Disposition of forces Operation Bagration
1 disposition of forces
1.1 wehrmacht
1.1.1 feste plätze
1.1.2 order of battle
disposition of forces
wehrmacht
panther on eastern front, june 21, 1944
feste plätze
the wehrmacht s forces based on logistic lines of communications , centres, on hitler s orders declared feste plätze (fortified towns held @ costs) okh. general jordan of 9th army worried @ how vulnerable immobility made army, correctly predicting if soviet offensive breaks out army either have go on mobile defence or see front smashed . however, because initial offensive in belarus thought feint, feste plätze spanned entire length of eastern front. north south these feste plätze designated follows.
army group north had feste plätze @ reval (tallinn), rakvere, jõhvi, dorpat (tartu), pleskau (pskov), ostrov, opochka, rēzekne.
army group centre had feste plätze @ polotsk, vitebsk, orsha, mogilev, baranovichi, borisov, minsk, babruysk, slutsk, luninets, pinsk, kovel, vilnius.
army group northern ukraine had feste plätze @ brody, tarnopol, proskurov, zhmerynka.
army group southern ukraine had feste plätze @ vinnitsa, uman, novoukrainka, pervomaisk, voznesensk, nikolayev.
order of battle
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