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370. INFANTERIE-DIVISION - UNIT HISTORY
DATE LOCATION
1942/02/02 Northern France (AOK 15 sector) andvarious Wehrkreise
1942/04/25 Rheims, Suippes, Mailly-le-Camp,Epernay, France
1942/05/12 Vitre, Laval, Rennes,Nantes, Mayenne
1942/06/05 Gorlovka, Artemovsk, Konstantinovka,Soviet Union
1942/07/02 Troitskoye, Kaganovicha, Remontnoye,Sverdlovsk, Proletarskaya, Elista,Kizlyar
1942/09/13 Mozdok, Malgobek
1942/10/07 Terek River Bend, Nalchik, El'khotovo,Deyskoye, Kardzhin, Zmeyskaya
1943/01/06 Altud, Novo-Pavlovskaya, Pyatigorsk,Krasnogorskiy, Kursavka, Podgornoye,Kuban River, Gusarovskoye,Ladozhskaya, Korenovskaya,Kr as no armey s k ay a
1943/03/13 Kuban River bridgehead, Kurchanskaya
1943/05/15 Korzhevskiy, Kalabatka, Krymskaya,Staroredutskiy, Anastasiyevskaya,Kuban River
ACTIVITY
Activation (19. Welle),formation, training
(Source: OKH/GenStdH/Org.Abt., HI/131(T78, roll 412, Guide No. 30)
Movement, formation, assembly
Transfer for training
Transfer
Offensive operations,advance
Advance, offensive operations
Defensive engagements
Withdrawal,defensive engagements,position defense
Withdrawal,defensive engagements,position defense
Defensive engagements,position defense,preparations for evacuation
CHAIN OF COMMAND
Subordinate to: Stellv.Gen.Kdo. VIII (Ersatz gestellt)
AOK 1, 1942/04/24-1942/05/08
AOK 7, 1942/05/09-1942/05/21AK 25, 1942/05/22-1942/06/17
HGr. Sued, 1942/06/18-1942/06/20Gruppe von Schwedler, 1942/06/21-1942/07/02
AK 52, 1942/07/03-1942/09/23
C.O.: Gen.Maj. Erich Diestel, mFb, 1942/09/13-1942/09/15Gen.Lt. Fritz Becker, 1942/09/15-1944/06/01
Subordinate to: AK 3 Pz, 1942/09/23-1942/11/06
AK 52, 1942/11/07-1943/01/03
AK 3 Pz, 1943/01/04-1943/01/22AK 52, 1943/01/23-1943/03/02
AK 49 Geb, 1943/03/03-1943/10/08
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DATE
1943/09/08
1943/10/09
1943/11/03
LOCATION
Kuban River bridgehead, Golubitskaya,Fontalovskaya to Kerch,Novo-Aleksandrovka, Crimea
Akimovka, Melitopol, Mogilev,Pavlovka, Kostogryzovo
Antonovka, Nikol'skoye, Kindiyka,Dnieper River, Kherson
ACTIVITY
Beginning of evacuation
Withdrawal,defensive engagements
Withdrawal,defensive engagements
CHAIN OF COMMAND
AK 29, 1943/10/09-1943/10/12AK 44, 1943/10/12-1943/12/23
Befehlshaber Westtaurien, 1943/12/23-1943/12/30AK 44, 1943/12/31-?
Records of the 370.ID are reproduced on rolls 2158-2163 of NARS Microfilm Publication T315 and are described following the unit history.
Although no records of this division dated later than 1943/12/31 were available in the National Archives, situation maps of Lage Ost,records of OKH/AHA/Abwicklungsstab (afteraction reports), H 41/3, 5, 13, and 57 (T78, rolls 139, 140, and 142) described in Guide 29,p. 39 and 40, and the general officer personnel files show:
1944/01/011944/03/131944/04/02
1944/08/221944/08/27
1944/09/02
1944/10/06
KhersonNikolayev, OdessaComesti, Milesti Mari, Rumania
Troitskoye, Dniester River
Nisporeni, Gorban, Prut RiverHusi,Milesti Mari, Bacu, Duda,Vutkani, Sereth River, Marvila,Orbeni
Mercurea-Ciuc(Csikszereda, Hungary)
Defensive engagementsWithdrawalAirlift of fighting elementsand march of supply troops,defensive engagements by remnants
WithdrawalSurrounded,breakthrough,withdrawal
C.O.: Gen.Lt. Botho Graf von Huelsen,1944/06/01-1944/09/04
Small groups reached the German lines,consolidation of remnants and formationof Div.Gruppe 370.ID.
tfisbandment (by order of AK 72 zbV),remnants used for the reconstitution of the 76.IDand the reformation of the 15.ID.
Manuscripts in the Foreign Military Studies series, prepared by former German officers for the Historical Division, Headquarters U.S.Army, Europe, between 1945 and 1959, contain references to the 370.ID as follows:MS P-074, p. 118, (Demolotions and Mining, Kuban River bridgehead, 1943), by Gen.Maj. Hellmuth DornMS T-9, 1. Ausfertigung, I. Teil (Die Operationen der Heeresgruppe Suedukraine (Sued) in Rumaenien, Ungarn und Oesterreich (Mai 1944 bis Kriegsende),
der Heeresgruppe Nordukraine (A) in Galizien und Ostpolen (Mai bis Ende August 1944) und der Armeegruppe Heinrici (l.Pz.Armee) in den Beskiden(September 1944 bis Ende Januar 1945), by Gen.Lt. Otto Heidkaemper.
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370. I 'NFANTERIE-DIVISION 3
CONTENTS DATES ITEM NO. ROLL 1ST F R A H E
la, TB rait Anlagen . Activity report concerning 1942/04/15-1942/05/31 370.ID 33514/1 2158 1activation of the division with format ion and trainingof 1/3 in the coastal defense sector of AOK 15 inFrance and 2/3 in various wehrkreise in Germany;completion of formation of the division staff on 15 Apr1942; movement to the AOK 1 sector in the Rheiras,Suippes, Mailly-le-Camp r and Epernay areas, 25 Apr ,where assembly was completed on 8 M a y ; and transfer tothe AOK 7 sector in the Laval, Rennes, Angers, Nantes,Vitre, and Mayenne areas for t ra ining, 12-28 May.Transfer , training, and assembly orders; situationmaps; and billeting and detraining surveys,
la, KTB 1. War journal concerning the divisions 1942/06/14-1942/08/23 370.ID 33514/2 2158 46transfer f r o m Brittany, France, to the eastern f r o n t ,which began at Laval on 5 Jon 1942, wi th first arrivalsat Gorlovka and Artemovsk, Russia, on 14 Jun, and atKonstant inovka on 16 Jun; of fens ive operations andadvance to the Troitskoye and Kaganov icha areas by 2Jul, Remon tnoye by 13 Jul, Sverdlovsk by 20 Jul, andProletarskaya by 6 A u g ; and inarch southeastward tosecure Elista (Stepnoi), 16 A u g .
la, KTB 1, 1. Fortsetzung. Cont inuat ion of the war 1942/08/23-1942/09/15 370.ID 33514/3 2158 433journal concerning advance to and offensive operationsin the Elista (Stepnoi) , Kiz lyar , and Dementyevskiyareas and movement in the direction of Malgobek viaRazdolnoye and Mozdok, 2-13 Sep 1942.
la, KTB 1, 2. Fortsetzung. Cont inuat ion of the war 1942/09/16-1942/12/29 370.ID 33514/4 2158 681journal and daily reports concerning offens iveoperations in the Malgobek, Kiz lyar , and the TerekRiver Bend areas, 16 Sep-6 Oct, and defensiveengagements in the Nalchik, Deyskoye, K a r d z h i n ,Elkhotovo, and Zmeyskaya areas, and along the west bankof the Terek River south of Z m e y s k a y a .
la, Anlagenak te a zum KTB 1,. Operationsbefehle. 1942/06/14-1942/12/29 370 . ID 33514/5 2159 1Orders, radio messages, and m a p sketches concerning
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C O N T E N T S
arrival of the division on the eastern front and takingover positions from the 9.ID, offensive operations inthe Artemovsk, Konstantinovka, Kaqanovicha, Kalinovaya,and Troitskoye areas, 2 Jul-15 Aug 1942; security ofthe Elista (Stepnoi) area, 16 Auq; movement southtoward Mozdok, 26 Auq; defense aqainst attackinq enemyforces in the Nalchik and Terek River areas south ofElkhotovo, 7-19 Oct; and the battle tc hold Elkhotovor24 Oct-29 Dec, and in the Zmeyskaya area.
Iar Anlaqenakte b zum KTB 1, Kriegsqliederung.Order-of-battle charts, teletype messages concerninqdistribution of units, and strenqth reports.
la, Anlaqenakte c zum KTB 1, Gefechts- undErfahrunqsberichte. Afteraction reports and critiques,teletype messaqes, and sketches pertaining to theadvance and offensive operations on the Caucasus frontin the Stenka Razin, Mozdok, Andrianov, and Ulan-Erqe(Krasnoye) areas; also a report by the veterinaryofficer on the condition of horses.
la, Anlaqenakte e zum KTB 1, Gefechts- undVerpflequngsstaerken. Personnel, weapons, and combatstrenqth reports includinq reserves and horses, and areport of the personnel branch corcerninq losses andreplacements for the period 21 Jun-29 Dec 1942.
la, Anlagenakte f zum KTB 1, Karten. Maps and sketchesshowing the tactical situation and positions, roadconditions, enemy positions, location of artillery, androute of the division's advance in the Artemovsk,Kaqanovicha, Aleksandrovka, Voroshilovsk, Troitskoye,and Sverdlovsk areas in July 1942, Proletarskaya inAuqust, Mozdok, Halqobek, and Kizlyar in September,Elkhotovo in October, and Kardzhin in November.
la, Anlaqenakte q zum KTB 1, Sonstiqes. Daily reports,orders, messaqes, and directives conc€rninq traininq,assiqnment of personnel, horses, and equipment.
DATES ITEM NO. ROLL 1ST F R A M E
1942/06/24-1942/10/01
1942/07/23-1942/12/13
370.ID 33514/6
370.ID 33514/7
2159 323
2159 336
1942/06/01-1942/12/29
1942/07/20-1942/12/29
370.ID 33514/8
370.ID 33514/9
2159 375
2159 409
1942/05/28-1942/12/24 370.ID 33514/10 2159 561
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commendations and citations, and advance and offensiveoperations in the Konstantinovka, Kaganovicha,Troitskoye, Sverdlovsk, Mozdok, Malgobek, and Kizlyarareas; order for the defense of Elista (Stepnoi), 22Auq; and maps of the Zmeyskaya and El'khotovo areas.
la, KTB 2. War journal concerning disengagement anddefensive operations during withdrawal (madeunavoidable due to the encirclement at Stalingrad andfailure of reinforcements to break through) from theCaucasus to the Kuban sector, from Elkhctovo, 30 Dec19U2, to Altud, Novo-Pavlovskaya, and Kuba (northwestof Nalchik), 6 Jan 19U3; the Gustavstellung at thePyatigorsk bridgehead, 11 Jan; Krasnogorskiy, 12 Jan;the Kursavka position, Alekseyevskoye, Ternovskiy, andPodgornoye, 16 Jan; a severe snowstorm hinderingwithdrawal, crossing the Kuban Biver, 18 Jan, toGusarovskoye, 21 Jan; the Ladozhskaya bridgehead, 29Jan; the Gotenkopfstellung at Korenovskaya, 1 Feb;Krasnoarmeyskaya, 26 Feb (with the Russiansestablishing a bridgehead at the Kuban River, 29 Apr);to Staroredutski y, 15 Way; and to the Kurka Riverposition in the Kuban River sector, 30 Jun.
la, Anlagenakte a. Band 1 zum KTB 2, Operationsakten.Orders, reports, and messages concerning disengagement;defensive operations during withdrawal from theSamankul area (southeast of Nalchik) to the Solka Riverline (Solka-Kuma position south of Pyatigorsk), 30 Dec1942; and occupation of the Gustavstellung in theMalka, Harinskaya, and Baksanenok areas, 2 Jan 1943.
la, Anlagenakte a. Band 2 zum KTB 2, Operationsakten.Orders, reports, messages, and overlays concerningreconnaissance and defensive operations duringwithdrawal to the Alekseyevskoye, Ternovskiy, andPodgornoye areas; withdrawal to the Kuban Riverbridgehead at Ivanovskoye and Nevinnomyssk, 18 Jan
DATES ITEM NO, ROLL 1ST FRAME
1942/12/30-1943/06/30 370.ID 36254/1 2159 732
19a2/12/30-1943/01/14 370.ID 36254/2 2159 911
1943/01/15-1943/02/09 370.ID 36254/3 2160
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1943; movement to Gusaiovskoye, Kazminskoye,Sovetskaya, Saiatorskiy, and Roiuanovskiy; ccossinq theKuban fciver at Ladozhskaya; and occupation and defenseof the Gotenkopfstellung at Korenovskaya, 30 Jan-4 Feb.
la, Anlaqenakte a. Band 3 zum KT.B 2, Operationsakten. 1943/02/10-1943/04/15 370.ID 36254/4 2160 279Orders, reports, messaqes, and overlays concerningdefensive operations and withdrawal westward withdivision headquarters at Krasnoarrceyskaya, 10-18 Feb1943; defense of the south bank of the Kuban Fiver andthe Katinka position in the Kurchanskaya area, 9 Apr;orders for evacuation ot destruction cf equipment; andspecial orders for enqineers and construction troops.
la, AulaqenaktG a, Band 4 zum KTB 2, Operationsakten. 1943/04/1b-1943/06/27 370.ID 36254/5 2160 485Corps and division orders, messaqes, and overlaysconcerning defensive operations, rcqrcupinq, andposition defense in the Kurchanskaya, Dzhiqinskoye,Korzhevskiy, and Anastasiyevskaya areas of the KubanRiver sector; intelliqence reports on the eneaiysituation; and an interroqaticn summary.
la, Anlaqenakte b zum KTB 2, KiriegsgliederuiKjen. 1942/12/31-1943/06/07 370. ID 36254/6 2160 596Order-of-battle charts and reports and surveysconcerninq the tactical organization, personnelstrength and losses, and the supply situation,
la, Anlaqenakte c zum KTB 2, Getechts- und 1942/09/02-1943/06/20 370.ID 36254/7 2160 629Erfahrunqsberichte. Afttraction reports and critiquesconcerninq crossinq the Terek River, 2 Sep 1942;assault troop operation across the Kurka River, 17 Apr1943; operations in the Kuban River sector, 30 Apr and17 Jun; the Russian offensive northwest of Krymskaya, 5Jun; afteraction reports of Picnier-Btl. 370 andPropaqanda Kompanie 666 on the defense of the KubanRiver bridgehead, 13 Mar; and a division report to AK39 Geb on losses in weapons and equipment, 14 Mar, andof Gren.Rqt. 666 reiatinq to the loss of "StuetzpunktZ" on 19 Jun.
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CONTENTS DATES ITEH NO. ROLL 1ST FRAME
la, Anlagenakte e zum KTB 2, Gefechts- und 1943/01/15-1943/06/25 370.ID 36254/8 2160 670Verpflegungsstaerken. Personnel, comtat, and rationstrength reports and messages,
la, Anlagenakte f 1 ZUE KTB 2, Lagenkarten, Situation 1942/12/30-1943/06/30 370.ID 36254/9 2160 759maps of the Cherkessk, Kurchanskaya, Krasnoaroeyskaya,Krasnodar, Pyatigorsk, and Varenikovskaya areas and asketch of antitank plan for the Annastellung atAnastasiyevskaya.
la, Anlagenakte f 2 zum KTB 2, Karten und Skizzen. 1943/01/01-1943/06/30 370.ID 36254/10 2160 807Situation maps and overlays of the Kurchanskaya,Krasnodar, Anastasiyevskaya, and Krasnyy Oktyabr areasand sketches showing the organization and subordinationof the artillery,
la, Anlagenakte g zum KTB 2, Taqesbefehle, 1943/01/02-1943/06/28 370.ID 36254/11 2160 868Einzelanordnungen. Organisation, Fernsprueche,Meldungen. Orders, reports, and messages concerningreconnaissance, withdrawal, and position constructionand defense in the Kuban River sector and along theKurka River; demolition in the Krasnoarmeyskaya area;occupation and defense of the Katinka position in theKurchanskaya area; special directives pertaining tobattle conduct, organization, training, signalcommunications, engineer activity, and transportation,administrative^ medical, supply, and personnel matters;and an order of AOK 17 to take steps to reduceunnecessary casualties.
Ila, Beitrag zu Anlagenakte d zum KTB 2 la. Daily, 1943/01/01-1943/06/30 370.ID 36254/12 2161 1monthly, and semiannual statistics on personnel losses,replacements, citations awarded, and lists of officersduty assignments,
la, KTB 4. War journal concerning reconnaissance and 1943/10/09-1943/12/31 370.ID 43207/1 2161 21defensive operations and withdrawal to theNovo-Aleksandrovka, Veseloye, Mikhaylovka, Akimovka,and lelitopol areas in mid-October; the Mogilev,Pavlovka, Kostogryzovo, and Bol'shiye Kopani areas in
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late October; the Antonovka, Nikol'skoye, and Kindiykaareas northeast of Kherson and the Dnieper River inearly November; and the Kherson area in November andDecember 1943. (For KTB 3, see item No. 44562/1, roll2162, frame 188.)
la, Anlagenakte a zum KTB 4, Kriegsgliederungen, 1943/10/09-1943/12/31 370.ID 43207/2 2161 147Zustandsberichte. Order-of-battle charts and statusreports pertaining to refitting and reorganization to anew type division (ID neuer Art) beginning 13 Oct;order for completion of reorganization by 10 Nov; andweekly division status reports to AK 44 concerningtraining, personnel, equipment, weapons, horses, andvehicles,
la, Anlagenakte b zum KTB 4, Laqenkarten. Situation 1943/10/09-1943/12/31 370.ID 43207/3 2161 174maps.
la, Anlagenakte c. Band 1 zum KTB 4, Operationsbefehle. 1943/10/09-1943/12/31 370.ID 43207/4 2161 226Orders, messages, directives, and status reports
concerning assembly and reconnaissance and defensiveoperations in the Akimovka, Novo-Danilovka,Vulkaneshty, and Yelisavetovka areas; takeover of thesector of the 336.ID, 18 Oct; defense of the new lineof resistance in the Mogilev, Novo-Aleksandrovka,Petrovka, and Pavlovka areas and positions on theBol'shoy Utlyuk River, 23 Oct; defensive operations andwithdrawal to the Dnieper River in the Kherson,Arnautka (Kamyshany), Antonovka, Kindiyka, andNikolskoye areas; and reconnaissance for andconstruction of rear positions.
la, Anlagenakte c. Band 2 zum KTB 4, Operationsbefehle. 1943/10/09-1943/12/30 370.ID 43207/5 2161 502Orders, messages, and reports concerning defensive
operations in the Kherson, Kindiyka, Arnautka(Kamyshany), and Nadezhdovka areas and the DnieperRiver Delta. %
la, Anlagenakte d zum KTB 4, Gefechts- und 1943/10/09-1943/12/31 370.ID 43207/6 2161 698Erfahrungsberichte. Afteraction reports and critigues
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of the division and subordinate units and one of AK 44and Gruppe Becker, sketches, and messages concerningcombat operations from Melitopol and Akimovka toKherson.
la, Anlagenakte e zum KTB 4, Karten und Skizzen. Maps, 1943/10/09-1943/12/31 370.ID 43207/7 2161 879sketches, overlays, target information, artillery fireplans, and plans for minelaying and minefields andconstruction of positions in the Akimovka, Antonovka,Kindiyka, and Kherson areas.
Ila, TB als Anlagenband f zum KTB 4 la. A list of 1943/10/09-1943/12/31 370.ID 43207/8 2162 1daily, monthly, and total personnel losses,replacements, and citations awarded,
la, Anlagenakte h zum KTB 4, Gefechts- und 1943/10/09-1943/12/31 370.ID 43207/9 2162 8Verpflegungsstaerken. Strength reports concerningpersonnel, combat readiness, weapons, rations, andlosses and a report on the composition of troops in theKherson bridgehead, 2 Nov 1943.
la, Anlagenakte i zum KTB 4, Tagesbefehle, 1943/10/09-1943/12/31 370.ID 43207/10 2162 97Fuehrungsanordnungen, fieldungen. Orders, messages,directives, and reports relating to defensiveoperations and withdrawal to new positions, losses, andtraining in the Melitopol, Akimovka, and Novo-Danilovkaareas to Kherson and the Dnieper Piver sector; an orderof the day by AK 44 citing the division for meritoriousservice from 23 Oct to 23 Dec 1943; and a wide-rangedivision order based on a Fuehrer order that 1 millionmore troops be made available to the fighting fronts in1944 through tightening the use of personnel, 29 Dec1943.
Ic, TB zum KTB 4 la. Activity reports of the 1943/10/09-1943/12/31 370.ID 43207/11 2162 163intelligence branch concerning enemy operations andsituation, German propaganda, trccp entertainment,intelligence bulletins, and maps of the Dnieper Riversector,
la, KTB 3. War -journal concerning defensive operations 1943/07/01-1943/10/08 370.ID 44562/1 2162 188
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and position construction and defense and disengagementin the Korzhevskiy, Kurchanskaya, Kalabatka,Staroredutskiy, and Anastasiyevskaya areas of the KubanRiver sector and on the Kurka River; preparations forand withdrawal to Kerch beginning 8 Sep 1943, with thelast of the division reaching the Crimea on 8 Oct, andplanned movement to the Melitopol area, 9 Oct.Includes statistics on own and enemy losses and booty.
la, Anlagenakte a zum KTB 3, Operationsakten. Army,corps, and division orders, messages, and overlaysconcerning position defense, regrouping, defensive anddisengagement operations in the Kuban River bridgeheadarea, and withdrawal to Kerch, 8 Sep 1943 and theFontalovskaya area.
la, Anlagenakte b zum KTB 3, Kriegsgliederungen.Order-of-battle charts; status and strength reportsconcerning personnel, eguipment, replacements, losses,vehicles, and weapons; an evaluation report of thefighting capacity of the division; and a division orderfor setting up a new company in the Golubitskaya area.
la, Anlagenakte c zum KTB 3. Afteraction critigues andreports on the defense and evacuation of the KubanRiver bridgehead and statistics on division and enemylosses, ammunition and materiel used, and booty.
Ila, TB als Anlagenakte d zum KTB 3 la. Casualtyreports including monthly losses, replacements,citations awarded, and an officers register.
la, Anlagenakte e zum KTB 3, Gefechts- undVerpflegungsstaerken. Reports on combat strength andpersonnel statistics including casualties, number oftroops recovered from malaria and other illnesses, andthe availability of vehicles.
la, Anlagenakte f I zum KTB 3, Lagenkarten. Situationmaps showing defensive positions in the divisionsector.
DATES ITEM NO. ROLL 1ST FRAME
1943/06/06-1943/10/10 370.ID 44562/2 2162 356
1943/07/01-1943/10/10 .170. ID 44562/3 2162 483
1943/09/25-1943/10/10
1943/07/01-1943/10/08
1943/07/02-1943/09/30
1943/07/17-1943/10/06
370.ID 44562/4
370.ID 44562/5
370.ID 44562/6
370.ID 44562/7
2162
2162
2162
514
565
578
2162 615
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la, Anlagenakte f II zum KTB 3. Situation, supply, andminefield maps; sketches, overlays, and aerialphotographs; and artillery target maps.
la, Anlagenakte g zam KTB 3. Orders, reports,messages, charts, and sketches pertaining to theformation of a combat-ready corps reserve, lengtheningthe main line of resistance to the east bank of theKurka River, reguests for replacements; positionconstruction, and appointment of Kampfkommandanten andStrassenkommandanten for regulating defense andwithdrawal operations from the Kuban Fiver bridgehead;preparations for "Wintervorbereitung*1 (withdrawal toKerch); and afteraction, reconnaissance, and transportreports regarding the evacuation of the Kubanbridgehead and crossing to Kerch, 7 Sep-8 Oct; and anorder of the day by Hitler citing trocps of AOK 17 forthe Kuban campaign.
la, Anlagenakte h zum KTB 3, wintervorbereitung I.Corps and division orders, directives, messages, andsketches concerning withdrawal operations and theevacuation of the Kuban River bridgehead to Kerch,beginning 8 Sep; defense of new positions; demolitionoperations, security, and training; a division orderfor setting up Schattenverband 370,IE (an organizedunit of combat replacements minus supply train) in theCrimea under the Kdr. Feld-Ers.Bt1. 370 and a map ofthe Schattenraum (rear area used for sarshalingreplacements) in the Novo-Aleksandrovka area. Includesintelligence bulletins.
la, Anlagenakte zum KTB 3, Wintervorbereitung II.Corps and division orders, messages, and sketchesconcerning withdrawal operations and evacuation of theKuban River bridgehead to Kerch and Akhtanizovskaya;special directives for antiaircraft defense; antitankplans; arid an intelligence bulletin.
DATES
1943/07/01-1943/10/08
i943/07/03-1943/10/08
ITEM NO.
370.ID 44562/8
370,ID 44562/9
ROLL 1ST FRAME
2162 665
2162 75U
1943/09/02-1943/09/22 370.ID 44562/10 2162 885
1943/09/22-1943/10/05 370.ID 44562/11 2163
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la, Schlammperiode I. Orders, reports, messages, and a 1943/09/06-1943/09/30 370.ID 44562/12 2163 170map concerning march readiness, composition ofwithdrawal units, reconnaissance in the "kleinenGotenkopfstellung," and withdrawal operations in theTemryuk area and along the Kuban River to Kerch andAkhtanizovskaya and an AOK 17 directive regardingdemolition and security measures,
la, Schlammperiode II. Orders, reports, messages, and 1943/09/28-1943/10/06 370.ID 44562/13 2163 389sketches concerning strength of units remaining in theKuban River bridgehead area, construction, mining, anddefense of positions; evacuation cf the "kleineGotenkopfstellung"; and assignment to the Bucharestposition, 29-30 Sep 1943.
la, 370.ID "Schatten", Berichte. Orders, reports, 1943/09/06-1943/10/05 370.ID 44562/14 2163 481messages, charts, and maps relating tc reconnaissanceof a Schattenraum (rear area used for marshalingdivision combat replacements) in the Crimea and settingup a Schattenverband 370.ID (an organized unit ofcombat replacements minus supply train) to be directlysubordinate to the commander of Feld-Ers.Btl. 370, andconstruction of rear positions; a supply bulletin forthe march to the Crimea, 28 Sep 1S43; and maps andoverlays of the Schattenraum of the division in theNovo-Aleksandrovka and Dzhankoy areas,
la, Befehle und Berichte. Orders, reports, messages, 1943/02/06-1943/08/20 370.ID 44562/15 2163 529instructions, sketches, and afteraction reportsconcerning defensive and withdrawal operations, andunloading of air transports at Timashevskaya,Krasnodar, and Slavyansk-na-Kubani; reconnaissance fornew billeting areas; setting up of Schattenverband370.ID in the Crimea with troops arriving from theKerch Peninsula, 6 Feb 1943; a report of 9 May ofSonderstab 370.ID to the operations branch regardingits assignment to prepare for arrival of the divisionin the Feodosiya area, but reassigned tc the Dzhankoy
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area; and a division order of 15 May for transfer ofSchattenstab (Sonderstab) 370.ID from the Crimea to theKuban River bridgehead. Strength reports'and maps ofthe Feodosiya area.
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