Bridgeheads over the Dnieper 1941.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2023 5:04 am
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Bridgeheads over the Dnieper 1941 - Kremenchug.
On August 28, at 8:00 p.m., the Command of Army Group South issued, together with Order Ia No. 1850/41 gKdos, Directive No. 7 "for the continuation of Operation Barbarossa." Point 1 of this order dealt with the general situation of the enemy, that the Soviets were probably evacuating the Dnieper sector and therefore immediate pursuit action by Army Group was necessary.
2. In this situation it is important to get the most out of the troops and attack regardless of supplies or other difficulties and defeat the enemy where he is.
3. I order, therefore, that the fronts of Panzer Group 1, Armies 17 and 6 will immediately attack and determine in detail:
a) The attacks must be carried out independently of each other and without consideration of the neighbours. Where the troops have crossed the river, they first have to gain tactical bridgeheads.
b) When successes are achieved, the supply priorities will be formed with the available transport space and with the respective available supplies.
c) The crossing of the Dnieper must, as the enemy has repeatedly shown us, be carried out at as many points as possible using all means.
4. Tasks of the armies and Panzer Group 1:
a) 17th Army:
Center of gravity for the river crossing near and below Kremenchug. Once the tactical bridgeheads have been won, advances must be made immediately to form the operational bridgehead that the army is striving for.......
b) 6th Army: ---
c) Panzer Group 1:
... The other units of the Panzer Group must be brought from Kremenchug as soon as possible. Task of the Panzer Group, depending on how the situation develops, it will be able to advance in the direction of Kharkov to meet the enemy retreating to the east and, if necessary, interact with Panzer Group 2, which on August 27 crossed from the section Dessna near Konotop and south of Novgorod Severssk in a southerly direction".
the LII. Army Corps (General d. Inf. von Briesen) is at the beginning of September 1941 in the bridgehead won near Derijewka. In the days that followed, the Soviets found time to move substantial formations to the northeast of that location. Therefore, it is certain that the Russians are not willing to give in at this point, but have decided to annihilate the bridgehead sooner or later.
The army and corps recognize this dangerous situation and try to build solid bridges as quickly as possible so that more and more of their own formations can position themselves on the bridgehead. There is still a plan to use Panzer Group 1 from here for a new attack to the east in the direction of Poltava. Therefore, an 8-ton war bridge is ordered to be built.
Sources: https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gl ... 7Armee.htm
http://www.gedenk-tafel.de/forum/index.php?topic=6663.0
Cheers. Raúl M .
Bridgeheads over the Dnieper 1941 - Kremenchug.
On August 28, at 8:00 p.m., the Command of Army Group South issued, together with Order Ia No. 1850/41 gKdos, Directive No. 7 "for the continuation of Operation Barbarossa." Point 1 of this order dealt with the general situation of the enemy, that the Soviets were probably evacuating the Dnieper sector and therefore immediate pursuit action by Army Group was necessary.
2. In this situation it is important to get the most out of the troops and attack regardless of supplies or other difficulties and defeat the enemy where he is.
3. I order, therefore, that the fronts of Panzer Group 1, Armies 17 and 6 will immediately attack and determine in detail:
a) The attacks must be carried out independently of each other and without consideration of the neighbours. Where the troops have crossed the river, they first have to gain tactical bridgeheads.
b) When successes are achieved, the supply priorities will be formed with the available transport space and with the respective available supplies.
c) The crossing of the Dnieper must, as the enemy has repeatedly shown us, be carried out at as many points as possible using all means.
4. Tasks of the armies and Panzer Group 1:
a) 17th Army:
Center of gravity for the river crossing near and below Kremenchug. Once the tactical bridgeheads have been won, advances must be made immediately to form the operational bridgehead that the army is striving for.......
b) 6th Army: ---
c) Panzer Group 1:
... The other units of the Panzer Group must be brought from Kremenchug as soon as possible. Task of the Panzer Group, depending on how the situation develops, it will be able to advance in the direction of Kharkov to meet the enemy retreating to the east and, if necessary, interact with Panzer Group 2, which on August 27 crossed from the section Dessna near Konotop and south of Novgorod Severssk in a southerly direction".
the LII. Army Corps (General d. Inf. von Briesen) is at the beginning of September 1941 in the bridgehead won near Derijewka. In the days that followed, the Soviets found time to move substantial formations to the northeast of that location. Therefore, it is certain that the Russians are not willing to give in at this point, but have decided to annihilate the bridgehead sooner or later.
The army and corps recognize this dangerous situation and try to build solid bridges as quickly as possible so that more and more of their own formations can position themselves on the bridgehead. There is still a plan to use Panzer Group 1 from here for a new attack to the east in the direction of Poltava. Therefore, an 8-ton war bridge is ordered to be built.
Sources: https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gl ... 7Armee.htm
http://www.gedenk-tafel.de/forum/index.php?topic=6663.0
Cheers. Raúl M .