General Petrov

After the breakthrough by the German LIII Infantry Corps from the SW to Bryansk, Soviet General Petrov withdrew his badly shaken 50th Army to a wooded area NE of Bryansk. Trying to break out of the ensuing Bryansk pocket, the …

1941-10-08

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After the breakthrough by the German LIII Infantry Corps from the SW to Bryansk, Soviet General Petrov withdrew his badly shaken 50th Army to a wooded area NE of Bryansk. Trying to break out of the ensuing Bryansk pocket, the general was critically wounded. Informants relayed the general’s location to the Germans who have jumped at the opportunity.

Bryansk, Russia

The Battle of Bryansk (2–21 October 1941) was a twenty-day battle during World War II conducted in the Bryansk Oblast as a part of the overall Moscow campaign. Returning from the Kiev operation, Heinz Guderian attacked in an unexpected direction capturing Bryansk and Oryol with few casualties thereby encircling two Soviet formations, the 13th Army and 3rd Army. A third Soviet formation, the 50th Army was encircled by infantry of the German 2nd Army north of Bryansk. However the encircled Red Army units continued fighting, delaying the drive on Moscow for two weeks. This delay, as well as the casualties taken by the Wehrmacht liquidating the pockets contributed to the German collapse at the gates of Moscow. See also: Vyazma and Bryansk pockets. As a result of this battle, the Germans occupied Bryansk until they were expelled by the Red Army on 17 September 1943 as a part of the Smolensk campaign.

Wikipedia: Battle of Bryansk (1941)

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