Re: 216 Infanterie Division
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:58 am
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The 216. Infanterie Division - 1941/1942.
Partisan Operations Lokot - Summer 1942.
Unternehmen “Grünspecht IV”.
Operation Grünspecht IV began on July 22, 1942. For this purpose, the battalion was placed under the control of the Royal Hungarian 102nd Light Division and reached the Tarrasowka staging area in the morning of that day. For the “Grünspecht IV” operation, the towns of Kokorewka and Leninsky were to be taken.
The militia was supposed to support the operation. However, the subordinate militia of 150 men and two armored patrol cars were delayed by 1 1/2 hours. After reaching the exit of the town, the two armored reconnaissance vehicles broke down due to engine failure. They failed for the operation. A mine detonated at the intersection of Holzbahnweg and Anmarschweg, killing 3 militia soldiers.
When the railway embankment was reached, the militia reported enemy machine guns. The partisans withdrew after a brief exchange of fire. The battalion command post was then set up on the railway embankment. The militia separated from the battalion and continued westward, bypassing Kokorewka and Leninsky and then attacking from the west. The battalion was supposed to shield the locations from the north.
While the battalion waited on the embankment for the attack to begin, it came under fire from mortars and 7.62-cm anti-tank guns. The railway embankment protected the battalion from the shells so that there were no casualties. At 10:00 hours the battalion commander decided to bring forward his own attack to 11:00 hours. By then the militia should have completed the evasion and begun the attack on Leninsky and Kokorewka.
At 11:00 hours the 1st and 2nd Companies were to attack and take the station and North Kokorewka on both sides of the railway. The 2nd company was able to quickly reach the location and penetrate it. The 1st Company had to fight with bunkers on the railway embankment, which had to be taken out one by one. After the bunkers were eliminated, the train station and the town of Kokorewka were quickly taken. The place was then burned down. The battalion then assembled at the Kokorewka train station and marched back to the old quarters.
Sources: https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gl ... Bat216.htm
Original Fotoalbum Funker bzw. Nachrichtenabteilung. Einsatz Frankreich und Russland
Cheers. Raúl M
The 216. Infanterie Division - 1941/1942.
Partisan Operations Lokot - Summer 1942.
Unternehmen “Grünspecht IV”.
Operation Grünspecht IV began on July 22, 1942. For this purpose, the battalion was placed under the control of the Royal Hungarian 102nd Light Division and reached the Tarrasowka staging area in the morning of that day. For the “Grünspecht IV” operation, the towns of Kokorewka and Leninsky were to be taken.
The militia was supposed to support the operation. However, the subordinate militia of 150 men and two armored patrol cars were delayed by 1 1/2 hours. After reaching the exit of the town, the two armored reconnaissance vehicles broke down due to engine failure. They failed for the operation. A mine detonated at the intersection of Holzbahnweg and Anmarschweg, killing 3 militia soldiers.
When the railway embankment was reached, the militia reported enemy machine guns. The partisans withdrew after a brief exchange of fire. The battalion command post was then set up on the railway embankment. The militia separated from the battalion and continued westward, bypassing Kokorewka and Leninsky and then attacking from the west. The battalion was supposed to shield the locations from the north.
While the battalion waited on the embankment for the attack to begin, it came under fire from mortars and 7.62-cm anti-tank guns. The railway embankment protected the battalion from the shells so that there were no casualties. At 10:00 hours the battalion commander decided to bring forward his own attack to 11:00 hours. By then the militia should have completed the evasion and begun the attack on Leninsky and Kokorewka.
At 11:00 hours the 1st and 2nd Companies were to attack and take the station and North Kokorewka on both sides of the railway. The 2nd company was able to quickly reach the location and penetrate it. The 1st Company had to fight with bunkers on the railway embankment, which had to be taken out one by one. After the bunkers were eliminated, the train station and the town of Kokorewka were quickly taken. The place was then burned down. The battalion then assembled at the Kokorewka train station and marched back to the old quarters.
Sources: https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gl ... Bat216.htm
Original Fotoalbum Funker bzw. Nachrichtenabteilung. Einsatz Frankreich und Russland
Cheers. Raúl M