Maps 1942

(North-Western Direction)

UpdatedSeptember 15, 2009
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Typical Soviet Abbreviations

Some typical coding of Soviet military maps and battle schemes

Abbreviations of units

upThe Battle for Leningrad:
Leningrad & Volkhov Fronts
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
L4201 Positions of the 330th Rifle Regiment Moskovskaya Dubrovka area 86RD/NOG/LF Apr.8 Rus 8
L4202 The decision of the Volkhov operational group Commander on breaking the encirclement by forces of the 2nd Shock Army Chudovo vicinities VF May Rus 4
L4203 Decision of the Volkhov Group on escaping of the 2nd Gds. Army from encirclement N from Novgorod VF ~May 12 Rus 5
L4204 Artillery fire system in fortification of the 880th Rifle Regiment Pulkovo area 189RD/42A/LF Aug. 1 Rus 1
L4205 Sinyavinskaya operation Sinyavino area VF Aug 19-Sept Rus 2
See also 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 years
 
upNorth-Western Front
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
NW4201 Course of operations on Staraya Russa and Demyansk directions Demyansk - Staraya Russa NWF Jan. 7-Mar. 1 Rus 3
NW4202 Plans of the Toropets-Kholm operation Toropets - Kholm NWF Jan 9-Feb. 6 Rus 6
Plans of the Toropets-Kholm operation Rus 7
NW4203 Course of operations of the 3rd Shock Army in the Toropets-Kholm operation Seliger lake - Kholm NWF Jan. 9-21 Rus 3
NW4204 Course of operations of the 4th Shock Army in the Toropets-Kholm operation Seliger lake - Toropets NWF Jan. 9-21 Rus 3
NW4205 Course of operations of the 4th Shock Army in the Toropets-Kholm operation Velizh - Demidov area NWF Jan. 23-31 Rus 3
NW4206 Unblocking of the Demyansk group of German troops Demyansk area 34A; 1SA/NWF Mar. 20-Apr 7 Rus 3
NW4207 Defensive positions of German troops and decision of the 1/898th Rifle Regiment commander for fight Aug. 10NEW Seliger lake area

898RR/245RD/

34A/NWF

 Aug.3 Rus 9
NW4208 Fight of the 1/898 Rifle RegimentNEW Seliger lake area

898RR/245RD/

34A/NWF

 Aug.10-11 Rus 9

Abbreviations:

A - Army

KF - Kalinin Front

LF -Leningrad Front

NOG - Neva Operative Group

NWF - North-Western Front

RD - Rifle Division

SA - Shock Army

VF - Volkhov Front

Literature:
  1. "Taktika v boevykh primerakh. Polk", Voyennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, Moskva, 1974. (cited from docs.vif2.ru)
  2. G.A. Shigin, "Bitva za Leningrad: Krupnye operatsii, "Belii pyatna", poteri", Moskva, AST, 2005
  3. A. Isaev, "Kratkij kurs istorii Velikoi Otechestvennoi vojny. Nastuplenije Marshala Shaposhnikova", Moskva, "Yauza", "EKSMO", 2005
  4. www.rkka.ru
  5. Tankomaster, No. 2/2006, Moskva
  6. "Features of Toropets-Kholm operation",Voyenno-Istoricheskiy Zhurnal No. 1/1988, pp. 38-45. (cited from American copy)
  7. "Features of Toropets-Kholm operation",Voyenno-Istoricheskiy Zhurnal No. 1/1988, pp. 38-45. (cited from www.hist-battle.chat.ru & http://battles.h1.ru)
  8. TsAMO archive. cited from the site www.po-patriot.com
  9. Boyevyje dejstviya strelkovogo bataljona, Moskva, Vojenizdat, 1957 (cited from militera.lib.ru)
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