Broken Wings

Luftwaffe "field divisions" were the brainchildren of Hermann Goring. Only half the size of a regular Heer division even at full strength, several Luftwaffe field divisions were stretched along the lines of Army Group North during the siege of Leningrad. Initially equipped with strong 88mm FlaK batteries, these …

1944-01-17

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Luftwaffe "field divisions" were the brainchildren of Hermann Goring. Only half the size of a regular Heer division even at full strength, several Luftwaffe field divisions were stretched along the lines of Army Group North during the siege of Leningrad. Initially equipped with strong 88mm FlaK batteries, these guns were re-assigned to the defense of the Reich, further weakening the Luftwaffe divisions. The Red Army was able to identify positions held by Field-Divisions 9 and 10 and attacked those weak spots in the lines of General Lindemann's 18th Army.

Ropsha, Russia

The siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military blockade undertaken from the south by the Army Group North of Nazi Germany against the Soviet city of Leningrad on the Eastern Front in World War II. The Finnish army invaded from the north, co-operating with the Germans until Finland had recaptured territory lost in the recent Winter War, but refused to make further approaches to the city. Also co-operating with the Germans since 1942 in August: the Spanish Blue Division that was transferred to the southeastern flank of the siege of Leningrad, just south of the Neva near Pushkin, Kolpino and its main intervention was in Krasny Bor in the Izhora River area.

Russian

German

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