On March 18, 1942, the 113th and 338th SD held their previous lines, conducting reconnaissance and improving the defense of their positions. The 160th SD, after an unsuccessful battle for Novaya Luka, was putting itself in order. There was no longer any talk of active actions in the direction of the village of Shelomtsy. Respectful

March 19, 1942 Early in the morning, the enemy, having concentrated significant infantry forces and several tanks in the area of ​​the settlements Moshenka, Shchipuny, Reutovo, launched an offensive on the village of Dorki (6 km north-east of Znamenka), which was defended by special and rear

March 20, 1942 Realizing that further resistance by formations and units of the Western grouping of forces with such a large length of the defense front and such scanty amounts of assistance provided in the delivery of materiel becomes practically impossible,

On March 22, 1942, the Western grouping of the army continued to conduct intense battles along the entire front, gradually retreating under the onslaught of the enemy into the depths of the defense area occupied by them. Particularly stubborn battles continued to go on in the area of ​​the settlements Tsyneevo, Vyalovka,

March 23, 1942 Having received a report from the headquarters of the 33rd Army with the situation in the area of ​​hostilities of the western grouping, General of the Army G.K. Zhukov ordered to convey to the army commander an order “to organize defensive actions in such a way as to in no case allow

March 24, 1942 For the third day, almost without stopping, there were battles in the area occupied by the formations of the western grouping. In the morning, after a powerful artillery preparation, up to two companies of infantry, supported by five tanks, launched an attack on Buslava. The enemy was advancing from two

March 25, 1942 The situation continued to be very difficult. The extremely small 113th SD, which had only one regiment in its composition, occupied the previous line: a forest 2 km west of Manulin, a forest edge south of Lomovka, Gorby, a forest east of Bezymyannoe. 388th SD defended on

On March 26, 1942, the Western grouping units continued to engage in fierce battles with the enemy. The shortage of ammunition for almost all types of weapons was becoming more and more evident. On March 26, the formations of the western group held the area: Manulino, a forest 2 km to the west

On March 27, 1942, after heavy artillery and mortar shelling, in the morning, German troops launched a large-scale offensive against the western grouping in the entire northern defense sector from Fedotkovo to Manulino. Enemy units reinforced with tanks

March 28, 1942 In the northern part of the area occupied by the western grouping of the army, the battle went on all day. The soldiers and commanders, inspired by the successful outcome of the previous day's hostilities, continued to repel the attacks of the enemy, who, having suffered heavy losses the day before, did not particularly

On March 29, 1942, the Western grouping continued to fight, not parting with the hope of breaking through to its own. The soldiers and commanders of the encircled group believed that help would come, because it could not be otherwise. Only a few kilometers separated them from the main forces of the

On March 30, 1942, the enemy, having failed to reach their goal in the northern part of the area they occupied, began an offensive from the south in the early morning of March 30. After heavy artillery and mortar shelling, German troops supported by tanks and aviation

On March 5, 1942, the Red Army liberated the city of Yukhnov in the Kaluga Region. a

March 30, 1942 The thaw that began at the end of March brought relative calm on the huge front - from the Baltic to the Black Sea -. Both sides have exhausted their possibilities. According to a summary of the German army, of the 162 combat divisions in the East, only 8 were ready for

March 31, 1942 During the 9 months of the war, about 1600 high-explosive and 100 thousand incendiary bombs were dropped on Moscow. Over 1200 people were killed in the city and about 5400 were wounded. Patriotic War Andrey Borisovich Yumashev (1902-1988), famous

During the night of March 2, our troops continued to conduct active hostilities against the Nazi troops.

Our units operating in one of the sectors of the Leningrad Front, in two days of hostilities, destroyed 2 German bunkers, 15 dugouts and dugouts, 2 observation posts, destroyed 2 German tanks and several heavy machine guns. Our soldiers seized light machine guns, machine guns and ammunition. On the battlefield, the enemy left 1,200 corpses of their soldiers and officers.

Anti-aircraft gunners of the rifle unit, commanded by Comrade Korotkov (Western Front), shot down 3 enemy planes in the last 10 days.

The units of the 16th German army surrounded in the area of ​​Staraya Russa are experiencing enormous supply difficulties. The German command is trying to deliver food and ammunition to them by plane. Our pilots thwart these attempts of the enemy. Reconnaissance recently reported that a significant number of enemy transport aircraft were stationed at an airfield in the Gulf region. Soon 4 of our attack aircraft appeared over this airfield under the cover of 9 fighters. Attack aircraft made two attacks and destroyed 10 enemy aircraft, 2 anti-aircraft artillery guns and a gas depot. On the same day, our other air link destroyed 5 German U-52 aircraft on the ground and in the air.

A detachment of Poltava partisans under the command of Comrade V. C. During their activity, brave Soviet patriots killed 260 Nazis, including 3 commandants of the occupied cities, 4 police chiefs, more than 10 officers and 26 policemen, blew up two bridges, a steam locomotive and several cars in the rear of the Germans. Recently, partisans witnessed the following episode: the German unit mistook a police punitive detachment for a partisan and fired at it. During the fierce exchange of fire, both sides suffered heavy casualties.

The captured soldier of the 12th company of the 4th OS regiment Kurt Kekstadt said: “On December 26, our regiment was airlifted from Krakow to the front. The battles exhausted the regiment. Our losses are very great. In the 12th company, out of 180 soldiers, no more than 40 remained. Of the officers, only Chief Lieutenant Graun survived. In the 11th company, 30 soldiers remained, and in the 3rd company, 15-20 soldiers. Now there are practically no orderlies in the regiment, since all of them were sent to the companies by riflemen. Recently in the first battalion, an officer shot and killed one soldier for not following an order. Non-commissioned officer Steelater, Chief Corporal Kuffner and two more soldiers deserted from our company. All four fled in the very first days of our stay at the front. German soldiers and officers are very much afraid of the partisans. In early January, partisans fired at one of our companies and killed 5 soldiers, and wounded several. "

The servicemen of the Ensk sanitary battalion, together with a group of collective farmers, drew up an act on the atrocities of the Nazi bandits against the captured Red Army soldiers. The act states that when our units occupied the village of Bogdanov, Dzerzhinsky district, Smolensk region, in the basement of the house of Prokhorova U. 0, destroyed by the Germans, 8 corpses of Red Army soldiers were found. During a medical examination, on the corpses, it was found a large number of stab wounds, bruises, burns and fractures of the bones of the extremities. The nature of these wounds testifies to the fact that the German fascist monsters subjected the captured Red Army soldiers to painful torture, which resulted in the death of all eight prisoners of war. The act was signed by: the commander of the company of the sanitary battalion Vasilyev, political instructor Polovinkin, military doctor 3rd rank Travin, chairman of the Red Fleet collective farm Chekmenev, deputies of the Ostrozhensky village council Murasheva and Piskareva, Red Army men Razuvaev and Komkov.

During March 2, our troops continued to conduct offensive battles and in some sectors of the front occupied several settlements.

On March 1, 10 enemy aircraft were shot down in air battles and 67 enemy aircraft were destroyed at airfields. In total, 77 German aircraft were destroyed that day. Our losses were 8 aircraft.

On March 1, our aviation units destroyed and damaged 11 German tanks. 375 vehicles with troops and cargo, 100 carts with ammunition, 31 guns, 11 anti-aircraft machine-gun points, 11 mortars, 15 machine guns, 6 ammunition depots were blown up, 3 railway echelons were burned, 50 railway cars and 4 steam locomotives were destroyed, a hangar was destroyed , scattered and partly destroyed up to 5 enemy infantry battalions.

Our troops operating in one of the sectors of the North-Western Front continue to push the enemy back. One of our guards unit captured the settlement of K., defeated the enemy garrison that resisted, and captured 7 vehicles, 8 machine guns, 100 boxes of mines, and many other trophies. On another site, a subdivision of skiers, where the commander of Comrade. Horushin, making a surprise raid on the enemy's location, killed 50 German soldiers and 3 officers. In this battle, the soldier comrade. Krasikov, who killed 8 Germans.

Part under the command of Comrade Usacheva (Kalinin Front) inflicted great damage on the Nazis. In just one day, the enemy lost 600 soldiers and officers in killed.

Our units operating in one of the sectors of the Southern Front drove the Germans out of 11 settlements, destroyed 5 German guns, 3 tanks, 7 mortars, 9 machine guns and 2 armored vehicles. The enemy left 220 soldiers and officers on the battlefield. In another sector, our unit captured 11 German guns, 11 machine guns and 3 vehicles.

Italian Makki-200 fighters appeared on the Southern Front. They were met by the pilots of the air unit comrade. Popov. Four of our pilots entered the battle with five enemy aircraft. Fighters tt. Smirnov and Shapiro shot down two Makki-200s with well-aimed fire. Two Italian vehicles were shot down by Lieutenant Tsikin.

Several united partisan detachments of the Leningrad region under the leadership of Comrades. V. and 0. the other day made a surprise attack on a major point N. Bursting into the village, the partisans destroyed the enemy firing points and dugouts. As a result of this skillfully carried out operation, the Nazis lost 650 soldiers and officers in killed. The guerrillas destroyed a large ammunition depot, 13 firing points and blew up a railway bridge.

In the village of Krasny Shakhtyor, Izyum district, Kharkov region, the Nazis robbed, destroyed and burned the collective farm economy and the personal property of the collective farmers in the amount of 2,323,880 rubles. Retreating from the village, the fascist monsters shot collective farmers A. N. Druzhovetskaya, E. P. Gnievskaya, 0. I. Petrenko and T. M. Kitsenko.

The defeats of the Hitlerite army on the Soviet-German front created an atmosphere of extraordinary tension and nervousness in Germany. Murmur and indignation are growing in the country. It got to the point that the confused Hitlerites launched an idiotic campaign "for saving capital of nerves." On February 27, Radio Berlin reported that in Germany "people are nervous, often showing unnecessary rudeness." “But this means,” teaches the radio, “to abuse one's own and other people's nerves, to abuse the national capital of nerves. And the national capital of nerves is as important to us today as kitchen waste, rags, old iron, bottles. " The Nazis may be able to collect the remains of rags, bottles and old iron. As for the nerves, we can say with complete confidence that the last "national capital" of the Nazis will be completely wasted in the near future as a result of new attacks by the Red Army. The Nazis' appeals to economize on kitchen waste and nerves clearly show the internal situation in Nazi Germany after eight months of the Soviet-German war.

With tremendous enthusiasm, the working people of the cities and villages of our country prepared gifts for soldiers, commanders and political workers for the day of the 24th anniversary of the Red Army. According to incomplete data, by this day about 4,000,000 parcels with gifts were sent to the front. In parcels to the soldiers of the Red Army and the Navy, the workers sent: sausages, ham, smoked meat, fish, caviar, bacon, cheese, honey, butter, canned food, makhorka, cigarettes, dry fruits, sweets, wine, cookies, woolen gloves, socks, warm footcloths, towels, handkerchiefs, razors, soap and other personal items.

The true characteristic is the calendar dates of the second of March.

• By horoscope sign of people who were born on 2.03.42 is Pisces (from february 20 to march 20).
• 1942 according to the Eastern calendar ››› of the Black Water Horse.
• Element of the horoscope sign Pisces, happy birthday 2.03.42. ›Water.
• Suitable planet for people who were born on this day of the month is Neptune.
• The day falls on the 9th week.
• According to the calendar, there are 31 days in the month of March.
• Today is daylight hours March 2 - 10 hours 44 minutes(the length of daylight hours is indicated according to the average European latitude of Moscow, Minsk, Kiev.).
• Holy, Orthodox Easter was ›› 05 April.
• According to the calendar, the season is spring.
• According to the Gregorian calendar, it is not a leap year.
• Suitable for the zodiac colors, for people born March 2, 1942~ Beige Red and Turquoise.
• Trees matching the Pisces horoscope sign and 1942 Chinese calendar ›››› Walnut, Rosewood and Sycamore.
• Stones - amulets for people with a date of birth today # ›Giddenite, Sardonyx, Grossular.
• The most favorable numbers for people whose birthday is March 2, 42 ›› Six.
• Especially better days weeks for people born on March 2, 1942 - ›› Sunday and Monday.
• The true traits of the soul, people of the astrological sign of the zodiac Pisces, who were born in this number, are obstinate, contemptuous and fanatical.

What the horoscope says about men born on March 2.

Characteristics of a man according to the eastern calendar of birth (Black Water Horse) - they know how to keep a secret and are silent. Close people should not use their generosity limitlessly. Destiny for the Pisces guy, this is the case. Dreamers, and all their dreams are unreal. He must be taught to take care of money, the best teacher will be an example.
Men according to the Chinese calendar of birth 02-03-1942 - Black Water Horse, often look for a patron who would support them, and I must say, they usually find it. He can easily fool you by saying that he is going for bread, and he himself will go to the hairdresser, so he gives himself pleasure. They are all romantics and if you find a patron, they can become excellent writers or artists. All they need is lazy daydreaming, a glass of wine and a loaf of bread.
The anger of men who were born on 2.03.42. year, quickly passes, and life becomes peaceful again. If you missed your opportunity, then, most likely, this stagnation will continue for many more years, if not until the end of your life.

Description of women born today, 03/02/1942, Eastern year according to the calendar of animals.

No one can say with certainty what step she will take. They are often good loving wives. Femininity hides all her flaws, and most often a woman is eastern horoscope Born on March 2, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two - Black Water Horse, soft and dreamy. He gives all his heart to children, but due to lack of firmness, he cannot establish discipline. She has a lot of demands, there is a mood to scandalize, like all girls, but mostly she will be gentle and calm. Her world is the world of actors, artists, writers, the world of bohemians.
Women born on March 2, 42, are surprisingly gentle and feminine, which makes them completely irresistible. Character - if you do not go deeper, just the ultimate dream. Thanks to their sensitivity and emotional flexibility, they become wonderful mothers and wives. He believes that any man can turn the world upside down.
Experience taught her that premonitions are often justified. In combination with the natural silence, apparently borrowed from their aquatic sisters, the gaze of the representative of this horoscope sign makes an indelible impression on men.

Under the sign of the Pisces horoscope, sensational people were born:

Cindy Crawford, Sharon Stone, Chuck Norris, politician George Washington, scientist Nicolaus Copernicus, artist Auguste Renoir, Yuri Gagarin, Patriarch Alexy II, politician Mikhail Gorbachev, Arthur Schopenhauer, composer Frederic Chopin, artist Kazimir Malevich, artist Mikhail Vrubel, actor Bruce Urubel , sculptor Sandro Botticelli, painter Michelangelo Buonarotti, scientist Albert Einstein, Henrik Ibsen, David Livingston, scientist Rudolph Diesel, Leon Schiller, traveler Amerigo Vespucci, Maurice Ravel, painter Michelangelo, Gerard Antonio Dzheradzio, Carole Estreichery, musicite Vestreicher Giardi Rossini, Enrico Caruso, writer Victor Hugo, Georg Handel, Frederic Chopin.

During March 2, our troops continued to conduct offensive battles and occupied several settlements in some sectors of the front. On March 1, 10 enemy aircraft were shot down in air battles and 67 enemy aircraft were destroyed at airfields. In total, 77 German aircraft were destroyed that day. Our losses were 8 aircraft.

March 3, 1942. 255th day of the war. Tuesday

During March 3, our troops fought stubborn battles with the enemy, engulfing and destroying the centers of resistance created by the German fascist troops. In some sectors of the front, our units moved forward.

March 4, 1942. 256th day of the war. Wednesday

During March 4, our troops fought stubborn battles with the enemy and occupied several settlements in some sectors of the front. On March 3, 3 German aircraft were shot down in air battles, 1 aircraft were shot down by anti-aircraft artillery fire, and 14 enemy aircraft were destroyed at airfields. In total, 18 German aircraft were destroyed that day. Our losses - used planes ...

March 5, 1942. 257th day of the war. Thursday

During March 5, our troops fought offensive battles against the German fascist troops. The enemy in some sectors of the front tried to stop the advance of our units by counterattacks, but, having suffered great losses in men and equipment, withdrew to the west. Our troops occupied several settlements, including the town of Yukhnov (Smolensk region) ...

March 6, 1942. 258th day of the war. Friday

During March 6, our troops, repelling enemy counterattacks, continued to move forward and occupied several settlements in some sectors of the front. On March 5, 79 German aircraft were shot down in air battles and destroyed at enemy airfields. Our losses - 14 aircraft ...

March 7, 1942. 259th day of the war. Saturday

During March 7, our troops fought offensive battles against the German fascist troops. As a result of fierce battles, during which the enemy suffered heavy losses, our units in certain sectors of the front moved forward and occupied several settlements. On March 6, 35 German aircraft were destroyed. Our losses were 7 aircraft ...

March 8, 1942. 260th day of the war. Sunday

During March 8, our troops in a number of sectors of the front with battles advanced forward and occupied several settlements. On March 6, not 35 German aircraft were destroyed, as previously reported, but 45 German aircraft. On March 7, 29 German aircraft were destroyed. Our losses are 6 aircraft. On March 8, 2 German planes were shot down near Moscow.

March 9, 1942. 261st day of the war. Monday

During March 9, our troops, overcoming enemy resistance, continued to move forward and occupied several settlements ... Over the past week from March 1 to March 7, German aviation lost 358 aircraft. Our losses during the same period were 65 aircraft ...

March 10, 1942. 262nd day of the war. Tuesday

During March 10, our troops continued to conduct offensive battles against the German fascist troops. As a result of the blows of our units, the enemy was driven out of several settlements and suffered heavy losses in equipment and manpower. On March 9, 30 German aircraft were destroyed. Our losses - 11 aircraft ...

March 11, 1942. 263rd day of the war. Wednesday

During March 11, our troops fought stubborn offensive battles in many sectors of the front. Enemy troops are suffering heavy losses in people and equipment ... On March 10, 19 German aircraft were destroyed. Our losses are 5 aircraft ...

March 12, 1942. 264th day of the war. Thursday

During March 12, our troops, overcoming the resistance of the German fascist troops, advanced and occupied several settlements in some sectors of the front. The enemy suffers heavy losses in equipment and manpower.

March 13, 1942. 265th day of the war. Friday

During March 13, our troops continued offensive battles against the German fascist troops and moved forward. In some sectors of the front, the enemy launched counterattacks, which were repulsed with heavy losses for the enemy.

March 14, 1942. 266th day of the war. Saturday

During March 14, there were no significant changes at the front. On March 13, 23 German aircraft were destroyed. Our losses - 11 aircraft ...

March 15, 1942. 267th day of the war. Sunday

During March 15, no significant changes occurred at the front. On March 14, 20 German aircraft were destroyed. Our losses are 9 aircraft.

March 16, 1942. 268th day of the war. Monday

The other day Berlin radio informed the whole world about the great success of the German troops. It was reported that somewhere in the area of ​​Lake Ilmen, the 7th Guards Division was completely surrounded and destroyed, that trophies and documents were seized. However, one division, destroyed with a stroke of the pen of a fascist painter, seemed not enough to the Nazis. Destroy, so destroy! Moreover, it is much easier to destroy Soviet divisions while sitting in the office than to destroy at least one Red Army soldier at the front. That is why, following the "destruction" of the 7th Guards Division, the Nazis announced the "destruction" of the 80th, 27th cavalry, 327th rifle and part of the 26th rifle Soviet divisions. ... The bosses of German propaganda made an awkward attempt to refute the message of the Soviet Information Bureau about the encirclement of the 16th German army. Now they have come up with a new version that they are surrounded, they say, not by the Germans, but by the 7th Guards Rifle Division, which allegedly suffered heavy losses. But the facts are a stubborn thing: the 7th Guards Rifle Division is alive, acting, beating, beating and will beat the German invaders. "... As for the other Soviet divisions listed in the message of the German radio and allegedly destroyed by the Germans, then each of them must also be said: they are in good health, acting, hitting and will beat the German occupiers with mortal combat until they are completely defeated.

March 17, 1942. 269th day of the war. Tuesday

During March 17, our troops fought offensive battles against the German fascist troops, and in some sectors of the front they repulsed enemy counterattacks with heavy losses for him. On March 16, 47 German aircraft were destroyed. Our losses are 15 aircraft. Our ships sunk two transports in the Barents Sea, one minesweeper and one enemy patrol ship with a total displacement of 16,000 tons.

March 18, 1942. 270th day of the war. Wednesday

During March 18, nothing significant happened at the front. On March 17, 44 German aircraft were destroyed. Our losses are 16 aircraft.

March 19, 1942. 271st day of the war. Thursday

About one German order. Recently, one of our divisions intercepted the following interesting order from the 23rd German Army Corps: "... The fighting of the ground army in the last two months forced the use of formations of heavy bombers on low level flight with aircraft with relatively low speeds and low maneuverability for direct ground combat. In one formation deployed to directly support ground forces, the number of aircraft in operation was reduced by up to 50 percent as a result of ground fire, due to the well-organized Russian air defense.

The following observations by aviation formations were reported:

1. Each attacked Russian ground unit opened fire on the aircraft with rifles and other infantry weapons. The possibility of hitting shots distributed simultaneously in large numbers on a small plane is extremely high.

2. The attacked Russian horsemen dismount from their horses, put their rifles on the saddles and shoot from this position at the attacking aircraft. The infantry lies on their backs and fires into the air.

They also fired at the planes from mortars. I am citing not for imitation, but as an example that the Russians are fighting aircraft with all types of weapons of ground forces.

4. The Russians at the head of the columns are carrying light and medium anti-aircraft guns mounted on sleds.

5. Especially unpleasant is the shelling from the four-barreled machine guns, which are well camouflaged and put into action suddenly. They are most often used to defend forward headquarters and airfields.

Just as the Russians, as a result of the shelling of the attacking air formations, disable a large number of our aircraft, our units should be able to fight with all types of small arms against enemy aircraft ...

March 20, 1942. 272nd day of the war. Friday

During March 20, in some sectors of the front, our troops fought offensive battles against the German fascist troops and inflicted great losses on them.

March 21, 1942. 273rd day of the war. Saturday

During March 21, our troops in some sectors of the front fought offensive battles against the German fascist troops and occupied several settlements. 35 enemy aircraft were destroyed on March 20. Our losses are 5 aircraft.

March 22, 1942. 274th day of the war. Sunday

The Military Council of the Southwest Direction reported on March 22: “The enemy has been driven by the active actions of our troops to such a state that without an influx of large strategic reserves and significant replenishment of people and materiel, he is not able to undertake operations with a decisive goal ... the troops of the South-West direction during the spring-summer campaign should strive to achieve the main strategic goal - to defeat the opposing forces of the enemy and reach the middle Dnieper (Gomel, Kiev, Cherkassy) and further to the front of Cherkassy, ​​Pervomaisk, Nikolaev. "(p. 22)

During March 22, our troops continued offensive battles against the Nazi troops. In some sectors of the front, the enemy launched counterattacks, which were repulsed by our troops with heavy losses for the enemy. 53 German aircraft were destroyed on March 21. Our losses are 14 aircraft.

March 23, 1942. 275th day of the war. Monday

During March 23, nothing significant happened at the front. On March 22, 26 enemy aircraft were destroyed. Our losses - 11 aircraft ...

March 24, 1942. 276th day of the war. Tuesday

During March 24, there were no significant changes at the front. On March 23, 31 German aircraft were destroyed. Our losses are 15 aircraft. Our ship sunk an enemy submarine in the Barents Sea ...

March 25, 1942. 277th day of the war. Wednesday

The State Defense Committee liquidated the road territorial departments of the NKPS and formed Central Office movement of the NKPS. On March 25, the State Defense Committee in a special decree "On the People's Commissariat of Railways" admitted that L. M. Kaganovich "was unable to cope with the work in wartime." By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Kaganovich was relieved of his duties as People's Commissar of Railways, and in his place was appointed Deputy People's Commissar of Defense, Head of Logistics of the Red Army A. V. Khrulev.

Halder Franz. Losses from 22.6.1941 to 20.3.1942 ... amounted to 1,073,066 people, or 33.52% of all ground forces in the East (3.2 million). The situation at the front. In the Kerch sector, our troops are successfully conducting stubborn defensive battles. Kleist's group achieved great success in repelling enemy attacks. Large overstrain of troops. Paulus launched a successful counterattack.

Army Group Center. On the front of the 4th Army (highway), the enemy resumed the offensive. Otherwise, the situation in the rear (the actions of the Guards Cavalry Corps against the Haase group) is of particular concern. On the front of the 9th Army, the stubborn offensive of the enemy continues, which introduced a new tank brigade into the battle.

Army Group North. Successful development of the offensive of our troops in the area of ​​Staraya Russa. At Pogost, the enemy, who had penetrated quite deeply into our location, was apparently detained for some time. The mountaineger regiment is pulling up for a counterattack ...

Sovinformburo. During March 25, there were no significant changes at the front.

March 26, 1942. 278th day of the war. Thursday

Army Group Center. The German command assessed the situation in the spring of 1942 rather optimistically. The successful defensive battles of GA "Center" at the end of the battle for the capital gave many German generals the illusion of exterminating the main offensive power of the entire Red Army. So the General Staff of the OKH, on March 26, 1942, informed the headquarters of the GA "Center" that, despite the continued uninterrupted replenishment of Soviet units, the material equipment of the Red Army personnel remains heavy. The most essential equipment is lacking. The spring offensive of the Red Army was associated with heavy losses ...

On March 26, 1942, the General Staff of the OKH sent an information message to the headquarters of GA Center, based on the reports of the Department for the Study of Foreign Armies of the East. At the beginning of it, it was said about the large losses of the armed forces of the Soviet Union. However, the figures given below revealed the military potential that the USSR still had. It was noted that by the spring of 1942 the Red Army had lost 4 million people. prisoners, 4 million wounded and 1.5 million killed; but the Soviet armed forces still numbered 5.5 million in their ranks, to which another 2 million recovering wounded will soon be added. The active army consisted of: 334 rifle divisions, 109 rifle brigades, 58 cavalry. divisions, 72 tank brigades, in total - 4,830,000 people. It was further noted that the USSR still has 135 million human resources and could draft 20 million people into the army, and without a significant decrease in military production, 5 million people, including the recovering wounded, could be sent to the front in the near future. That is, the replenishment required to staff 400 divisions can be sent to the front ... OKH later calculated that by December 20, 1942, 3.35 million soldiers and officers of the Red Army had fallen into German captivity since the beginning of the war. (p. 176)

Halder Franz. The situation has hardly changed. The fighting is negligible. Due to the danger of aircraft icing, aviation did not show activity. More lively actions were observed on the front of the 6th Army, where the attacking units of General Breit's group encountered an oncoming enemy strike, and in the Pogostya area, where the situation continues to develop unfavorably (deep penetration of enemy 52-ton tanks). Thaw everywhere. In this regard, the movement of troops became difficult ...