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111 rifle division on 11.7.41-13.8.42
TsAMO. Fund 111 sd. Op. 1. D. Historical formulary.
111th Rifle Division was formed on the basis of the former 29th Rifle Division in July-August 1940. Arkhangelsk Military District, the place of deployment during the formation of the city of Vologda on March 17, 1942. By order No. 76 of the People's Commissar of Defense Comrade Stalin, the division was transformed into the 24th Guards Rifle Division.
Arriving at the front on 07/01/41. to the Ostrov region of the Leningrad region, parts of the division 03.07.41. entered into battle with the Nazi troops advancing from Kaunas through Pskov, Luga to Leningrad. The enemy threw in this direction two tank and five motorized infantry divisions, which were supported by aviation. 04.07.41 with a decisive counterattack, parts of the division pushed the enemy back 10 km to the west, the city of Ostrov changed hands several times. After heavy battles from 03.07. to 08.07.41 in the areas of Ostrov, Palkino, Dulovka, Nikolaevo, during which up to 1,500 enemy soldiers and officers were destroyed, 40 tanks were knocked out and destroyed, the division fought back across the river. Great Pskov on Luga and 20.07.41. occupied the defenses of the southwest. Meadows. The advancing enemy units were stopped here. All efforts of the Germans to overturn the Luga defense and break through to Leningrad were unsuccessful. 29.07.41 with a bold counterattack, 468th joint venture defeated the SS reconnaissance battalion of the main commander. German army. At the same time, more than 100 enemy soldiers and officers were killed.
In mid-August, the enemy, throwing more than 10 tank and infantry divisions against the Luga defense, tried to break through it and was again stopped.
Particularly distinguished in these defensive battles 561 ap. Major Kuznetsov. Marshal Soviet Union, tov. Voroshilov, by a special order, noted the resilience of the Luga defense units and expressed gratitude to all the personnel of the EU. Having no success in the Luga direction, the enemy, with strong blows from the directions of Kengisep and Pskov, went out to Krasnogvardeysk (near Leningrad) and to Novgorod and Chudovo, thus placing parts of the Luga defense in a semi-encirclement, in connection with this, by order of 41 ck 20.08.41. left the defense of the city of Luga and fought heavy battles with the advancing enemy in the area of Sorochkino, Yazchery and temporary storage. "Red Lighthouse"
2.09.41 when the ammunition ran out and communication with Shtakor 41 was lost, the division began to withdraw from the encirclement of the enemy, which by this time had closed its ring.
Having destroyed its materiel, the division reached the western bank of the river by the beginning of October in three separate columns. Volkhov in the Myasnoy Bor area along which the front line passed. Having contacted the units of the Red Army on the eastern coast through the intelligence officer of the 468th infantry regiment, junior lieutenant. Oplesnina, parts of the division overturned the enemy garrisons in Old and New Bystritsy, Yamno and crossed the Volkhov. On the night of October 5, the headquarters of the division and the communications battalion crossed over with a fight. Thanks to the heroic and selfless actions of junior lieutenant Oplesnin, the division managed to save most of the personnel when leaving the encirclement.
12.11.41 after being understaffed and equipped with materiel, the division again entered the battle in the Malaya Vishera region (Leningrad region), operating as part of the 52nd Army. During November 11-12, parts of the division blocked and defeated the heavily fortified enemy points of Glutino, Veretye, Glad and liberated up to 20 settlements. 20.11.41 the city and the Malaya Vishera railway station were liberated. In the battles for Malaya Vishera, the enemy suffered up to 1200 killed and wounded. Particularly fierce battles were for the Veretye stronghold covering the Gornetsno-Glad road, which is one of the enemy’s communications with his Tikhvin grouping. After the liquidation of this strong point, parts of the division 468 rifle regiment made a call behind enemy lines and intercepted the road st. Ridges - Chudovo near the station. Dubtsy, thus completely cutting off the enemy garrisons Gorneshko and Gryada from their rear. This operation ensured the rapid defeat of these garrisons.
During these battles, the 422nd infantry regiment and the 215th artillery regiment of the enemy were completely defeated. The enemy suffered losses of up to 2500 killed and wounded. Destroyed: 1 tanks, 6 guns, art. pool. 21, cars 2.
Trophies were taken: 12 guns, 15 radios and receivers, 18 machine guns, 14 mortars, 3 cars, 11 motorcycles, up to 5000 shells and mines. 26 enemy soldiers were captured.
During the second half of January, the division fought in the Gruzino-Chudovo region, but was not successful.
On January 20, 1942, having transferred to the operational subordination of the 2nd Shock Army, the division received the task of destroying the large enemy stronghold of Lyubino-Pole - Mostki. On the Chudovo-Novgorod highway, following the order of part of the division on 23.01.42. blocked the strong point and 12.02.42. have mastered it.
At the same time, the enemy lost about 250 soldiers and officers out of 300 people who made up the garrison, only killed. The division captured large trophies: 14 guns, 10 mortars, 6 anti-aircraft machine guns, 13 heavy machine guns, 24 cars, 3 cars, 12 tractors, 9 tanks (padded), 70 boxes of mines.
The success of this operation was ensured by a carefully developed plan of the artillery attack and its precise execution. The artillery attack was carried out on 10 and 11.02.42. forces of the artillery regiment.
The losses of the division amounted to 110 people killed and wounded. The liquidation of the stronghold of Lyubino - Pole - Mostki expanded the breakthrough in the enemy defenses carried out by units of the 2nd Shock Army in the Myasnoy Bor area.
Fulfilling the order of the Headquarters of the 59th Army, upon entering the rear of the enemy, encircling his large stronghold - Chudovo, in the second half of February, the division fought to eliminate separate centers of resistance in the forests west of the Spasskaya Polist of the Chudovsky district.
19.02.42 The division rejoined the 59th Army. Having cut the main communications of the enemy feeding his stronghold Spasskaya Polist, parts of the division overcoming the resistance of the enemy and repelling his counterattacks. continued to deepen into the territory occupied by him.
02.03.42 the second communication of the enemy was cut, the road Sennaya Kerest - Glushitsa, and the division's units went to the Karpovo 2 area, which is 7 km. southwest of Chudovo. However, due to the length of their own communications, which were constantly subjected to enemy counterattacks and required large forces to protect them, the division could not move further. At the same time, the enemy, having introduced a significant amount of equipment and manpower into battle, entered the communications of the 2nd Shock Army in the Myasnoy Bor area. In this regard, the division received an order task force Headquarters of the 59th Army, withdraw your units from Karpovo 2, and take up active defense to the Sennaya Kerest - Glushitsa road.
The enemy is operating with tanks on 20.03.42. knocked down our guards on the road Sennaya-Kerest - Glushitsa and cut off from the rear 532 joint ventures located northwest of Glushitsa. Regiment until 24.04.42. fought heavy battles surrounded and left the ring on the orders of Stadiva. 05/27/42 by order of the task force of the Headquarters of the 59th Army, parts of the division concentrated in the area of elev. 37.8 (west of Spasskaya Polist) with the task of breaking through the enemy defenses and connecting with units of the 59th Army operating from the east
Conducting offensive battles in this area for a month and a half in difficult conditions of swampy forest terrain, the division was not successful and suffered heavy losses. For the period from 15.02. until May 15, 1942 the actions of the units destroyed: 1 tank, 2 guns, 28 rp, 12 heavy machine guns, 21 mortars, 6 enemy soldiers were taken prisoner.
Own losses during this time amounted to 4000 people. killed and wounded.
From 20.05. to 07.07.42 the division was on vacation and was engaged in combat training in the Bol area. Vyazhitsa, Malovishersky district.
From 08.06. to 21.07.42 by order of the Commander of the Leningrad Front, the division replaced the 374th rifle division in the defense in the Spasskaya Polist area (on the east side).
From 22.07.42 the division, having passed its line of 378th rifle division, left in the Bol area. Knitting for combat training.
07.08.42 by order of the Volkhov Front, the division plunged into echelons at st. Ridges and 11.08.42. arrived in the Volkovo area, Volkhov Front, Leningrad Region, where she continued combat training.
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Invaluable assistance in the search work is provided by the staff of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense in Podolsk. After 2 years of correspondence with the archives, we managed to obtain the most valuable copies of the documents of the 111th Infantry Division, which helps to become more familiar with its formation in the territory of the former Bolshetroitsky District in 1943.
In preparing this material, we used copies of: "The journal of combat operations of the headquarters of the 111th rifle division", "The map of the location of the 111th rifle division in the Bolshetroitsky district", "Form No. 1509 of the 111th rifle division", copies of the Krasnoarmeiskaya newspaper "For the Glory of the Motherland", etc.
... And now you can imagine how, on the basis of the 50th separate rifle brigade in the city of Bezhitsa, Kalinin region, from April 26 to June 16, 1942, the 111th rifle division is formed.
In July 1942, in preparation for a broad offensive on the Kalinin Front, the division in full force arrived at the battlefield. The 111th division included: Directorate of the 111th rifle division, 399th, 468th, 532nd rifle regiments, 286th artillery regiment, separate training regiment, separate machine-gun battalion, 267th separate anti-tank battalion, 369th separate anti-aircraft artillery battery, NAD, 146th separate rifle reconnaissance company, 181st separate sapper battalion, 223 separate communications battalion, 19 separate company chemical protection, 189 separate transport auto-porter, 490 field bakery, 120 separate medical battalion, 1005 veterinary infirmary. Soldiers and officers had to conduct long offensive battles. Having destroyed the bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Volga River near the city of Rzhava, the division was withdrawn from the battle in October 1942 and transferred to the area of the city of Belev, Orel Region. The greatly depleted division under the command of Colonel Khoteev was in the 2nd echelon of the army and began manning and training in combat and political training. At the same time, work was underway to equip the 2nd army line of defense.
After the restoration of combat readiness in December 1942, the 111th Infantry Division was transferred to the Voronezh Front, where it took part in breaking through the German defenses in the area of the middle reaches of the Don.
The combat log for 1943 reflects the combat path of the division as part of the 3rd tank army Lieutenant General Rybalko. In January-February, soldiers and officers fought fierce battles for the villages and farms of the Rivne region. It was they who liberated the villages of Ivanovka, Nagolnaya, Rzhevka, Aidar. On February 4, 1943, the division came under the command of the commander 12 tank corps lieutenant general tank troops Zinkevich. The division accounted for 8375 invaders, 184 armored vehicles and tanks, 85 guns of various calibers, 6 aircraft, 119 mortars, 259 machine guns, 460 vehicles, 1950 rifles, 720 horses were destroyed and captured.
For courage and courage on the Voronezh Front, 147 soldiers and officers were awarded orders and medals. The forces of the division liberated 300 settlements.
On March 2, 1943, the division received an order and withdrew from the battle, and on March 14 it was assigned to the reserve of the Voronezh Front and deployed in the area of Novy Oskol.
On March 28, 1943, according to the order of the headquarters of the Voronezh Front, the 111th division became part of the troops of the 69th Army, and on April 8 it occupies and defends the strip in the Bolshetroitsky district. The regiments of the division occupied the line from x. Petrovka, Bulanovka and to the village. Belyanki. The forces of the personnel of the division and the local population are equipping the front line in the area of \u200b\u200bheight 196.7 (on the western outskirts of the village of Osinovka, Bolshetroitsa, Ch-Dibrovka, 1-Tseplyaevo, Russkaya).
Order No. 001 of April 3, 1843 notes that the enemy, having reached the line of the Seversky Donetsk River, is carrying out defensive work along the entire front and pulling up units from the depths. In this regard, the division was ordered to withdraw from the occupied line and at 7 o'clock in the morning on April 5 to occupy and prepare defenses in the area with. B-Well. Parts of the division were ordered at 12 am on April 3 to march along the route: the 399th Infantry Regiment to arrive at 7 am on April 5 and proceed to the defensive lines in the village.
Berezovka; The 468th Infantry Regiment was ordered to leave the villages of Nemtsev, Zhurbinka, Pervomayskoye and, by 9 am on April 4, settle down for a day in the village. Bershakovo, and then at 10 o'clock in the evening to speak and by 7 o'clock in the morning on April 5 to arrive, concentrate and begin defensive work in the village. Ch-Dibrovka. The 532nd Infantry Regiment was ordered to leave the Barsuki area and concentrate by 7 am on April 5 and begin defensive work in the village. B-Well.
The 286th Artillery Regiment was ordered to arrive in the village by 7 o'clock in the morning. B-Well and equip your combat positions.
On April 8, a combat order was again issued: the 399th regiment to equip the front line at the turn of 1-Strelitz - x. Berezovo on the river Nezhegolek.
The 468th Infantry Regiment equipped the front line at the Novoselovka line (the Eastern outskirts of Bolshetroitsa) and through the x. Shemraevka to x. Korzhov.
Other units were instructed to create a center of resistance in Bulanovka, at the highest point in the region.
Thus, we see that in anticipation of the enemy offensive, the division lived its full-blooded life. Every day, the personnel was replenished with fresh forces, equipment, at the same time, equipment was being repaired for days, which could still be used in battle. The commanders carried out mass political work with their fighters, devoted a lot of time to combat training of personnel. Everyone expected a new offensive of our troops.
... And on July 5, 1943, the division set out on a march in the direction of the city of Volchansk. During the day, they had to cover a distance of up to 45 kilometers. The 399th Infantry Regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Kulishev on July 7 from the march entered into a fierce battle with a well-prepared superior enemy. In cooperation with the soldiers of the 468 Infantry Regiment, with the support of army artillery, the Soviet troops overturned strong enemy, and went to the eastern bank of the river Seversky Donetsk in the direction of Belgorod. Developing the offensive, the regiments took up defense in the area of the Old City, for which they received 1 gratitude from the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union Marshal and V. Stalin.
The 399th Infantry Regiment, being on the defensive, daily beat off the fierce counterattacks of the enemy, who had settled in the city of Belgorod. Until July 31, 1943, the soldiers and officers managed to hold the occupied lines.
At 11 pm on July 31, the regiment began to force the Seversky Donetsk. The task was to create a bridgehead on the West Bank. At 24:00 in the morning, one of the battalions managed to cross the river and reach railway station. But the enemy concentrated new forces and launched furious counterattacks, and the battalion was forced to retreat to its former line.
On August 4, the forward detachment, as part of a rifle company, under heavy fire from the Nazis, crossed the river in the area northeast of the city of Belgorod and created a bridgehead in the sum.
At 3 o'clock in the morning on August 5, the 399th regiment, under the cover of artillery preparation, broke into the city of Belgorod and by the end of the day, in cooperation with other units that fought in Belgorod, completely cleared the city of the invaders. The soldiers of the regiment again received gratitude from V.I. Stalin.
Having liberated the city of Belgorod, the 111th division, pursuing the enemy, reached the outskirts of the city of Kharkov. In a fierce battle, they were liberated: the village of Bolshaya Danilovka, the Shevchenko state farm, having exhausted the main forces of the Nazis, 399, 468 and other parts of the division went on the offensive at 24:00 on August 22 and broke into Kharkov on the morning of August 23. By the end of the day, by interacting with other parts of the division in street battles, the city was completely cleared of the invaders.
It should be noted the huge role of the fighters of the 181st separate engineer battalion. After all, they had to take risks every minute and, under enemy fire, build crossings, build bridges, ensure the passage of equipment, remove enemy minefields in order to ensure the successful advance of division units.
After fierce battles for the cities of Belgorod and Kharkov, the division was withdrawn from the battles from September 29 to October 26, 1943 and was in the village of Aleksandrovka and other villages of the Kharkov region in the reserve of the Headquarters of the High Command.
On October 28, the 111th division was again on the march, and on November 25, 1943, it concentrated in the area of the city of Pyatikhatka. Having defeated the enemy, the division participated in the liberation of the city of Alexandria. For the bravery and courage of the personnel of the division, she was given the name of the Alexandrian Red Banner Order of Bagdan Khmelnitsky.
On July 20, 1944, the division was transferred to Romania. For participation in offensive battles to encircle and destroy the Iasi-Kishinev group of fascists and for the liberation of the city of Iasi by order of I.V. Stalin, all personnel of the division were thanked.
... The 111th Infantry Division of Alexandria, Order of Bagdan Khmelnitsky, completed its combat path in Czechoslovakia. The division had many glorious victories, but the losses were tangible. So during the combat losses in manpower amounted to 6105 people. And each of them died heroically, defending their beloved Motherland.
... And now, looking back, remembering those heroic days, we walk with excitement through those places where we have already settled, overgrown with grass, but trenches in our region are still visible, pick up rusty shells, look at the remains of Soviet weapons stored in the school museum, we read the mean lines of soldiers' letters. We look and think: “Our dear ones! Many of you were 18-20 years old, but you defended your freedom! Low bow to you!
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Formed on the basis of the 50 rifle brigade.
399, 468 and 532 rifle regiments,
286 artillery regiment,
267 separate anti-tank battalion,
146 reconnaissance company,
181 engineer battalion,
223 separate communications battalion (157 separate communications company),
120 medical battalion,
19 separate company of chemical protection,
189 motor transport company,
490 field bakery,
1005 divisional veterinary infirmary,
1608 field post station,
1652 field cash desk of the State Bank.
Combat period
17.7.42-29.9.43
26.10.43-15.9.44
30.10.44-11.5.45
The 111th Rifle Division was formed on the basis of the 50th Separate Rifle Brigade in the city of Bezhitsa, Kalinin Region, from April 26 to July 16, 1942.
In July 1942, in preparation for a broad offensive on the Kalinin Front, the division in full force arrived at the battlefield. The division had: Directorate of the 111th Rifle Division, 399th, 468th, 532nd Rifle Regiments, 286th Artillery Regiment, separate training regiment, 267th separate machine-gun battalion, 267th separate anti-tank division, 369th separate anti-aircraft artillery battery, NAD, 146th separate reconnaissance company, 181st separate engineer battalion, 223rd separate communications battalion, 19th separate chemical protection company, 189th separate transport company, 490th field bakery, 120th separate medical battalion, 1005th veterinary infirmary.
... Having destroyed the enemy's bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Volga, near the city of Rzhava, as a result of heavy long-term fighting, the 111th division was withdrawn from the battle in October 1942 and transferred to the area of the city of Belev, Oryol region. The greatly depleted division under the command of Colonel Khoteevna was in the second echelon of the army and began to staff and to engage in combat and political training. At the same time, work was underway to equip the 2nd army line of defense.
After the restoration of combat readiness in December 1942, the division was transferred to the Voronezh Front, where it took part in breaking through the German defenses in the area of the middle reaches of the Don.
In January-February 1943, the division, consisting of the 3rd tank army of Lieutenant General Rybalko, fought fierce battles for the villages and farms of the Rovno region: Ivanovka, Nagolnaya, Rzhevka, Aidar.
On February 4, 1943, the division became subordinate to the commander of the 12th tank corps, lieutenant general of the tank forces Zinkevich.
By this time, the soldiers and officers had destroyed 8375 invaders, destroyed and captured 184 armored vehicles and tanks, 85 guns of various calibers, 6 aircraft, 119 mortars, 259 machine guns, 460 vehicles, 1950 rifles, 720 horses. The forces of the division liberated 300 settlements.
On March 2, 1943, the 111th division received an order and withdrew from the battle, and on March 14 it was assigned to the reserve of the Voronezh Front and deployed near the city of Novy Oskol.
On March 28, 1943, according to the order of the headquarters of the Voronezh Front, the 111th Rifle Division became part of the 69th Army, and on April 8 it took up defenses and defended the strip that took place in the Bolshetroitsky district.
Later, the division took the line from x. Petrovka, Bulanovka and to the village of Belyanka. The personnel of the division and the local population are equipping the front line in the region of height 196, 7 on the western outskirts of the village of Osinovka, Bolshetroitsy (on the western mountainous outskirts of the fir garden), Ch-Dibrovka, 1 Tseplyaevo, Russkoye.
The order of the headquarters of the 111th division No. 001 dated April 3, 1943 noted that the enemy, having reached the line of the Seversky Donets River, was carrying out defensive work along the entire front and pulling up units from the depths. In this regard, the division was ordered to withdraw from the occupied line and by 7 o'clock in the morning on April 5, take and prepare defenses in the area with. White Well.
Already on April 3, units of the division withdrew from their positions at 12 am and by 7 am on April 5 began to build defensive lines: the 399th Infantry Regiment - in the village. Berezovka; The 468th Infantry Regiment left the villages of Nemtsev, Zhurbinka, Pervomayskoye and by 9 am on April 4 settled down for a day in the village. Bershakovo, and then at 10 pm he set out and arrived at 7 am on April 5 and began defensive work in the village of Ch-Dibrovka.
The 532nd regiment set out from the x. Badgers, and by 7 am on April 5, concentrated and began defensive work in the village. White Well. The 286th artillery regiment also arrived here and began to equip its positions.
On April 8, an order was again received: the 399th regiment to equip the front line at the turn of 1-Strelitz - x. Berezovo on the river Nezhegolek.
The 468th regiment equipped the front line at the turn of Novoselovka (the eastern outskirts of Bolshetroitsa) and through the Shemraevka farm to x. Korzhov.
Other parts received orders at the highest place in the area, in the village. Bulanovka, create a knot of resistance.
Thus, in anticipation of the enemy's offensive, the 111th division lived its full-blooded life. Daily from among the arrivals replenished with fresh manpower, equipment. Everyone expected a new offensive of our troops.
... And on July 5, 1943, at the very beginning of the Battle of Kursk, the division set out on a march in the direction of the city of Volchansk. In a day they covered a distance of up to 45 kilometers. On July 7, the 399th Rifle Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Kuleshov, entered into a fierce battle with a well-prepared superior enemy. In cooperation with the fighters of the 468th Infantry Regiment, with the support of army artillery, the Soviet troops overturned a strong enemy and reached the eastern bank of the Seversky Donets River in the direction of Belgorod.
Developing the offensive, the regiments of the 111th Infantry Division took up defensive positions in the Old City area, for which they received 1 gratitude from the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, Marshal I.V. Stalin.
The 399th Infantry Regiment, being on the defensive, fought off fierce enemy counterattacks every day until July 31, 1943. At 23:00 in the morning, the 399th regiment began to force the Seversky Donets River in order to create a bridgehead on the western bank of the river. At 24:00 in the morning, one of the battalions managed to cross the river and reach the railway station. But the enemy concentrated new forces and proceeded to furious counterattacks. The battalion was forced to withdraw to its former line. On August 4, the forward detachment, as part of a rifle company, under heavy fire from the Nazis, crossed the river in the area northeast of Belgorod and managed to create a bridgehead.
At 3 o'clock in the morning on August 5, 1943, the 399th regiment, under the cover of artillery preparation, broke into the city of Belgorod and by the end of the day, in cooperation with other units, completely cleared the city of Belgorod. The soldiers of the regiment again received gratitude from Stalin I.V.
Having liberated the city of Belgorod, the 111th division, pursuing the enemy, reached the outskirts of the city of Kharkov. In a fierce battle, the following were liberated: the village of Bolshaya Danilovka, the supply manager named after Shevchenko.
Having exhausted the main forces of the enemy, the 399th, 468th and other parts of the division went on the offensive at 24:00 on August 22, 1943 and broke into Kharkov on the morning of August 23. By the end of the day, in cooperation with other units in street battles, the city was completely cleared of the invaders.
A huge role was played by the fighters of the 181st separate engineer battalion, who risked their lives every minute, built bridges under enemy fire, provided equipment crossings, removed minefields, ensuring the successful advance of the division's units. Thus, the 111th Infantry Division from 1 to last day Battle of Kursk fought in our places. After fierce fighting, the division was withdrawn from the fighting from September 28 to October 26, 1943 and was in the village of Aleksandrovka and other villages of the Kharkov region in the reserve of the Headquarters of the High Command.
On October 28, the 111th division was again on the march and on November 25, 1943, concentrated in the area of the city of Pyatikhatka. After the defeat of the enemy in the city, soldiers and officers participated in the liberation of the city of Alexandria. For the bravery and courage of the personnel of the division, the name of the Alexandria Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky was given.
On July 20, 1944, the 111th Rifle Division is transferred to Romania. For the participation of the Iasi-Kishinev operation, the division is again thanked by Stalin I.V.
The 111th Rifle Division of Alexandria of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky completed its combat path in Czechoslovakia. The division suffered significant losses. 6105 soldiers and officers died heroically. However, the division covered itself for courage with unfading glory.
During the summer of 1942 units of the 55th SD conducted numerous offensive battles. To the strongest offensive operations should be attributed to the battle of 05/08/42. for the settlement of Rykalovo, height 32.7 and the line of barrows; 06/10/42 - for n / a B. Dubovitsy, 08.07.42 - behind the grove “Boots” and elevation 32.1; 27.07.42 - for height 32.1; 1-12.08.42 - for the grove "Language"; 18.08.42 - for mark 32.7; 16-24-30.09.42 - for important frontiers in the "Suchan" swamp.
55 RIFLE DIVISION.
HISTORICAL FORM.
Fund 1171, inventory 1, file 1.
Historical form 55 SD for 1941-45.
18.04.1942
From 20.04.42 division, leaving district of Vina Krestetsky district until 04/30/42. made a march along the route: Guilt, Zaitsevo, Knyazhiy Bor, Dobrosti, Kushevy, Mal. Buchki, Ryabutki, Bol. Yablonovo, Seltso, Pola, Borki and concentrated in the village of Yartsevo, Polavsky district, Leningrad region, having traveled over 160 km.
27.04.1942
01.05.42 the personnel of the division put themselves in order, preparing for battle.
02.05.42 parts of the division 107 and 111 joint ventures took their starting position at the turn of the sowing. the edge of the forest in front of the Suchan swamp, south. Vasilievshchina; 228 SP was in the second echelon. By the same time, the project had succeeded in turning the approaches to the highway in the villages of Nalyuchi, Rykalovo, Vasilievshchina, Byakovo and Omychkino into powerful nodes of resistance.
The swamp and water meadows in front of these points were mined to a depth of 1 km. wire fences in three stakes passed behind the minefields, a system of bunkers and bunkers was built, interconnected by trenches and underground passages. The system of underground communication passages was also carried out into the depths of the defense of the avenue.
The fortified points of the pr-ka were saturated to the limit with equipment: machine guns, cannons, especially mortars.
The division was tasked with closing the corridor by cutting off the road that feeds the Demyansk grouping and thereby assist military formations, destroy it.
The first major offensive of the division was undertaken on the morning of 05/03/42. At 7.00 artillery preparation began, after which 107 and 111 SPs went on the attack. The strike of the 107th joint venture, regiment commander Major Mamin, commissar - battalion commissar Kartashenko, from the right flank was so swift and unexpected that the German defense was broken and the battalion of Senior Lieutenant Khalansky saddled the Vasilievshchina - Byakovo road.
111 joint venture, going to the south. vegetable gardens of Vasilievshchina, under heavy fire, the pr-ka lay down, and then was forced to retreat to the starting line, not having sufficient fire support, the battalion of Art. Lieutenant Khalansky also departed. The fight went on all day. The aviation called by the pr-com bombed our battle formations from 9.00 to 20.00, over 150 Yu-88 and Yu-87 sorties were noted.
07.05.1942
15.05.1942
19.05.1942
11 .07.1942
The position of the units of the 55th sd on 08/17/1942.
As a result of these operations, advantageous lines were occupied, which were immediately strengthened in terms of engineering, dugouts and fortifications for guns were built. As a result, our line of defense was turned into an impregnable fortress for the pr-ka.
Proximity to the important communications of the avenue and control over it created obstacles for the Demyansk grouping of the avenue, which was supplied with the help of transport aircraft. As a result of the actions of the division, the pr-ku not only failed to expand the corridor, but, on the contrary, it narrowed to the limit.
Between November 28, 1942 on 10.12.42 division launched an offensive swamp area"Suchan", with the aim of saddling the highway Byakovo - Vasilievshchina. A powerful defensive line was erected near the avenue. The entire division took part in the operation. The battle took on a fierce character, turning into hand-to-hand and grenade.
55 RIFLE DIVISION.
BATTLE REPORTS AND OPERATING REPORTS.
Fund 1171, inventory 1, file 8.
“Operations and combat reports of the 55th SD for 1942.”
15.09.42 Parts of the division during the day, two regiments (in groups) conducted offensive operations in the direction of mark. 32.1. 228 joint ventures received a defensive line from 126 RRF.
Losses for 09/14/42: 107 SP - 1 person was killed, 2 people were injured; 111 SP - 7 people were killed, 22 people were injured.
16-24.09.42 Parts of the division occupy the former sectors of defense in readiness to go on the offensive. 09/24/42 at 6.30 they launched a partial active offensive against the defending pr-ka and by 18.00, under strong fire resistance, the battalions came out and secured.
25.09.42 Parts of the division occupy the former areas of defense, during the night they strengthened themselves on the achieved lines.
Losses for 09/24/42: 107 joint ventures - 59 people were killed, 125 people were injured; 111 SP - 12 people were killed, 8 people were injured; 228 SP - 42 people were killed, 77 people were injured.
26-30.09.42 Parts of the division hold the former areas of defense. 30.09.42 at 7.00 separate battalions went on the offensive in the direction of the mark. 32.1, destroying the pr-ka at the junction between 111 joint ventures and 1/107 joint ventures, closes their flanks. 3/228 SP advanced in the north. corner of the "Big" meadow.
01.10.42 Parts of the division continue to hold the former areas of defense, influencing fire on the avenue.
02.10.42 Parts of the division continue to defend the given line, conducting reconnaissance in small groups in front of their edge.
As a result of hostilities on 01.10.42:
228 SP is in the same place, advancing with the 3rd SB in the direction of sowing. corner of the Bolshaya glade, was not successful.
The 111th Rifle Regiment is in the same place, advancing with the 2nd battalion in the direction of the clearing (1125v) to connect the flanks with the 1/107th Rifle Regiment, but was not successful.
107 SP, advancing the 3rd SB in the direction of elev. 32:1, took possession of the ring. sandy high-rise in the district (1126az), where it is fixed.
3-29.10.42 Parts of the division continue to hold the former areas of defense, conducted reconnaissance by observing the avenue.
10/30/42 Parts of the division on the night of 30 to 31.10.42. according to the combat order Shtarm 11 No. 137 / OP dated 10/30/42. surrendered their combat areas: 228 SP - 200 SD, 111 SP - 28 GV SD, 107 SP - 28 GV SD and made a march to the concentration area at dawn.
228 joint ventures from the evening of 10/30/42. conducted reconnaissance in front of his leading edge and from 1.00 10.31.42. proceeded to surrender his combat area. From 7.00 31.10.42 made a march and by 15.00 10.31.42. concentrated in the district of the forest app. District 400 m. Command post of the regiment in the area where the units of the regiment are located.
111 joint venture from 21.00 10.30.42 conducted reconnaissance at the junction between 228 joint ventures and 111 joint ventures. From 2.00 31.10.42 proceeded to surrender his combat area 28 GV SD. From 7.00 31.10.42 made a march and by 17.00 concentrated in the district of the forest east. Berezki 1.5 km. KP of the regiment - in the area of the location of the units of the regiment.
107 SP at nightfall on 10/30/42. conducted reconnaissance in combat at the Kruglaya grove, as a result of combat reconnaissance, a prisoner was captured. From 2.00 31.10.42 proceeded to surrender his combat area 28 GV SD. From 7.00 31.10.42 made a march and concentrated in the district of the forest south. 500 m. Command post of the regiment in the area where the units of the regiment are located.
1-13.11.42 Parts of the division are in the former areas of concentration.
OS No. 340. 11/14/42. 15.00. Shtadiv 55, forest southwest. Sleeper plant 1 km. By 50000-41.
1. Parts of the division, according to the order of the commander of 27 A, occupied defense sectors (diagram).
2. 111 joint ventures have occupied and are improving their defense sector. KP regiment - north-east. Kievo 1 km.
3. 228 SP occupied and is improving its defense sector. KP regiment - in the district elev. 26.9.
4. 107 joint venture - command post of the regiment - ledge of the forest north-west. Lazaritsky lumber station 1 km.
15-16.11.42 Parts of the division take up defensive positions in the former sectors.
11/17/42 Parts of the division during the day were engaged in combat training with personnel and equipment of defense sectors in accordance with the order of the commander of the troops 27 A No. 023.
111 joint ventures during the day produced engineering work on the site Kryukovo, forest south. Kryukovo, elev. 25.4. The assault battalion occupied defense district(claim.) cancel. 26.9, fork in the railway embankment.
228 joint venture carried out engineering work in accordance with the order of the commander of troops 27 A No. 023 in the additional regiment of the area: Nakhodno, elev. 25.8, elev. 27.3. Kp regiment in the district elev. 26.9.
107 joint ventures in the second echelon of the division, equipped in engineering terms with one additional battalion shelf district Lazaritsy, st. Parfino, Rudnovo, organized a bridgehead defense in this district. The command post of the regiment is in the area of the ledge of the forest (2818a).
Training battalion - in the Parfino region.
18-25.11.42 parts of the division take up defensive positions in the former sectors.
26.11.42 The division after the march concentrated: 107 joint ventures - in the district (1528av) and (1527b). 111 joint venture - in the district of the forest south. Mal. Dubovitsy 300 m. elev. 30.4 (1424av).
84 AP - in the district: 1st division - 2 trees 800 m southeast. Mal. Dubovitsy, 2nd division - ledge of the grove 800 m west. elev. 30.2, 3rd division - separate tree (1425v)
129 OIPTD: 1st battery - in the region of 3 trees 400 m sowing. elev. 33.1; 2nd battery - south. edge of the forest (1324c); 3rd battery - south. forest edge 1.5 km west. elev. 29.7 (1325b).
Training battalion - forest east. Mal. Dubovitsy 2 km.
27-28.11.42 Parts of the division in the former areas of concentration.
29.11.42 After shelling the front line of the defense, the 55th Rifle Division destroyed 27 dugouts and bunkers with direct-fire artillery fire and, going on the attack, was detained at obstacles, having mastered 17 bunkers and dugouts of the pr-ka, reached the line:
228 joint venture - the edge of the forest south. 250 m glade "Long" (1123g) - left flank - forest sowing. 200 m left tree (1124v). Losses of the regiment: 35 people were killed, 198 people were wounded.
111 SP: the right flank at the junction with the left flank 228 SP, the left flank - the edge of the forest north-west. end of the clearing 100 m (1124b). Losses of the regiment: 66 people were killed, 182 people were wounded, 157 people were missing.
107 SP: right flank - a ledge on the edge of the southeast. elev. 33.1 1 km, left flank - ledge of the forest west. groves “Round” 150 m. Losses of the regiment: 65 people were killed, 155 people were injured, 10 people were missing.
Losses in the division according to incomplete data: 167 people were killed, 540 people were injured, 167 people were missing.
30.11. - 20.12.42 Parts of the division consolidated on the achieved lines, stubbornly defended the occupied line.
30.11.1942
02.12.1942
05.12.1942
12/21/42 Parts of the division on the night of 20 to 21.12.42. marched into new district concentration (see diagram - but there are no diagrams in business).
22-30.12.42 Parts of the division in the former areas of concentration, classes were held in combat and political training with personnel.
Fund 1171, inventory 1, file 19.
“Operations and combat reports of the 55th SD for 1943.”
1-3.01.43 Parts of the division - in the former areas of concentration, classes were held in combat training with personnel.
04.01.43 Parts of the division during the day make a march and by 16.00 on 04.01.43. are concentrated in the Gorby district according to the order of the commander of 11 A.
111 joint venture makes a march along the route Podbely, Zoryanka, Makhlyuevo, Mal. Ivanovshchina, Kuzminskaya, Lyalino, Gorby and by 16.00 is concentrated in the district of the forest west. and southwest. Humps.
228 SP makes a march along the route Vereteyka, Grivka, Kruglyshevo, Kuzminskaya, Lyalino, humps and focuses in the south-east forest region. 500 m Humps.
107 SP - in the former area of concentration, during the day led the preparation for the march to the new area of concentration.
84 AP, 129 OIPTD make a march to the new concentration area and by 16.00 concentrate in the Gorby area (scheme - l. 9).
5-7.01.43 Parts of the division in their original places, continued to prepare for the offensive, conducted reconnaissance of the front line of the defense of the avenue.
08.01.43 Parts of the division with the support of tanks after Art. preparations at 9.40 went on the attack, with a swift jerk forward broke the resistance of the avenue on the front line of defense and advanced 700-2000 m into the depth of the avenue's defense and captured the village of Levoshkino. the right flank is located - (4303), the left flank - the village of Levoshkino.
OS No. 9. 09.01.43 21.00.
1. Parts of the division during the day continued fighting to hold Levoshkino and capture Fedorovo.
2. 228 joint venture as a result of a strong art. fire and min. shelling carried its defenses to the north-west. outskirts of Levoshkino. Pr-k during the night from 8 to 9.01.43. Eight times he went over to the counterattack with a force up to a company. KP regiment - sowing. 1 km 64.4.
3. 111 joint venture continues to carry out the task, during the day fought for the mastery of the level. 66.4. Didn't have any success. The regiment reached the right flank (5511a) (or (5911a)?), the left flank (5114g). The regiment's advance is delayed. KP regiment - ravine zap. Obzhino 800 m. Losses: 8 people were killed, 40 people were injured.
4. 107 SP during the day fought for the capture of Fedorovo. Pr-k offered strong resistance art. and min., passed into counterattacks by force up to a company from the direction of Fedorovo, forest south. Levoshkino 800 m, Savkino.
5. The ski battalion operates as part of the 228 joint venture.
09.01.43 Parts of the division during the day continued to fight to hold Levoshkino and capture Fedorovo.
10.01.43 Parts of the division repelled the counterattacks of the pr-ka, conducted reconnaissance of the front line of defense and firing points of the pr-ka.
111 joint venture - at the turn of the south. bank of the stream Ponovka, during the night he was preparing for the offensive and reconnaissance of the front edge of the avenue. Losses of the regiment for 01/09/43: 30 people were killed, 171 people were wounded.
107th joint venture led preparations for the offensive and reconnaissance in small groups of the front line of defense of the pr-ka. Losses of the regiment for 01/09/43: 62 people were killed, 309 people were wounded.
228 SP - at the line (0244vg), continues to fight, holding the occupied line, conducted reconnaissance in small groups and repelled the counterattacks of the pr-ka. Losses for 01/09/43: 134 people were killed, 538 people were injured.
Neighbors on the right - 202 SD, on the left - 253 SD.
DB No. 6. 10.01.43 24.00.
1. Pr-k during the day continued to defend stubbornly at the line of Fedorovo, Levoshkino, putting up stubborn resistance from the directions of Fedorovo, the south forest. Levoshkino 800 m. Removes small units from passive sectors of the front. Sends small groups of submachine gunners on the way of delivery, demonstrates the environment. Leaked groups are destroyed.
2. During the day of the attack, the pr-ka force up to the company mark 64.0. By 17.00 10.01.43 parts of the division had a combat strength: 107 joint ventures - 368 people, 111 joint ventures - 465 people, 228 joint ventures - 523 people.
01/11/43 Parts of the division are on the same lines, during the night they were clearing the forest east. elev. 66.4 from leaked machine gunners and prepared units for the offensive, conducted reconnaissance of the front line.
Losses for 01/10/43: 111 joint ventures - 28 people were killed, 99 people were injured; 107 SP - 7 people were killed, 38 people were injured; 228 SP - 38 people were killed, 160 people were injured.
DB on 11.01.43
At 10.00, a force of more than a company with a gun and a tank, accompanied by art. and min. fire attacked, went to the forest road 1 km east. mark 66.4 and cut it. A concentration of infantry and tanks was noted in the southern forest. Levoshkino, Savkino.
Parts of the division resumed the offensive, advanced on the right flank 100-150 m. Pr-ku managed to cut the road east. mark 66.4, the evacuation of the wounded was interrupted.
A directed tank to communicate with Major Sluchansky was hit. Sluchansky died. shell-shocked com. 228 SP Lieutenant Colonel Cherepovetsky, com. uch. b-on Major Shilov.
107 joint ventures fought sowing. 400 m Levoshkino right flank, 150 m sowing. left flank.
111 SP resumed the offensive with the task of capturing the heights of 66.4 and high. east mark 66.4, advanced with the left flank - 100-150 m, with the right flank - at the bend of the creek. Popovka southwest. 1 km Safronkovo and the left flank of the north-east. 800 m mark 66.4 - took position.
228 joint ventures with the remnants of the ski b-on and part of the rear units were reduced to one battalion. During the day he fought and repelled attacks on the line of 100-150 m sowing. Levoshkino.
01/11/43: 107 joint ventures - 350, 111 joint ventures - 450 (excluding losses for 01/11/43), 228 joint ventures - 520.
DB on 12.01.43
111 SP handed over its site to 282 SD, with the support of art.-min. fire went on the offensive with the task of clearing the forest 1 km north-east. mark 66.4 and go to the trail 0.5 km southeast. mark 66.4; had no success.
228 joint venture with the remains of skis. b-na tried to break through to the cut off parts, all attempts were unsuccessful. Parts are in a difficult position.
DB on 12.01.43
The division with two regiments continued to hold positions in the sowing. edge of Levoshkino. 107 joint venture - 80 people, 228 joint venture - 52 people. with two motorcycles. about 100 people keep the grove 500 m north-west. Levoshkino, repulsed 6 counterattacks from Levoshkino, mark 64.0, Savkino. The last attack is the most furious.
The transport and evacuation were interrupted, the situation is very difficult. 111 joint ventures with a total number of up to 350 people. went on the offensive, advanced 350 m, but did not connect with the Levoshkin group.
01/13/43 Parts of the division during the day firmly held the occupied line on the left flank, the right flank at 12.30 went on the offensive in the direction of Fedorovo. While fighting, overcoming the stubborn resistance of the pr-ka, we advanced 60-80 m.
01/14/43 Parts of the division during the day conducted offensive operations in the direction of elev. 66.4 with the task of clearing the forest, which is north-east. elev. 66.4 and connect with the group of battalion commander Polyakov and Mikhailov.
DB on 14.01.43
228 joint ventures with battalions of 60 MSBR continue to hold the positions of the north-west. Levoshkino 700 m, received reinforcements, delivered ammunition and food.
01/15/43 Parts of the division during the night in small groups conducted reconnaissance of the front line of defense of the avenue, put the units in order and prepared for the offensive
01/16/43 Parts of the division firmly hold the left flank, the right flank at 10.30 went on the attack in the direction of the clearing, which is sowing. elev. 66.4 700 m, waging a stubborn battle, were stopped by strong fire, but had no success.
01/17/43 Parts of the division by units of 107th Rifle Regiment and 228th Rifle Regiment, holding their positions, fought a defensive battle on the left flank. 111 SP continued to carry out the assigned task and went on the offensive in the direction of 2 trees, which is 700 m north-east. elev. 66.4, overcoming strong fire resistance from the side of the pr-ka, moved forward 100 m, approaching the bunker system of the pr-ka with the right flank, and suspended the offensive.
01/18/43 Parts of the division are at their former lines, during the night the 107th and 228th joint ventures held the occupied lines, separate groups conducted reconnaissance of the front line of the defense of the avenue and searched for a passage to connect with the division's units. Three groups from 3.00 in cooperation with 163 SD acted on the connection with the cut off parts.
01/19/43 Parts of the division, holding the occupied lines on the left flank, the right flank, performing the assigned task, at 11.30 went on the offensive in the direction of two trees, which is north-east. 700 m and elev. 66.4, during the day, fighting, overcoming the fire resistance of the pr-ka, he had no success.
01/20/43 The division, part of the forces holding the positions previously occupied on its left flank, launched an offensive with the right flank with the task of capturing an unnamed height of 700 m south. two trees and connections with subdivisions 107 joint ventures and 228 joint ventures.
21.01.43 Parts of the division improved their positions during the night and conducted reconnaissance of the front line and firing points of the pr-ka with the task of finding its joints and weak spots while maintaining their previous positions.
The position of the units of the division at 06.00 21.01.43. without changes.
01/22/43 The division during the day with the forces of 107, 228 SP on the left flank waged a defensive battle, holding the previously captured positions, with the forces of 111 SP - on the right flank conducted an offensive, fulfilling the previous task.
DB on 22.01.43
107 joint ventures, 1 battalion 228 joint ventures, 253 and 170 SD under the general command of Guards. Major Verbin are cut off by the avenue, the divisions have been surrounded since 01/14/43. They occupy all-round defense in the same place, 250-300 m south. 2 x trees. Parts suffer heavy losses.
There is no food. Combat strength - 588 people, act. bayonets - 278, staff. and service personnel - 123 people, 300 people were injured.
01/23/43 Parts of the division until 4.00 occupied the same position and were preparing to go on the offensive. Pr-k did not show active actions, led the methodical art.-min. fire from the directions of Sofronkovo, Fedorovo, Levoshkino (scheme - l. 43).
DB on 24.01.43
107 joint ventures with the remains of 228 joint ventures, 40 motobats. 253 and 170 SD went on the attack, broke through the defense in the area of 300-400 m sowing. 2 trees, went out of the encirclement to his own.
The ski battalion, attacking opposite the site of the 111th joint venture, advanced 250-300 m, helped the units of the division to get out of the encirclement and ensured their exit. Then he returned to his positions and changed the baht. submachine gunners.
A battalion of submachine gunners of the 40th LBR, simultaneously with the LB, in conjunction with units of the 43rd Guards Rifle Division, attacked the pr-ka in the direction of an unnamed height, which is south. 2 trees, covered the exit from the encirclement of 107 joint ventures, 228 joint ventures and 253 and 170 SD. The battalion was withdrawn from the battle in the Gorby region.
From the environment of the personnel of the 55 SD came out:
107 joint venture - 45 people, 35 wounded;
111 joint venture - 3 people, 2 wounded;
228 joint venture - 8 people, 3 wounded;
84 AP - 39 people, 10 wounded;
543 reconnaissance - 8 people, 6 wounded;
129 NPTD - 3 people, 1 wounded;
ski battalion - 8 people, 7 injured;
management divisions - 3 people, 1 wounded.
OS No. 34. 01/25/43 6.00. Stadiv 55, 700 m south. Lyalino. By 50000.
1. The division, having transferred the combat sector in accordance with the combat order of Shtarm 11, made a march to the new concentration area.
The position of the units of the division at 06.00 25.01.43. following:
107 SP concentrated in a ravine 500 m southwest. Beglovo.
111 SP concentrated in a ravine 500 m north-east. Kachanovo.
228 SP concentrated after the march - the forest south of 1 km mark. 78.4.
84 AP is on the march, concentrating in the area of Svinora - Pozhaleevo.
The rear of the division is in the same place.
26-31.01.43 Parts of the division in the former districts of concentration put themselves in order.
01.02.43 Parts of the division in the former districts of concentration. From 24.00 01.02.43 according to the order of the commander of the 11 A troops, they were placed at the disposal of the commander of the 12 GV SK.
2-21.02.43 The position of the units of the division is the same, they conducted classes in combat and political training with personnel.
22.02.43 Parts of the division on the night from 21 to 22.02.43. made a march along the route of Mukhino, Art. Parfino, Durakovo, Kievo and by 24.00 21.02.43. concentrated in districts: pl. Anishino, Kievo, Durakovo. Pr-k during the march and did not affect the areas of concentration of units by artillery.
107 joint ventures, having made a march and by 21.00 on 21.02.43. concentrated in the district of the forest sowing. and north-east. elev. 25.2 and pl. Anishino. The command post of the regiment is in the area where the units are located.
111 joint ventures on the night from 21 to 22.02.43. made a march and by 24.00 on 21.02.43. concentrated in the district of the forest south. Kievo 800 m. Regiment command post - in the area where the regiment's units are located.
228 SP made a march and by 24.00 on 21.02.43. concentrated in the district of the forest south. Durakovo 600 m. Regiment command post - in the area where the regiment's units are located.
84 AP - under operational control of NAD-182.
129 OIPTD by 19.00 21.02.43 concentrated in the district of the forest south-east. 1.3 km 26.7.
114 OZAB - on the former OP.
23.02.43 Parts of the division until 15.30 23.02.43. were in their original places of concentration. At 15.30 on February 23, 1943, hiding behind a forest mask, they began to advance and by 21.00 forest troops concentrated. 2.5 km south. Lipovitsy, glade 2 km north-east. Foam, grove "Unit" to complete the task.
24.02.43 Parts of the division, turning around from behind the right flank of the 182nd SD, performing the task, at 11.00 on 24.02.43. went on the offensive in the direction of Glushitsy, overcoming the resistance of the avenue, slowly moving forward.
26.02.43 Parts of the division, fulfilling the task set by Shtarm's combat order, conducted an offensive battle in the direction of Chirikovo, Glushitsy, while repelling the counterattacks of the pr-ka, supported by tanks and armored vehicles, assault guns from the direction of Chirikovo.
Losses: 32 people were killed, 220 people were injured.
27.02.43 Parts of the division during the day continued to perform the same task, at 14.10 on 26.02.43. went on the offensive in the direction of Chirikovo - Glushitsy, overcoming the stubborn fire resistance of the pr-ka, in some areas they advanced by 150-300 m and are fighting for mastering the latter.
01.03.43 Parts of the division, holding the occupied lines, during the day 28.02.43. conducted reconnaissance behind the avenue in the direction of Chirikovo, Glushitsy, identifying its OT and pulling guns to the front line for direct fire.
02.03.43 Parts of the division, by the actions of small groups and observation, are conducting reconnaissance in the direction of Glushitsy, Chirikovo, the grove “Unit”, identifying firing points and the fire system of the pr-ka.
03.03.43 Parts of the division - on the same lines. During the day, they monitored the avenue in the direction of the grove “Unit”, Kotovo, Glushitsy, Derevkovo, identifying firing points and the fire system of the avenue.
Losses for 03/02/43: 18 people were killed, 42 people were injured.
04.03.43 Parts of the division, fulfilling combat order No. 010, conducted an offensive battle in the division zone, part of the forces held the defense, holding down the fire of the pr-ka, in order to prevent tactical reserves and firepower from maneuvering. Pr-k stubbornly defends the occupied line, during the day he conducted machine-gun and automatic fire on the battle formations of the advancing infantry from the bunkers of his front edge Chirikovo - Derevkovo and art.-min. fire from the directions of Staraya Russa, the Krasnaya Niva farm, forests from the elev. 30.3 and forest grove “Unit”.
05.03.43 Parts of the division, having regrouped forces, firmly holding the defense on the right flank, holding down the pr-ka with fire, the left flank continued to advance in the direction of Chirikovo, Glushitsa, clearing the Unity grove from the pr-ka, overcoming the strong fire resistance of the pr-ka, on separate sections moved from 100 to 500 m.
Losses for 03/04/43: 50 people were killed, 111 people were injured.
06.03.43 Parts of the division held the defense, cleared the grove "Unit" from the pr-ka.
07.03.43 Parts of the division, firmly holding the defense on the right flank, influencing fire on the avenue, the left flank, continuing to carry out the assigned task, destroying the bunkers of the avenue with direct fire guns, carried out active operations in the direction of Chirikovo, Glushitsa and cleared the grove "Edinitsa" from avenue -ka.
08.03.43 Parts of the division during the day with the right flank held the former defense areas, 107, 111 and 228 joint ventures fought in small groups with the pr-com, performing the same task. being met with strong fire, the pr-ka, having suffered losses, could not advance.
09.03.43 Parts are in the same position.
10.03.43 Parts of the division during the night with the support of min.-bullets. fire were active actions of small groups with the task of destroying individual bunkers of the avenue and gaining a foothold in the surrounding area. With the onset of darkness, they took the defense area from the right-flank battalion 253 SP 182 SD.
03/11/43 Parts hold the occupied line.
12.03.43 Parts of the division held the occupied line, during the day they conducted reconnaissance by observation and fired machine guns and mortars on the avenue.
13-14.03.43 Parts hold the occupied line.
03/15/43 Parts of the division, having made a partial regrouping of forces, on the night of 03/15/43. received a combat sector from 43 GV SD and took up defensive positions at the front: on the right - the division line, a forest 2 km southwest. Lipovitsy, Mal. Kozanka, Lyadinki; on the left - the former demarcation line of the division, set the OT at the forefront and camouflaged them.
16.03.43 Parts of the division took up defensive positions in the former sectors, during the night the action of reconnaissance groups and observation conducted reconnaissance of the avenue.
17-19.03.43 Parts of the division take up defensive positions in the former sectors.
03/20/43 Parts of the division on the night of March 20 handed over combat areas: 228 SP - 171 SP 181 SD, 111 SP - 171 SP 182 SD and 107 SP - 140 SP 182 SD, after which, having made a march along the route: elev. 27.6, Shakhovo, Filatovo, by 10.00 03.20.43 focused on the day.
TsAMO. Fund 111 sd. Op. 1. D. Historical formulary.
111th Rifle Division was formed on the basis of the former 29th Rifle Division in July - August 1940. Arkhangelsk Military District, the place of deployment during the formation of the city of Vologda on March 17, 1942. By order No. 76 of the People's Commissar of Defense Comrade Stalin, the division was transformed into the 24th Guards Rifle Division.
Arriving at the front on 07/01/41. to the Ostrov region of the Leningrad region, parts of the division 03.07.41. entered into battle with the Nazi troops advancing from Kaunas through Pskov, Luga to Leningrad. The enemy threw in this direction two tank and five motorized infantry divisions, which were supported by aviation. 04.07.41 with a decisive counterattack, parts of the division pushed the enemy back 10 km to the west, the city of Ostrov changed hands several times. After heavy battles from 03.07. to 08.07.41 in the areas of Ostrov, Palkino, Dulovka, Nikolaevo, during which up to 1,500 enemy soldiers and officers were destroyed, 40 tanks were knocked out and destroyed, the division fought back across the river. Great Pskov on Luga and 20.07.41. occupied the defenses of the southwest. Meadows. The advancing enemy units were stopped here. All efforts of the Germans to overturn the Luga defense and break through to Leningrad were unsuccessful. 29.07.41 with a bold counterattack, 468th joint venture defeated the SS reconnaissance battalion of the main commander. German army. At the same time, more than 100 enemy soldiers and officers were killed.
In mid-August, the enemy, throwing more than 10 tank and infantry divisions against the Luga defense, tried to break through it and was again stopped. Particularly distinguished in these defensive battles 561 ap. Major Kuznetsov. Marshal of the Soviet Union, Com. Voroshilov, by a special order, noted the resilience of the Luga defense units and expressed gratitude to all the personnel of the EU. Having no success in the Luga direction, the enemy, with strong blows from the directions of Kengisep and Pskov, went out to Krasnogvardeysk (near Leningrad) and to Novgorod and Chudovo, thus placing parts of the Luga defense in a semi-encirclement, in connection with this, by order of 41 ck 20.08.41. left the defense of the city of Luga and fought heavy battles with the advancing enemy in the area of Sorochkino, Yazchery and temporary storage. "Red Lighthouse"
2.09.41 when the ammunition ran out and communication with Shtakor 41 was lost, the division began to withdraw from the encirclement of the enemy, which by this time had closed its ring.
Having destroyed its materiel, the division reached the western bank of the river by the beginning of October in three separate columns. Volkhov in the Myasnoy Bor area along which the front line passed. Having contacted the units of the Red Army on the eastern coast through the intelligence officer of the 468th infantry regiment, junior lieutenant. Oplesnina, parts of the division overturned the enemy garrisons in Old and New Bystritsy, Yamno and crossed the Volkhov. On the night of October 5, the headquarters of the division and the communications battalion crossed over with a fight. Thanks to the heroic and selfless actions of junior lieutenant Oplesnin, the division managed to save most of the personnel when leaving the encirclement.
12.11.41 after being understaffed and equipped with materiel, the division again entered the battle in the Malaya Vishera region (Leningrad region), operating as part of the 52nd Army. During November 11-12, parts of the division blocked and defeated the heavily fortified enemy points of Glutino, Veretye, Glad and liberated up to 20 settlements. 20.11.41 the city and the Malaya Vishera railway station were liberated. In the battles for Malaya Vishera, the enemy suffered up to 1200 killed and wounded. Particularly fierce battles were for the Veretye stronghold covering the Gornetsno - Smooth road, which is one of the enemy's communications with his Tikhvin grouping. After the elimination of this strong point, part of the division 468 rifle regiment made a call to the rear of the enemy and intercepted the road st. Ridges - Chudovo near the station. Dubtsy, thus completely cutting off the enemy garrisons Gorneshko and Gryada from their rear. This operation ensured the rapid defeat of these garrisons.
During these battles, the 422nd infantry regiment and the 215th artillery regiment of the enemy were completely defeated. The enemy suffered losses of up to 2500 killed and wounded. Destroyed: 1 tanks, 6 guns, art. pool. 21, cars 2.
Trophies were taken: 12 guns, 15 radios and receivers, 18 machine guns, 14 mortars, 3 cars, 11 motorcycles, up to 5000 shells and mines. 26 enemy soldiers were captured.
During the second half of January, the division fought in the Gruzino-Chudovo region, but was not successful.
On January 20, 1942, having transferred to the operational subordination of the 2nd Shock Army, the division received the task of destroying a large enemy stronghold, Lyubino-Pole - Mostki. On the Chudovo-Novgorod highway, following the order of part of the division on 23.01.42. blocked the strong point and 12.02.42. have mastered it.
At the same time, the enemy lost about 250 soldiers and officers out of 300 people who made up the garrison, only killed. The division captured large trophies: 14 guns, 10 mortars, 6 anti-aircraft machine guns, 13 heavy machine guns, 24 cars, 3 cars, 12 tractors, 9 tanks (padded), 70 boxes of mines.
The success of this operation was ensured by a carefully developed plan of the artillery attack and its precise execution. The artillery attack was carried out on 10 and 11.02.42. forces of the artillery regiment.
The losses of the division amounted to 110 people killed and wounded. The liquidation of the stronghold of Lyubino - Pole - Mostki expanded the breakthrough in the enemy defenses carried out by units of the 2nd Shock Army in the Myasnoy Bor area.
Fulfilling the order of the Headquarters of the 59th Army, on entering the rear of the enemy, encircling his large stronghold - Chudovo, the division in the second half of February fought to eliminate separate centers of resistance in the forests west of the Spasskaya Polist of the Chudovsky district.
19.02.42 The division rejoined the 59th Army. Having cut the main communications of the enemy feeding his stronghold Spasskaya Polist, parts of the division overcoming the resistance of the enemy and repelling his counterattacks. continued to deepen into the territory occupied by him.
02.03.42 the second communication of the enemy was cut, the road Sennaya Kerest - Glushitsa, and division units went to the Karpovo 2 area, which is 7 km. southwest of Chudovo. However, due to the length of their own communications, which were constantly subjected to enemy counterattacks and required large forces to protect them, the division could not move further. At the same time, the enemy, having introduced a significant amount of equipment and manpower into battle, entered the communications of the 2nd Shock Army in the Myasnoy Bor area. In this regard, the division received an order from the operational group of the Headquarters of the 59th Army to withdraw its units from Karpovo 2, and take up active defense up to the Sennaya Kerest - Glushitsa road.
The enemy is operating with tanks on 20.03.42. shot down our guards on the Sennaya-Kerest-Glushitsa road and cut off from the rear 532 joint ventures located northwest of Glushitsa. Regiment until 24.04.42. fought heavy battles surrounded and left the ring on the orders of Stadiva. 05/27/42 by order of the task force of the Headquarters of the 59th Army, parts of the division concentrated in the area of elev. 37.8 (west of Spasskaya Polist) with the task of breaking through the enemy defenses and connecting with units of the 59th Army operating from the east
Conducting offensive battles in this area for a month and a half in difficult conditions of swampy forest terrain, the division was not successful and suffered heavy losses. For the period from 15.02. until May 15, 1942 the actions of the units destroyed: 1 tank, 2 guns, 28 rp, 12 heavy machine guns, 21 mortars, 6 enemy soldiers were taken prisoner.
Own losses during this time amounted to 4000 people. killed and wounded.
From 20.05. to 07.07.42 the division was on vacation and was engaged in combat training in the Bol area. Vyazhitsa, Malovishersky district.
From 08.06. to 21.07.42 by order of the Commander of the Leningrad Front, the division replaced the 374th rifle division in the defense in the Spasskaya Polist area (on the east side).
From 22.07.42 the division, having passed its line of 378th rifle division, left in the Bol area. Knitting for combat training.
07.08.42 by order of the Volkhov Front, the division plunged into echelons at st. Ridges and 11.08.42. arrived in the Volkovo area, Volkhov Front, Leningrad Region, where she continued combat training.
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