On the Way to Catastrophe - Summer 1942.
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 7:35 pm
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Towards the Don and beyond - 1942.
Towards Woronesh.
1. The build up of the German forces.
The 323 ID. Der Weg zur Ostfront.
It was organized on Nov 15 1940 as one statics division of 13 ª wave, in Franken (WK XIII) with six battalions of the second wave: 3 of the 62 ID, 3 of the 73 ID.
Was turned to one fighting division according orders issued on Feb 07 1942 and shifted to the Eastern front. On March 1942 its infantry regiments got its 13. and 14. Companies.
OoB:
Infanterie-Regiment 591
Infanterie-Regiment 593
Infanterie-Regiment 594
Artillerie-Regiment 323
Pionier-Bataillon 323
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 323
Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 323
Divisions-Nachschubführer 323
The new 323 ID was composed by three infantry regiments, with three infantry battalions, each of them with three rifle companies. Besides it had an artillery regiment (horse-drawn) with three groups comprising nine batteries, each with 4 – 6 howitzers. One engineer battalion with three companies with bicycles; each company had 2 HMG, 2 mortars and 6 flamethrowers. The signal battalion had one wire company (half motorized) and one wireless company (fully motorized). The Divisional manpower was around 10.000 soldiers.
In the first days of the month of April of 1942, the newly organized 323 ID was embarked in the railway station in Charleroi. In 30 long trains the division was transported through Germany and Poland with its final destination in the city of Rowno. The vehicles and the mobile field kitchens were transported in open flat wagons whereas the troops traveled in normal wagons. In each stop we received rations of the field kitchens. The time was good and was one of the best trips than the troops remembered.
Sources: Schlacht um Woronesch. 06. Juli 1942 bis 01. August 1942. http://www.neuhaus-nick.de/HP%20Opa/noname5.htm (off line)
Geschichte der Panzergrenadierdivision Grossdeutschland. An der Ostfront 1942-1944.
Die Aufklärer der 1. Kavallerie Division / 24. Pz Division.
Feldzug Dezember 1941 - Februar 1943 - Obojan und Woronesh. http://www.57id.de/index.php/
http://web.archive.org/web/200212242121 ... ist01e.htm
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /323ID.htm
Die Deutsche Reichsbahn im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Janusz Piekalkiewicz.
http://members.shaw.ca/grossdeutschland/russia2.htm
Unser Regiment. RR 2 - PR 24. Gert Axel Weidemann.
Cheers. Raúl M .
Towards the Don and beyond - 1942.
Towards Woronesh.
1. The build up of the German forces.
The 323 ID. Der Weg zur Ostfront.
It was organized on Nov 15 1940 as one statics division of 13 ª wave, in Franken (WK XIII) with six battalions of the second wave: 3 of the 62 ID, 3 of the 73 ID.
Was turned to one fighting division according orders issued on Feb 07 1942 and shifted to the Eastern front. On March 1942 its infantry regiments got its 13. and 14. Companies.
OoB:
Infanterie-Regiment 591
Infanterie-Regiment 593
Infanterie-Regiment 594
Artillerie-Regiment 323
Pionier-Bataillon 323
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 323
Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 323
Divisions-Nachschubführer 323
The new 323 ID was composed by three infantry regiments, with three infantry battalions, each of them with three rifle companies. Besides it had an artillery regiment (horse-drawn) with three groups comprising nine batteries, each with 4 – 6 howitzers. One engineer battalion with three companies with bicycles; each company had 2 HMG, 2 mortars and 6 flamethrowers. The signal battalion had one wire company (half motorized) and one wireless company (fully motorized). The Divisional manpower was around 10.000 soldiers.
In the first days of the month of April of 1942, the newly organized 323 ID was embarked in the railway station in Charleroi. In 30 long trains the division was transported through Germany and Poland with its final destination in the city of Rowno. The vehicles and the mobile field kitchens were transported in open flat wagons whereas the troops traveled in normal wagons. In each stop we received rations of the field kitchens. The time was good and was one of the best trips than the troops remembered.
Sources: Schlacht um Woronesch. 06. Juli 1942 bis 01. August 1942. http://www.neuhaus-nick.de/HP%20Opa/noname5.htm (off line)
Geschichte der Panzergrenadierdivision Grossdeutschland. An der Ostfront 1942-1944.
Die Aufklärer der 1. Kavallerie Division / 24. Pz Division.
Feldzug Dezember 1941 - Februar 1943 - Obojan und Woronesh. http://www.57id.de/index.php/
http://web.archive.org/web/200212242121 ... ist01e.htm
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /323ID.htm
Die Deutsche Reichsbahn im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Janusz Piekalkiewicz.
http://members.shaw.ca/grossdeutschland/russia2.htm
Unser Regiment. RR 2 - PR 24. Gert Axel Weidemann.
Cheers. Raúl M .