Conscript Bagger Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 Can anyone point me to sources covering the battle for Voronezh, July-August '42? (Google mostly turns up refs to the Voronezh Front's activities at Kursk, and Erickson's "Road to Stalingrad" doesn't say much either.) I'm curious about the units involved and descriptions of the fighting in the city itself, as the background blurb for the ASL "Commissar's House" scenario mentions that the German assault pioneers were "veterans of the street fighting in Voronezh" or some such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarze Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 I couldn't come up with anything, after about half hour of searching...sorry man... ill keep my eye on on Voronezh on my eastern front books... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 Some decent book sources: 1) Zemike, Moscow to Berlin. 2) Carrell, Hitler Moves East. WWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarze Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 Hey i found some sources on my books, the German 2nd Army was in Voronezh, all i know about the Russians is that they used there Armored Reserves...hope that helps you out some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conscript Bagger Posted October 9, 2002 Author Share Posted October 9, 2002 Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas_TH Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 From Haupt, "Army Group South: Wehrmacht in Russia, 1941-1945." Initial divisions in the sector: 3rd Motorized Infantry Division (MID), "Grossdeutschland" MID, 24th Panzer Division. 6, July "Grossdeutschland" detached a recon party to the railroad at Voronezh. The 24th Panzer Division was entering the city from the south. Designer Note: Aircraft had destroyed much of the inner-city. The Engineers constructed a 16 ton bridge across the Don. 2nd and 3rd Air Defense Battalions defended bridge. Also: Soviet 21st Army may have been involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conscript Bagger Posted October 9, 2002 Author Share Posted October 9, 2002 Thanks Atlas - coincidentally, I just read that part of "AG South" last night at Borders. Glantz's "When Titans Clashed" is shrink-wrapped, and I recently bought both of Erickson's volumes so I wasn't about to drop another twenty bucks on an unknown (though I know Glantz is well-reviewed). I see Glantz also has a "Forgotten Battles" series that might cover Voronezh, as well as Demyansk (which I've also been unable to find a lot of info about). Anybody have any of those volumes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 Between Haupt and Ericksson you should have the action covered reasonably well. Haupt will be better for the Germans (he goes down to BN level at times), than Ericksson will be for the Soviets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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