Pogost. Hot winter 1941/42. Collection of memoirs of veterans of the 54th Army and residents of OFFR. Polos
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This book is completing in the series “The Struggle for Leningrad”, prepared by I.A. Ivanova. Prior to this, collections of the memoirs of direct participants in the fighting near Leningrad were issued: “The Tragedy of the Meat Bor” (about the 2nd shock, 52nd and 59th armies of the Volkhov Front)-4 editions, “The Fargain on the Tosne River” (Memories of Veterans 55 -I Army on battles at the Ustsnensky line), Sinyavino. Autumn battles of 1941-42 On the joint actions of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts-2 publications.
The collection Pogosta contains the stories of veterans of the 54th Army, which drove the Germans from G. Volkhov to the Pogosta station on the Mga-Kirishi railway. The embankment of this railway branch, participants in the bloody battles for the station and the village of Pogosta are rightly called the “meat grinder”, which grown from December 1941 to May 1942 9 rifle divisions, 3 tank brigades and 2 ski battalions.
The troops of the 54th Army advanced in the direction of Luban with the task of meeting units of the 2nd Shock Army. In the course of tense battles, by the spring of the 42nd year, they were given to master the station and the village of Pogosta, to free a number of settlements, up to the village of Divino at 16 km. From Lyuban. But by that time the 2nd shock was surrounded by a dense ring and could not allocate strength towards the 54th Army.
Lyuban operation - the 3rd attempt to break through the blockade of Leningrad, which lasted 6 months and absorbed one and a half million Soviet soldiers, did not success, as well as the next - the Sinyavinsky operation in September - October 1942.
The troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts to unite and to break through the blockade of the Great City only on January 18, 1943. The Iskra operation turned out to be successful, but the whole 43rd year was stubborn battles (Mginsky, Smerdynskaya operations) The complete liberation of the Leningrad land took place only in January 1944. Therefore, on January 27, we annually celebrate the day of the final liberation of Leningrad from the vice of the blockade.
2nd edition, processed
The collection Pogosta contains the stories of veterans of the 54th Army, which drove the Germans from G. Volkhov to the Pogosta station on the Mga-Kirishi railway. The embankment of this railway branch, participants in the bloody battles for the station and the village of Pogosta are rightly called the “meat grinder”, which grown from December 1941 to May 1942 9 rifle divisions, 3 tank brigades and 2 ski battalions.
The troops of the 54th Army advanced in the direction of Luban with the task of meeting units of the 2nd Shock Army. In the course of tense battles, by the spring of the 42nd year, they were given to master the station and the village of Pogosta, to free a number of settlements, up to the village of Divino at 16 km. From Lyuban. But by that time the 2nd shock was surrounded by a dense ring and could not allocate strength towards the 54th Army.
Lyuban operation - the 3rd attempt to break through the blockade of Leningrad, which lasted 6 months and absorbed one and a half million Soviet soldiers, did not success, as well as the next - the Sinyavinsky operation in September - October 1942.
The troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts to unite and to break through the blockade of the Great City only on January 18, 1943. The Iskra operation turned out to be successful, but the whole 43rd year was stubborn battles (Mginsky, Smerdynskaya operations) The complete liberation of the Leningrad land took place only in January 1944. Therefore, on January 27, we annually celebrate the day of the final liberation of Leningrad from the vice of the blockade.
2nd edition, processed
Author:
Author:Ivanov Izolda Anatolyevna
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-7325-1130-7
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