Knight's Cross Panzers: The German 35th Tank Regiment in World War II (Stackpole Military History Series) by Hans Schäufler

Author:Hans Schäufler [Schäufler, Hans]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2010-03-31T21:00:00+00:00

Division Order-of-the-Day (28 March 1943)

In the period from 8 to 27 March, the 4. Panzer-Division covered 97 kilometers in its attack east while fighting two guards cavalry divisions and two ski brigades, which were later reinforced by two additional brigades and several tank brigades. In the process, 66 localities, including the strongly fortified cities of Sseredina Buda and Ssewsk, were taken in storm, and the area west of the Ssjew River line cleared of the enemy.

Four hundred and twenty prisoners were taken; 73 tanks, 62 artillery pieces, 73 antitank guns, 81 mortars, 97 antitank rifles, 202 machine guns and numerous other pieces of equipment were captured or destroyed. The recovery and counting of the spoils-of-war in Ssewsk is still in progress.

The Armed Forces Daily Report today contained the following:“To the northwest of Kursk, mechanized infantry took the city of Ssewsk after days of hard fighting.” With that, a chapter of heavy fighting lasting two months has come to a successful conclusion. The forces of the division, sacrificing their blood and their lives in difficult but successful engagements, have carved out a major victory of far-ranging importance.

/signed/

Schneider

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