XV Mechanized Corps/Sixth Army, Headquartered at Brody
Commander: Maj. Gen. Ignatiy I. Karpezo
Executive Officer: Col. Georgiy I. Yermolayev
Political Officer: Brigade Commissar Ivan V. Lutai
Chief of Staff: Maj. Gen. Mikhail K. Nozdrunov
10th Tank Division: Maj. Gen. Sergei Y. Ogurtsov
19th Tank Regiment
20th Tank Regiment
10th Motorized Rifle Regiment
10th Howitzer Regiment
Support Units
37th Tank Division: Col. Fedor G. Anikushkin
73rd Tank Regiment
74th Tank Regiment
37th Motorized Rifle Regiment
37th Howitzer Regiment
Support Units
212th Motorized Rifle Division: Maj. Gen. Sergei V. Baranov
669th Motorized Rifle Regiment
692nd Motorized Rifle Regiment
131st Tank Regiment
655th Artillery Regiment
Support units
25th Motorcycle Regiment
XIX Mechanized Corps, Kiev Special Military District, HQ in Berdichev
Commander: Maj. Gen. Nikolai V. Feklenko
Political Deputy: Regimental Commissar Ivan S. Kalyadin
Chief of Staff: Col. Kuzma G. Devyatov
40th Tank Division: Col. Mikhail V. Shirobokov
79th Tank Regiment
80th Tank Regiment
40th Motorized Rifle Regiment
40th Howitzer Regiment Support Units
43rd Tank Division: Col. Ivan G. Tsibin
85th Tank Regiment
86th Tank Regiment
43rd Motorized Rifle Regiment
43rd Howitzer Regiment Support Units
213th Motorized Rifle Division: Col. Vasiliy M. Osminskiy
702nd Motorized Rifle Regiment
739th Motorized Rifle Regiment
132nd Tank Regiment
671st Artillery Regiment
Support Units
21st Motorcycle Regiment
XXII Mechanized Corps, Fifth Army, Kiev Special Military District, HQ in Rovno
Commander: Maj. Gen. Semen M. Kondrusev
Political Deputy: Brigade Commissar Aleksandr P. Sinitsin
Chief of Staff: Maj. Gen. Vladimir S. Tamruchi
19th Tank Division: Maj. Gen. Kuzma A. Semenchenko
37th Tank Regiment
38th Tank Regiment
19th Motorized Rifle Regiment
19th Howitzer Regiment
Support units
41st Tank Division: Col. Petr P. Pavlov
81st Tank Regiment
82nd Tank Regiment
41st Motorized Rifle Regiment
41st Howitzer Regiment
Support units
215th Motorized Rifle Division: Col. Pavlin A. Barabanov
707th Motorized Rifle Regiment
711th Motorized Rifle Regiment
133rd Tank Regiment
667th Artillery Regiment
Support Units
23rd Motorcycle Regiment
APPENDIX D
Organization of German Motorized Infantry Division
APPENDIX E
Organization of German Panzer Division
APPENDIX F
Organization of Soviet Antitank Artillery Brigade
APPENDIX G
Organization of Soviet Mechanized Corps and Tank Division
Note:
1) By the start of the war, none of mechanized corp formed an air force squadron
2) By the start of the war, only some of mechanized corps formed a flamethrower tank battalion.
APPENDIX H
Organization of Soviet Motorized Rifle Division
APPENDIX I
Organization of Soviet Rifle Division
APPENDIX J
Unit Symbols
APPENDIX K
Comparative Strength of Armored Units
APPENDIX L
German Armored Vehicles
Note: This chart does not include Czech tanks because they did not take part in events described in the book.
APPENDIX M
Soviet Armored Vehicles
MAPS
PHOTOGRAPHS
German soldiers manning an assault boat. Most of the large rivers in northern Ukraine run north-to-south, aiding the Red Army in defense. After the initial phase of the invasion, when the Germans captured border bridges intact, the retreating Soviet troops became more adept at destroying bridges behind them, requiring Germans to force river crossings frequently.
Red Army POWs. Caught in cauldrons created by fast-moving panzers and mopping-up infantry, Soviet soldiers were being captured by the hundreds of thousands. By the end of 1941, the prewar Red Army was virtually destroyed.
Display of captured Soviet outdated war materieclass="underline" I-153 biplane fighter and 152mm howitzer Model 1910/1937. Nicknamed Chayka (“seagull,” after the shape of its upper wing), the I-153 fighter was at the top of the biplane fighter class. However, its time had passed, and Chaykas proved to be no match for German Messerschmitt Bf 109s. The howitzer was an upgraded World War I version, suffering from slow towing speeds and limited traverse and elevation.
Wehrmacht soldiers were eagerly welcomed by Ukrainian civilians early in the war, civilians who believed that the Germans were coming to save them from the Bolsheviks. Ukrainian nationalists provided invaluable aid to the Germans as scouts and saboteurs against the Red Army. However, the honeymoon was soon over, once the Ukrainians realized that the Germans were coming not as liberators, but as a different kind of slave master.
T-26 light tanks, year 1933 model. The reversed turrets indicate that this unit was engaged from the rear. The two tanks in the foreground appear abandoned, rather than damaged. However, one of the tanks in the center background has its turret knocked off, which is seen lying on the ground.