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KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26 and Anlagen 4, 5, 6a, 6b and 7 zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599; Tsamo RF, Fond 332, opic 4948, delo 154, list 28,29,30.
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Anlage 5 zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Ibid.
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Anlage 5 zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 4 zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 6a zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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KTB Nr. 3 & Anlage 25 zum KTB Nr. I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599. It is known that tank I01, the battalion commander’s tank, suffered from engine damage and had to be towed away to the workshop. Exactly when this took place is unknown.
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Anlage 7 zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 7 zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 7 zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 6a & 7 zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599. All in all, the battalion lost 10 tanks destroyed on 28 January. Some of these losses occurred after 15.00hrs, see Anlage 7 & 25 zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 4, 6b & 7 zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 6b zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599 and Anlage 4-7 zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 4-7 zum KTB Nr. 3, I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 4 zum KTB I./Pz, Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 7 zum KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 7 zum KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 7 zum KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 7 zum KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 7 zum KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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Anlage 7 & 8 zum KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599; Anlage 25 zum KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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AOK 8 Ia KTB Nr. 3, 28 January 1944, T312, R64, F7581761-3. Also see the comments on the battalion in AOK 8 Ia KTB Nr. 3, on 30 January, 09.30, T312, R64, F7581777; KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599; Anlage 4 zum KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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AOK 8 Ia KTB Nr. 3, 29 January 1944, T312, R64, F7581770; Anlage 25 zum KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, BA-MA RH 39/599.
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One example of the German penchant for leading from the front, especially in the armored troops, is OKW, “Richtlinien für Führung und Einsatz der Panzer-Division,” vom 3. Dezember 1940, T78, R201, F6144287. Also useful is Wolfgang Schneider, Panzertaktik (Fedorowicz, Winnipeg 2000).
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The Korsun’-Shevchenkovskii Operation, pp. 20–21, 58, 130; AOK 8 Ia KTB Nr. 3, 28 January, T312, R64, F7581759-66; Tsamo RF, Fond 332, opic 4948, delo 154, list 28,29,30..
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AOK 8 Ia KTB Nr. 3, 28 January 1944, T312, R64, F7581760-6.
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KTB XXXXVII. Pz.Korps Ia, 28.1.44, T314, R1132, F000432.
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The Korsun’-Shevchenkovskii Operation, pp. 108f.
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The Korsun’-Shevchenkovskii Operation, pp. 109f.
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The Korsun’-Shevchenkovskii Operation, p. 110. The war diary of the 1st Panzer Army mentions an artillery preparation of half an hour (PzAOK 1 Ia KTB Nr. 13, 26 January 1944, T313, R69, F7305827).
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The Korsun’-Shevchenkovskii Operation, pp. 110f. PzAOK 1 Ia KTB Nr. 13, 26 January 1944, T313, R69, F7305827-31.
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PzAOK 1 Ia KTB Nr. 13, 26 January 1944, T313, R69, F7305829.
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G. Grossjohann, Five Years, Four Fronts, The War Years of Georg Grossjohann. (Aegis Consulting Group, Bedford 1999), pp. 70–71.
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PzAOK 1 Ia KTB Nr. 13, 26 January 1944, T313, R69, F7305828.
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The Korsun’-Shevchenkovskii Operation, p. 111.
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PzAOK 1 Ia KTB Nr. 13, 26 January 1944, T313, R69, F7305827.
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PzAOK 1 Ia KTB Nr. 13, 27 January 1944, T313, R69, F7305832.
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PzAOK 1 Ia KTB Nr. 13, 27 January 1944, T313, R69, F7305832f.
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PzAOK 1 Ia KTB Nr. 13, 27 January 1944, T313, R69, F7305832.
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PzAOK 1 Ia KTB Nr. 13, 28 January 1944, T313, R69, F7305836.
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The Korsun’-Shevchenkovskii Operation, pp. 113 & 130.
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PzAOK 1 Ia KTB Nr. 13, 28 January 1944, T313, R69, F7305839; Soviet General Staff Study, pp. 22–3.
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Tagesmeldung VII. A.K. Ia, 28.1.44 and Tagesmeldung XXXXII. A.K. Ia, 28.1.44, both in Anlagen zum KTB PzAOK 1 Ia, T313, R69, F7306464 and F7306470.
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XXXXII. A.K. Tagesmeldung 26.1.44, in Anlagen zum KTB PzAOK 1 Ia, T313, R69, F7306434; Situation map in RH 24-11/98K.
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XXXXII. A.K. Tagesmeldung 26.1.44, in Anlagen zum KTB PzAOK 1 Ia, T313, R69, F7306434; Situation map in RH 24-11/98K.
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Fernschreiben XXXXII. A.K. Ia an PzAOK 1, 10.25 Uhr 27.1.44, in Anlagen zum KTB PzAOK 1 Ia, T313, R69, F7306438; Tagesmeldung XXXXII. A.K., 27.1.44, in Anlagen zum KTB PzAOK 1 Ia, T313, R69, F7306442.
Sperrverband Foquet initially received two battalions and an artillery battery from Korps-Abteilung B: Rgt.Gr. 258, Rgt.Gr. 475 and 6./Art.Rgt. 86 (Tagesmeldung XXXXII. A.K., 27.1.44, in Anlagen zum KTB PzAOK 1 Ia, T313, R69, F7306442 and Morgenmeldung XXXXII. A.K., 28.1.44, in Anlagen zum KTB PzAOK 1 Ia, T313, R69, F7306449).
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Tagesmeldung XXXXII. A.K., 28.1.44, in Anlagen zum KTB PzAOK 1 Ia, T313, R69, F7306470.
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The Korsun’-Shevchenkovskii Operation, p. 133. The detachement from the 20th Tank Corps was reinforced by the 1st Guards Motorcycle Regiment plus elements from the 5th Guards Cavalry Corps.
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Proschek papers, BA-MA MSg 2/5648.
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Proschek papers, BA-MA MSg 2/5648.
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Gunther Jahnke & Bernd Lerch, Der Kessel von Tscherkassy 1944 (Donauwörth, Merkle Druck, 1996).
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Jahnke and Lerch, Der Kessel von Tscherkassy, pp. 52–4.
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Meiser, Die Hölle von Tscherkassy, pp. 196-9.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Meiser, Die Hölle von Tscherkassy, p. 200.
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F. Halle, Fra Finland till Kaukasus–Nordmenn på Østfronten 1941–1945 (Dreyers Forlag, Oslo 1972,) pp. 47–57.