Operation Barbarossa: The German Invasion of Soviet Russia (General Military) by Kirchubel Robert

Author:Kirchubel, Robert [Kirchubel, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Operation Barbarossa: The German Invasion of Soviet Russia
ISBN: 9781472804716
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 2013-08-20T00:00:00+00:00

Army Group North into Russia

The area between Lakes Peipus and Il’men and south of Petersburg is the historical Ingermannland. It marked the boundary between the Russians and first the Teutonic Knights, then the Swedes and later the Baltic States. Sixteenth Army and Fourth Panzer Group fought here until the end of August. Logistics, sanguinely sidestepped during most of Barbarossa’s planning, now dominated operations. It is appropriate to quote Martin van Creveld at length:

In the second half of July the supply service was incapable of supporting even the most limited offensive because it was fully occupied moving its base forward from Dünaburg to the area around Luga, and in this period the start of the attack was postponed no fewer than seven times… The offensive was resumed on 8 August but by that time the defense of Leningrad was ready.24

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