Manstein's Panzers Raced for Leningrad. Soviet Pincer Cost 8th Panzer 70 Tanks at Soltsy, 1941
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@ww2.cauldron · 2 weeks ago · pinned
QUICK FACTS - Soltsy counterattack<br><br>Tanks lost: ~70 of ~150 (about half of 8th Panzer's armor), 14-18 July 1941. (operationbarbarossa.net)<br><br>Soviet attack: 14 July 1941, Soviet 11th Army with ~235 aircraft. (Wikipedia, Leningrad strategic defensive)<br><br>Withdrawal: 8th Panzer fell back 20+ miles (~35 km) west through Soltsy. (histours.ru)<br><br>German halt: Army Group North suspended the Leningrad offensive on 19 July 1941. (Wikipedia, Soltsy-Dno Offensive)<br><br>Soviet plan: Drawn up by Nikolai Vatutin, CoS NW Front; Order No. 012, 13 July 1941. (Wikipedia, Leningrad strategic defensive)<br><br>Soltsy retaken: By the 70th Rifle Division (Fedyunin), 16 July 1941. (Wikipedia, Leningrad strategic defensive)<br><br>Manstein's verdict: Called the corps' situation 'far from enviable'; his first real check of the war. (Manstein, Lost Victories (1955))<br><br>Luga line: 150+ miles of fieldworks dug in ~2 weeks by Leningrad civilians. (Wikipedia, Luga Defensive Line)
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@andrzejzie7046 · 13 days ago
You got the map upside-down. East should be on the right and West on the left. haha.
@christophergallagher693 · 2 weeks ago
The map makes a mistake - it shows a modern Russian flag for Soviet forces. To be accurate, the map should be the red flag with a star - that is, a Soviet flag.
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@JustinBradford-j7g · 13 days ago
Somers montana 10:15 pm
@Geopolitics_Sanity · 2 weeks ago
this sounds like Tik
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