Read The Road to Berlin Online
Authors: John Erickson
Tags: #History, #Europe, #Former Soviet Republics, #Military, #World War II
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Marshal of the Soviet Union I.S. Koniev
Additional interview material from: Marshal of the Soviet Union A.I. Yeremenko; Chief Marshal (Artillery) N. Voronov; General S.P. Platonov; General N.G. Pavlenko;
General P.I. Batov; General A.E. Boltin; General I.I. Yushchuk; General B.S. Tel’pukhovskii; Colonel B. Polevoi; Colonel K. Ya. Samsonov; Lt.-Col. S.A. Neustroyev; Irena Nikolaevna Levchenko.
I have retained complete transcripts of these exchanges and I have drawn upon them extensively for this present volume. In addition, I was able to make considerable use of the original
Stavka
directives and associated operational orders. To supplement this invaluable material I also turned to personal diaries and personal archives made available to me, so that there may be some discrepancies between what is recorded in official accounts and what I have uncovered from contemporary, personal records—in which event I have relied almost exclusively on the contemporary record, as opposed to any retrospective construction and interpretation.
II. GERMAN MILITARY DOCUMENTS (GMD)
For this Bibliography, the German materials have been grouped as follows:
General/
Chefsachen/War
diaries
(KTB)
(a) Army Groups
(b) Armies/Corps
Intelligence reports/assessments of Soviet forces (organization, command, weapons, tactics)
Map collections
This compilation cannot pretend in the least to be comprehensive; it is intended merely to identify types of material utilized throughout the present work, such as
Chefsachen
, or army/corps records where relevant. Under (2) I have attempted
to
assemble a profile of significant intelligence reports and assessments.
1.
General/Chefsachen
/War diaries
(KTB)
‘Aufmarsch Barbarossa 1941’
(Chefsachen). See:
Aufmarschanweisung ‘Barbarossa’
(Chefsachen), January 1941, April–September 1941, OKH/GenStdH/Op. Abt. T-78/R335, 6291208–1819.
‘Barbarossa Bd
. 3’, Op. Abt. III (Chefsachen), September 1941–February 1942. T-78/R335, 6291819–958.
‘ …
über dem Umbau des Heeres nach Abschluss Barbarossa’
(Chefsache), July 1941 (Vortragsnotiz, prepared by Op. Abt.). T-78/R338, 6292343–433.
‘Barbarossa Bd. 4’
, Op. Abt. III (Chefsachen), Operation ‘Blau’: operational material March–July 1942. T-78/R336, 6291960–2175.
‘Barbarossa Bd. 5’
, Op. Abt. III (Chefsachen), Continuation Bd. 4, to June–October 1942. T-78/R336, 6292175–334.
‘Kaukasus’:
Planning papers for ‘Unternehmen Kaukasus’, Op. Abt. II, 1940–42. T-78/R336, 6292583–726.
Plans/dispositions campaign in Russia 1942
. GenStdH/Org. Abt. Evaluations Soviet strength, German dispositions (1942). See esp. ‘Weisung für die Aufgaben des Ostheeres im Winter 1941/42’ (6402283–) and ‘Auffrischung and Umbildung des Ostheeres im Frühjahr 1942’ (6402374–). T-78/R430, 6402397–2694.
War Diary: OKH/GenStdH/Op. Abt. la: KTB
(1945). For period 2–24 April 1945; includes Feindlage, operational material. T-78/R304, 6254545–5440. (See also KTB Anlagen, capture of Budapest, Soviet January 1945 offensive,
Festungen
… for period 1–28 February 1945; 6255440–785.)
War Diary: Chefsachen Anlagen zum
KTB/OKH/GenStdH/Op. Abt. Ia. Hitler’s directives, Guderian papers, regrouping on Eastern Front (January-March 1945). T-78/R305, 6255787–6059.
Chefsachen ab 1.1.45
. FHO (Chef): OKH/GenSt/Op. Abt. Operational orders, period 11 January-13 April 1945. T-78/R496, 6484110–286. (See maps ‘Vermutliche Weiterführung der sowj. russ. Operationen’: Stand 2.2.45.) (Important collection.)
After-action reports/survivors/units
disbanded or disabled: Eastern Front 1944–5.
OKH/Allgemeines Heeresamt/Abwicklungsstab:
Reports, survivors units mauled on Ostfront: Jan.–March 1945
Reports, survivors units, Crimea, April–May 1944
Reports, survivors, Rumania, August 1944
9th
Luftwaffe-Felddivision
, Oranienburg pocket, February 1944
Fate of units, Army Group Centre, destroyed by Soviet offensive, June–July/September 1944
Destruction, units of 4th Army, June–July 1944
Additional files, German units/Army Group Centre, destroyed June–July 1944. T-78/R139, 6067660–6069008.
Rumania:
Deutsche Heeresmission in Rumänien
. Folder: June–July 1941, papers, reports, Rumanian-Soviet situation. T-501/R280, 1093–1190. Folder:
Deutsche Mission
… Conferences, Antonescu and military questions, military operations in areas AGps A and B (1942). T-501/R281, 619–1175.
Sonderakte Verhalten der Rumänen
, FHO(II). Collapse of 3rd Rumanian Army, Rumanian resistance nw Stalingrad, November 1942–March 1943. T-78/R459, 6437425–501.
Ungarn-Chefs. v 29.3–2.4.44. OKH (GenStdH). Defence of Hungarian territory, mobilization of Hungarian forces. T-78/R333, 6291114–122.
Ungarn, Bd. III, v. 5.3.-21.3.44 (Chefsachen). OKH/GenStdH/Op. Abt. II. Operations in Hungary, performance Hungarian troops (papers for Feb. 1942–March 1944). T-78/R333, 6290687–844.
Bulgarien vom 4.2.43–16.5.44 (Chefs.). OKH/GenStdH/Op. Abt. II. Operations in Bulgaria, plans, possible Turkish policies. T-78/R333, 6290413–482.
(a) Army Groups
Heeresgruppe Nord
(AGp North). Tactical groupings for ‘Barbarossa’, battle reports 16A and 18A, 3rd and 4th
Panzergruppen
, opening/siege of Leningrad, Leningrad-Volkhov operations: March 1941–Jan. 1942. T-311/R51, 7063699–7066741.
War Diary (KTB):
Volkhov-Neva-Ilmen-Tikhvin (November 1941); Staraya Russa/Kholm (January 1942); Volkhov-Finnish front (April 1942). T-311/R54, 7066372–7067843.
War Diary (KTB):
Volkhov pocket, AGp North sector (June 1942); Volkhov operations (July 1942); Soviet/German operations, Volkhov/Staraya Russa. T-311/R55, 7067846–8670.
Spanische Division
/Spanische Legion. Spanish Legion, operations near Leningrad, replacement by German units (October 1941–August 1942). T-311/R72, 7093678–920.
Operation ‘Nordlicht’
(capture of Leningrad). Operational directives, maps, signals (August-October 1942). T-311/R75, 7098019–8290.