the soviet partisan movement 1941-1944 by edgar m. howell

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THE DECISIVE MONTHS: JANUARY-JUNE 1944 185 by the bands played particular havoc with all operational and logistical movement in the whole army area and had the effect of at least hastening the decision by some days. The attempt to reinforce the Novogorod sector is illustrative. In a desperate attempt to seal off the penetration below that anchor of the line and reinforce the garrison there, OKH on 17 January ordered the 8th Jaeger [Light] Division from the left flank of the Sixteenth Army to the aid of the hard-pressed XXXVIII Corps. The route of travel for the division was by rail from Staraya-Russa west to Dno and thence north over the Dno-Soltsy line, a total distance of 110 miles of which no more than half was subject to partisan attack at that time. Excerpts from the Army Group North war diary tell the story: 18 Jan 44 (1800) Chief of transportation reports that 8th Jaeger Division is being transported in nine trains. Four leave today and will arrive Novogorod area tomorrow if track stays open. Remaining will arrive 24 hours later if everything goes smoothly. (2400) Ii orueck 583 reports attack by strong partisan bands on line Bateskaya-Soltsy north and south of station at Utorgozh. [11 miles north of Soltsy] About 140 demolitions. 19 Jan 44 (1100 ) Arrival of 8th Jaeger Division cannot be predicted due to numerous demolitions. (1245) Forces in Novogorod can only get out to the southwest. Unless 8th Jaeger Division is committed now, enemy tanks will be in Luga [54 miles west of Novogorod] tomorrow. G-3 says that 8th Jaeger Division is moving by truck but will arrive at earliest tomorrow. (1347) Eighteenth Army reports to OKH that 8th Jaeger Division much delayed by railroad demolitions. Numerous demolitions on other rail lines. (1800) CG, Army Group North reports that 8th Jaeger Division arriving in army group sector only in small increments due to extensive railroad demolitions. 20 Jan 44 (0040) Staff of 8th Jaeger Division arrives in Eighteenth Army Area. (0945) 8th Jaeger Division has to detrain in Utorgozh due to railroad demolitions. Arrival still uncertain. [Entry of 19 Jan at 1925 states: Arriving units have to go on foot from Utorgozh (to XXXVIII Corps sector) via Medved to Vashkovo. (Thirtyeight miles over unimproved roads. )] 388413--56----14
186 THE SOVIET PATRTISAN MOVEMENT (1205) Only one battalion of 8th Jaeger Division has arrived in army sector; another by tonight via foot and truck. The rail-road is completely paralyzed. 21 Jan 44 (0010) The Novogorod garrison withdrew, fighting its way out. (1235) Only one battalion of 8th Jaeger Division has reached Vaslikavo. Another is expected. (2400) Numerous demolitions by partisans, especially on all supply routes of Eighteenth Army. Partisans attacked railroad stations and installations. 22 Jan 44 (2400) Many partisan attacks against railroads, especially the Dno-Soltsy Line. Other reinforcements moving in to bolster the line were similarly delayed by rail demolitions and convoy ambushes when they were most needed at the front. The 12th Panzer Division, which had been ordered north from Army Group Center, became stalled in transit when its advance elements were halted at Luga on 23 January by chain demolitions north of the city, and more than 24 hours later was still immobilized there by additional attacks on the rail line. It was not until the 28th that sufficient of its elements had arrived for it to join the battle above the city and then it had to swing to the southeast to plug a gap developing between the Eighteenth and Sixteenth Armies because another reinforcing unit, the 58th Infantry Division, did not arrive due to blocked rail lines and raids on convoys. 10 This latter division, which had been routed north through Estonia to Narva because of the state of the Pskov-Luga line, was forced to move southward on foot through the frozen swamps east of Lake Peipus where it was constantly under direct partisan attack. Often it had to fight its way through, and, forced to furnish security for its own line of communications, it lost heavily in transport. At one point the partisans had so wrecked the route by blowing bridges and destroying corduroy roads that the column was forced to go across country in very difficult terrain. 11 Then as the 12th Panzer Division was moving up to its jumpoff position, partisans made a night raid on its column as it moved forward through forest and swamps and destroyed a number of vehicles, halting the entire division on the road for some time. 12 As the Germans continued their withdrawals to the south and west, the bands shifted their areas of operations accordingly. A number of 10 Entries for 24, 28, and 30 Jan 44 in KTB, H. Gr. Nord. 24.I.-31.I.44. 75128/32. 11 Entries for 30, 31 Jan and 5, 7 Feb 44 in ibid. 12 Entry for 8 Feb 44 in ibid.
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PREFACE The purpose of this text is
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viii PART TWO . 1941-1942: THE PERI
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