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04 August / 2003 |
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The site was supplemented with the information about people. |
29 July / 2003 |
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Models of T-70, T-60, pz-2, pz-3, pz-4 were added. |
25 July / 2003 |
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Separate German and Finnish "Commanders" pages added via the main glossary page, and also added to the filtering system, now you filter your serach through the Personality like before it was possible with Weaponary. |
18 July / 2003 |
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Adding detailed drawing for the Pz IV D, fixed a few mistakes and measure moment on the frontal projection, and now Front projection available in PDF format for the print or detailed view. |
14 July / 2003 |
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Adding detailed drawing for the Pz IV (D), fixed a few mistakes and measure moment on the frontal projection, and now Front projection available in PDF format for the print or detailed view. |
| T-34 in battle |
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The Tigers have not been used with their advantage of more powerful equipment. So they have been destroyed by soviet manoeuvrable and fast medium tanks T34. Large quantity of soviet tanks astonished the enemy. |
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| Generals |
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Germany lost 136 generals, which averages out to be 1 dead General every 2 weeks. |
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3rd and 63rd Armies could not break trough the defense line. Only the troops at the meeting-point of the armies were able to penetrate 6-7 km. Pace of the advance increased after 1st Guard Tank Unit was put into operation at sector of 63rd Army actions.
By the end of the day units of 11th Army have broken tactical defense line and penetrated almost 25 km.
1st Tank Corps with trenchant attacks smashed 5th Armored Division of the Wehrmacht.
By the end of the day the break-through of 3rd and 63rd Armies has come to 14-15 km.
Hitler, alarmed at adverse development of operations, convoked Field Marshal von Kluge, Field Marshal von Manstein and the rest of representatives of the High Command. On the summit von Kluge stated that Army Group Centre had to withdraw all active corps from 9th Army to liquidate deep breaches at 3 sectors of 2nd German Army actions. He also made a conclusion: “Offensive actions of 9th Army can not be proceeded and resumed.” But the Commander of Army Group South von Manstein pressed for attacks. He maintained:” Finishing the battle now, probably, will be loss of the victory. If 9th Army at least hold the enemy and make it possible to resume the attacks, we’ll try to smash withstanding but strongly battered enemy forces.”
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