Kampfgruppen Streich and Usinger
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Kampfgruppen Streich and Usinger
Hello to all, could someone help me with the OOB of both Kampfgruppen as july 1941 and any account about its tasks/actions. What happened with the OIC after the Dniepr crossing?. TIA. Tigre.
Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada. General José de San Martín.
Re: Kampfgruppen Streich and Usinger
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; after a while here goes what I could grasp out there...................
The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
The 137 ID was organized on October 10, 1940 in the Training Ground of Döllersheim (WK XVII) as a unit of 11. wave, taking a third of the 44 ID, a third of the 262 ID and horse-drawn parts of the 18 ID which had been motorised. Its commander was Generalleutnant Friedrich Bergmann (formerly with the 27 ID, which became the 17 Pz). It was composed of the following units: IR 447, IR 448, IR 449, AR 137, Pi Btl 137, Pz Jäg Abt 137, AA 137 and NA 137.
In the period from 11 to 16 July 1941 the 137 ID marched unopposed by Borissow towards Orscha. The highway Minsk - Moscow was assigned for the supply columns of the armored corps, therefore the infantry marched through the sandy secondary roads and for the first time the cyclists companies advanced at the same pace that the troops marching on foot.
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
Cheers. Raúl M
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; after a while here goes what I could grasp out there...................The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
The 137 ID was organized on October 10, 1940 in the Training Ground of Döllersheim (WK XVII) as a unit of 11. wave, taking a third of the 44 ID, a third of the 262 ID and horse-drawn parts of the 18 ID which had been motorised. Its commander was Generalleutnant Friedrich Bergmann (formerly with the 27 ID, which became the 17 Pz). It was composed of the following units: IR 447, IR 448, IR 449, AR 137, Pi Btl 137, Pz Jäg Abt 137, AA 137 and NA 137.
In the period from 11 to 16 July 1941 the 137 ID marched unopposed by Borissow towards Orscha. The highway Minsk - Moscow was assigned for the supply columns of the armored corps, therefore the infantry marched through the sandy secondary roads and for the first time the cyclists companies advanced at the same pace that the troops marching on foot.
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
Cheers. Raúl M
.Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada. General José de San Martín.
Re: Kampfgruppen Streich and Usinger
Hello to all ; more follows...................
The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
After annihilating the encirclement of Minsk, the 2nd Pz Group reached the Dnieper River where the Soviets had established a new defensive line about 180 kilometers ahead of the division, this Pz Group managed to establish four bridgeheads over the river south of Mogilew , at Schklow, at Kopys and Orscha, the 137 ID was committed towards Orscha. In order to protect the flank of the armored divisions were organized from July 8, 1941 onwards, a blocking unit (sperrverband) under command of Oberst Usinger (Commander of the AR 622) composed by Pz Jäg Abt 137, the 3. / Pi Btl 137 and parts of the schw. AR 841 with the task of blocking from the highway leading to Moscow towards the east.
This element was the first aid to Generalmajor Streich who assured Orscha with elements of the 17th Pz (Sperrverband Streich). On 16 July 1941 Generalleutant Bergmann was ordered to secure Orscha and break the Soviet resistance north and south of the city. The cyclists Companies belonging to the infantry regiments, the AA 137 and the 1. / IR 447 transported by trucks moved towards the site.
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
Cheers. Raúl M.
; more follows...................The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
After annihilating the encirclement of Minsk, the 2nd Pz Group reached the Dnieper River where the Soviets had established a new defensive line about 180 kilometers ahead of the division, this Pz Group managed to establish four bridgeheads over the river south of Mogilew , at Schklow, at Kopys and Orscha, the 137 ID was committed towards Orscha. In order to protect the flank of the armored divisions were organized from July 8, 1941 onwards, a blocking unit (sperrverband) under command of Oberst Usinger (Commander of the AR 622) composed by Pz Jäg Abt 137, the 3. / Pi Btl 137 and parts of the schw. AR 841 with the task of blocking from the highway leading to Moscow towards the east.
This element was the first aid to Generalmajor Streich who assured Orscha with elements of the 17th Pz (Sperrverband Streich). On 16 July 1941 Generalleutant Bergmann was ordered to secure Orscha and break the Soviet resistance north and south of the city. The cyclists Companies belonging to the infantry regiments, the AA 137 and the 1. / IR 447 transported by trucks moved towards the site.
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
Cheers. Raúl M
.Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada. General José de San Martín.
Re: Kampfgruppen Streich and Usinger
Hello to all ; more follows...................
The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
The AA 137 and the Pz Abt Jäg 137 rejected an enemy attempt to breakthrough and penetration was eliminated by the 3. / Pi Btl 137 by means of a counterattack; in this action was seriously injured Oberleutnant Reichsgraf v. Merveldt (Chief of the 2. / AA 137). While Hauptmann Hübner (Ib) arranged transportation for the III. / IR 447 in two columns of the Chief of Supply Trains, this battalion was moved 63 kilometers and reached the southern suburbs of Orscha on July 17, 1941 in the morning.
Motorized column of 137 ID on the Highway Minsk - Moscow ..............
The Sperrverband Usinger, with the III. / IR 447 as assault troops, attacked south at 20:00 hours; in subsequent raking actions were captured 150 prisoners in exchange for 14 casualties. This clarified the situation south of the town and the enemy retreated from the north without struggle; Orscha fell into German hands.
First prisoners............................
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
Cheers. Raúl M.
; more follows...................The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
The AA 137 and the Pz Abt Jäg 137 rejected an enemy attempt to breakthrough and penetration was eliminated by the 3. / Pi Btl 137 by means of a counterattack; in this action was seriously injured Oberleutnant Reichsgraf v. Merveldt (Chief of the 2. / AA 137). While Hauptmann Hübner (Ib) arranged transportation for the III. / IR 447 in two columns of the Chief of Supply Trains, this battalion was moved 63 kilometers and reached the southern suburbs of Orscha on July 17, 1941 in the morning.
Motorized column of 137 ID on the Highway Minsk - Moscow ..............
The Sperrverband Usinger, with the III. / IR 447 as assault troops, attacked south at 20:00 hours; in subsequent raking actions were captured 150 prisoners in exchange for 14 casualties. This clarified the situation south of the town and the enemy retreated from the north without struggle; Orscha fell into German hands.
First prisoners............................
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
Cheers. Raúl M
.Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada. General José de San Martín.
Re: Kampfgruppen Streich and Usinger
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The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
On July 19, 1941 at 22:00 hours the AA 137, marching as a vanguard of the division, reported enemy contact south of Dubrowka in the wooded area on both sides of Borodino. The IR 448 was detached from the column of march and attacked towards Borodino on July 20, 1941 at dawn. On this day the Sanitary Company 1. / 137 evacuated up to 348 wounded soldiers (70% of the IR 448). At 11:35 hours the IR 449 pressed into Barsuki (to the north), while by radio it was requested the 292 ID, marching farther south, to attack due north with part its forces. At 13:17 hours the IR 447 moved to the south of Borodino. The AA 137 was ordered to advance against the enemy east of the Rossasenka, while the Pz Jäg Abt 137 should establish a blocking position on the Rossasenka behind the enemy which fought around Borodino. When Pz Jäg Abt 137 took its position, the AA 137 continued the advance towards the East and Southeast.
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
Cheers. Raúl M.
; more follows...................The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
On July 19, 1941 at 22:00 hours the AA 137, marching as a vanguard of the division, reported enemy contact south of Dubrowka in the wooded area on both sides of Borodino. The IR 448 was detached from the column of march and attacked towards Borodino on July 20, 1941 at dawn. On this day the Sanitary Company 1. / 137 evacuated up to 348 wounded soldiers (70% of the IR 448). At 11:35 hours the IR 449 pressed into Barsuki (to the north), while by radio it was requested the 292 ID, marching farther south, to attack due north with part its forces. At 13:17 hours the IR 447 moved to the south of Borodino. The AA 137 was ordered to advance against the enemy east of the Rossasenka, while the Pz Jäg Abt 137 should establish a blocking position on the Rossasenka behind the enemy which fought around Borodino. When Pz Jäg Abt 137 took its position, the AA 137 continued the advance towards the East and Southeast.
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
Cheers. Raúl M
.Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada. General José de San Martín.
Re: Kampfgruppen Streich and Usinger
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The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
The vanguard of the IR 449 reached Korowino by evening without noteworthy resistance. At 20:00 hours the IR 447 attacked towards Swatoschiza, reached the town and continued the attack agaisnt Pischtschiki. With this action was broken the resistance before the IR 448, which with the support of the AR 137 (I. and III. Groups) had crossed the wooded area and captured enemy personnel and material. At dawn on July 21, 1941 continued the attack and raking actions, by 10:00 hours the divisional commander arrived at the CP of the IR 449 at Korowino. The III. / IR 449 fought the enemy south of Barsuki with the effective support of the II. / AR 137 and three assault guns of the Stug Abt. 226. The IR 447 cleared the wooded area east of Pischtschiki; in those struggles fell the Commander of the I. / IR 447, Hauptmann Strobl and the leader of the 2. / IR 447 Leutnant Sauer, while the II. and III. Battalions fought the enemy located behind the IR 449.
Assault gun of the Stug Abt 226; behind a Sd Kfz 250 of the Platoon leader.........
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
Cheers. Raúl M.
The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
The vanguard of the IR 449 reached Korowino by evening without noteworthy resistance. At 20:00 hours the IR 447 attacked towards Swatoschiza, reached the town and continued the attack agaisnt Pischtschiki. With this action was broken the resistance before the IR 448, which with the support of the AR 137 (I. and III. Groups) had crossed the wooded area and captured enemy personnel and material. At dawn on July 21, 1941 continued the attack and raking actions, by 10:00 hours the divisional commander arrived at the CP of the IR 449 at Korowino. The III. / IR 449 fought the enemy south of Barsuki with the effective support of the II. / AR 137 and three assault guns of the Stug Abt. 226. The IR 447 cleared the wooded area east of Pischtschiki; in those struggles fell the Commander of the I. / IR 447, Hauptmann Strobl and the leader of the 2. / IR 447 Leutnant Sauer, while the II. and III. Battalions fought the enemy located behind the IR 449.
Assault gun of the Stug Abt 226; behind a Sd Kfz 250 of the Platoon leader.........
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
Cheers. Raúl M
.Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada. General José de San Martín.
Re: Kampfgruppen Streich and Usinger
Hello to all ; more follows...................
The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
At 16:00 hours and after an intense fight of seven hours, the IR 449 was able to break through the wooded area north of Jukowo. In these struggles distinguished itself, for the fire support which provided, a battery of heavy guns sK 18 of the I. / AR 109. The final gap eastbound was closed in Salatowschtschino by the II. / IR 447 reinforced by the cyclist company of the IR 447 and the 2. / Pi Btl 137. Other scattered groups of Russians were killed on July 22, 1941 north of the road by the HQ Battery of the AR 137 and on July 23, 1941 in Kosjany by the Pz Jäg Abt 137, the Pi Btl 137 and cyclists companies of the infantry regiments. It was achieved a huge success, being annihilated the mass of the Soviet 18. Rifle Division and parts of the Soviet 73. Rifle Division.
Battery of sK 18 of the I./ AR 109 in action.......................
Condemned to live. Franz Frisch and Wilbur Jones, Jr.
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
Cheers. Raúl M.
; more follows...................The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
At 16:00 hours and after an intense fight of seven hours, the IR 449 was able to break through the wooded area north of Jukowo. In these struggles distinguished itself, for the fire support which provided, a battery of heavy guns sK 18 of the I. / AR 109. The final gap eastbound was closed in Salatowschtschino by the II. / IR 447 reinforced by the cyclist company of the IR 447 and the 2. / Pi Btl 137. Other scattered groups of Russians were killed on July 22, 1941 north of the road by the HQ Battery of the AR 137 and on July 23, 1941 in Kosjany by the Pz Jäg Abt 137, the Pi Btl 137 and cyclists companies of the infantry regiments. It was achieved a huge success, being annihilated the mass of the Soviet 18. Rifle Division and parts of the Soviet 73. Rifle Division.
Battery of sK 18 of the I./ AR 109 in action.......................
Condemned to live. Franz Frisch and Wilbur Jones, Jr.
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
Cheers. Raúl M
.Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada. General José de San Martín.
Re: Kampfgruppen Streich and Usinger
Hello to all ; the end...................
The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
On July 24, 1941 by order of the 4. Armored Army (v. Kluge) the 137. ID relieved the 29 ID (Mot) in vicinity of Smolensk and took over the surveillance of a front of 20 kilometers along the Dnieper. This division organized again the Sperrverband Usinger (Command of AR zbV 622, Pz Jäg Abt 137, AA 137, 10. / IR 447 (cyclists), a battery of I. / AR 109); the front of this group was extended west of Smolensk with the deployment of the I. / IR 449.
Typical landscape seen by German soldiers of the 137th ID as they marched into the Soviet Union.
The bridge (on the Dnieper?) Has been blown................
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
It's all folks. Cheers. Raúl M.
; the end...................The 137 ID in Operation Barbarossa - 1941.
On July 24, 1941 by order of the 4. Armored Army (v. Kluge) the 137. ID relieved the 29 ID (Mot) in vicinity of Smolensk and took over the surveillance of a front of 20 kilometers along the Dnieper. This division organized again the Sperrverband Usinger (Command of AR zbV 622, Pz Jäg Abt 137, AA 137, 10. / IR 447 (cyclists), a battery of I. / AR 109); the front of this group was extended west of Smolensk with the deployment of the I. / IR 449.
Typical landscape seen by German soldiers of the 137th ID as they marched into the Soviet Union.
The bridge (on the Dnieper?) Has been blown................
Sources: Die 137. Infanterie-Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront - Wilhelm Meyer-Detring,
Kameradschaft der Division, Petzenkirchen/Niederösterreich 1962
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /137ID.htm
eBay auction. album0306. Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2008, 19:11:32
It's all folks. Cheers. Raúl M
.Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada. General José de San Martín.
Re: Kampfgruppen Streich and Usinger
Hello to all ; a complement...................
Sperrverband Usinger - 1941.
Sources: https://www.armedconflicts.com/generalporucik-t32010
Cheers. Raúl M.
; a complement...................Sperrverband Usinger - 1941.
Sources: https://www.armedconflicts.com/generalporucik-t32010
Cheers. Raúl M
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Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada. General José de San Martín.