headed south to the Sejm. At the same time, the Yermakov mobile group (108th Panzer Division and 141st Panzer Brigade) wrestled with units of the German 17th Panzer Division and suffered heavy losses from operations by the German Air Force. The 4th Cavalry Division, which was in the second meeting, also suffered heavy losses in the area north of Trubchevsk. The advanced Soviet units fought in the Raigorod area and in the area 30 km southwest of Shostka. The 132nd Rifle Division was brought in as reinforcements to reinforce the 155th, 269th, 282nd, 307th and 4th Cavalry Divisions in combat. The 4th Airborne Brigade of the 2nd Airborne Corps and the reinforced 19th Panzer Regiment of the Soviet 10th Panzer Division attacked at Altjnowki 20 km southeast of Korop. In the south near Korop the 40th Army could not withstand the onslaught of the XXIV Motorized Corps south of the Desna. The German 10th Motorized Division was attacked head-on while advancing on Konotop and also attacked on the right flank by the Soviet 32nd and 47th Cavalry Divisions. The Soviet 21st Army tried to establish a connection with the 13th Army, but due to previous losses only the 32nd, 43rd, 47th Cavalry Divisions could support. The progress of the Soviet arms remained insignificant, a number of villages were briefly liberated, but the front gap in the south widened further to 60 kilometers width during this time.

After the end of the fighting at Trubchevsk (September 6), the 108th Panzer Division under Colonel SA Ivanov numbered only 1,200 men, 17 tanks and 11 cannons. For five days, the Soviet units tried to break out of the pocket near Trubchevsk, the division lost around 500 dead and wounded, 53 tanks, 10 armored vehicles, 30 cannons, the adjacent 141st tank brigade lost 24 tanks and 80 dead and wounded. The leadership of the Bryansk Front stated the German losses as 4,000 men, around 140 motor vehicles, 15 tanks and 45 cannons, their own losses were downplayed: dead and injured - 500 men, 53 tanks in the 108th Panzer Division and the 141 tank brigade lost 24 tanks.

The Soviet air operations were carried out from August 28 to September 5 by the aviation units of the Bryansk Front under Major General FP Polynin with the support of the 1st Reserve Aviation Corps under Colonel MK Trifonov. The Deputy Commander of the Red Army Air Force, Major General I. Petrov, carried out more than 4,000 sorties with 464 combat aircraft. Soviet attack pilots carried out massive attacks against German tanks and motorized columns in the Novgorod-Seversk, Starodub and Unetscha area. Major General GF Sakharov reported that about 200 cars, 20 armored vehicles, 1 fuel storage facility and 55 German aircraft were destroyed; the Soviet losses amounted to 42 aircraft. Substantial successes could not be achieved because the actions of the aviation were badly coordinated with the ground command and it was not possible to achieve the air supremacy.

Second phase

At the insistence of Guderian at the OKW , his tank group had finally received the necessary reinforcements. The 1st Cavalry Division returned to Pogar from the 2nd Army , and the SS Division Das Reich and the Regiment Greater Germany were transferred from the Jelnja area . On the night of September 2, the German motorized 29th Infantry Division crossed the Desna at the Gremjatsch railway bridge and formed another bridgehead opposite the Soviet 282nd Rifle Division north-west of the station there. The 40th Army was engaged in the fight in the Korop area by securing its own right flank in the direction of Gluchow . The 293rd Rifle Division had to withdraw to the south on the right flank and was forced into defense on the edge of the Dubowytschi wood and on the left bank of the Desna. At the same time, two rifle regiments of the 279th rifle division crossed the Desna and occupied the village of Djewotschkino. The German advance penetrated the right wing of the 21st Army; in the Chernigov area opposite the German 2nd Army, the rest of the forces withdrew south to Kiev. Parts of the Soviet 3rd and 13th Armies led unsuccessful movements to support the Yermakov group near the settlements of Krasnaya Sloboda and Novy Vasilevsky. The 260th and 269th Rifle Divisions operated against Semyachki and Sosnovka. The 45th Rifle Corps on the right wing defended the Desna near Rogowka in the area 15 km southwest of Trubchevsk. The 40th Army remained concentrated 40 km southeast of Korop. The main forces of the 135th Rifle Division and the brigades of the 2nd Airborne Corps remained concentrated opposite the motorized 29th Division and attacked the southern and eastern approaches to Korop from several directions.

On September 2, the German counter-offensive of the Das Reich division against the left wing of the Brjansk Front began, putting the Soviet 21st Army in a dangerous situation. The German 3rd Panzer Division fought near Karjlskoje (6 km south of Korop) and the 4th Panzer Division in the south near Atjusha. The 2nd Airborne Corps was at Tsarewka with two regiments fighting with the German motorized 10th Infantry Division. During the fighting in the Atjusha area, the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Airborne Corps was able to reach the area 15-16 km south of Korop. The Rifle Regiment 791 of the 135th Rifle Division took the place Suchachi and advanced 3 kilometers to Rybotin. The remaining parts of the 135th Rifle Division defend the course of the Desna up to the mouth of the Volowitsa.

On September 3, two regiments of the German 29th Motorized Infantry Division attacked with the support of tanks. Units of the 279th Rifle Division were defeated at Golubei and Berestka. The troops of the Soviet 3rd Army managed to occupy the village of Sloboda Popsueva despite the blows of the German Air Force, the 280th Rifle Division penetrated the Murawku settlement. On September 4, the remnants of the 108th Panzer Division - 17 tanks, 11 cannons and 1,100 soldiers - surrendered. On the evening of the same day, the 279th Rifle Division continued its attacks and was able to take Novaya Salin. The attacks of the Soviet 121st Tank Brigade were repulsed with the support of the artillery, with 15 tanks being destroyed. During this time, German attack aircraft attacked the positions of the 299th Rifle Division seven times. From September 5th to 7th the 279th Rifle Division made unsuccessful attempts to occupy Rykowitschi. The 137th and 282nd Rifle Divisions attacked Mostochna and the 4th Cavalry Division operated in support from Radinskaya. As a result of the rule of the German air and artillery weapons, the still trapped parts of the Soviet troops had to surrender.

From September 7th, the Soviet 3rd Army had to go into defense and enabled the German troops on the Desna, with the exception of the positions in front of Novgorod-Seversky, to make the necessary regrouping. The 21st Army, forced to the south, was placed under the command of the troops on the Southwest Front. The suspension of the offensive of the Soviet 3rd Army on September 7th gave Guderian the opportunity to use the reserve of the 17th Panzer and Motorized 29th Divisions against the 13th and 40th Armies. On September 8, units of the German 17th Panzer Division launched attacks against the 141st Soviet tank brigade entrenched near Shostka. The fighting took place for eight days near the Zhukovka station on the Bryansk-Roslavl motorway, with the 299th Rifle Division suffering heavy losses. By September 12th, it had lost around 500 dead, 1500 wounded and 4000 missing. According to estimates by the command of the Bryansk Front, on the other hand, at least 4,000 men were killed on the German side by September 8, and up to 115 tanks, 45 cannons and 140 different vehicles were destroyed.

On September 12, German troops broke through the lines of the 143rd Rifle Division near the Schatraschi and then threatened the right flank of the 132nd Rifle Division. At the same time the 21st Army had received the newly formed 298th Rifle Division (Colonel M. Jerochin) and 141st Panzer Brigade (Colonel PG Tschernow) with a few tanks as reinforcements. The leadership of the 21st Army was instructed by headquarters to attack at Shostka with the help of newly arrived reinforcements. General AM Gorodnajnski had to take back the left wing of the 13th Army on the other side of the Bichiha river on the Glazovo - Tschutir-Michailowski route. On the morning of September 14th, after an artillery strike by the 21st Army, the Soviet troops launched their last attack, while the German 29th Motorized and 293rd Infantry Divisions attacked at Impil. The 132nd Rifle Division still conquered some terrain, but the formations of the 298th Rifle Division were no longer successful. On September 15, the troops on the Bryansk Front were ordered to go back to the mouth of the Sosh River and go back on the defensive.

losses

According to Soviet data, the Red Army lost 3870 soldiers, 11,460 wounded, 14,900 prisoners, 134 tanks, 59 aircraft and 31 guns. The following examples could be an example of the losses: the Soviet 279th Rifle Division had only advanced about 7-10 kilometers on the offensive and had lost 3,040 men in the process. At the end of the operation, the regiments of the 299th Rifle Division numbered only 250-300 soldiers. During the operation, the front gap between the Brjansker Front and the Southwest Front was widened to 60 kilometers, where the German Panzer Group 2 now penetrated, in order to create the conditions for the subsequent battle of Kiev .

literature

  • Александр Александрович Гавренков: БОЕВЫЕ ДЕЙСТВИЯ ВОЙСК БРЯНСКОГО ФРОНТА ПЕРВОГО ФкрМИРОВАНИЯ , БОРМИРОВАНИЯ БОС20
  • Сергей Кондратенко: Разгром Брянского фронта , Yauza Moskwa 2019 ISBN 978-5-604-09124-1
  • Heinz Guderian: Memories of a Soldier , p. 180 f., ISBN 978-3-87943-693-4

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