Leningrad strategic defensive operation order of battle
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This is the order of battle for the Leningrad Strategic Defensive covering the period 10 July to 30 September 1941.
Soviet Union
[edit]Fronts and Fleets
[edit]Northern Front
[edit]The Northern Front was active from 10 July to 23 August 1941 when the command was divided into the Karelian and Leningrad Fronts. Operated in Estonia.
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Composition as of 1 July 1941:[1]
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Composition as of 1 August 1941[1]
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The Leningrad Front (Russian: Ленинградский фронт) was first formed on 23 August 1941, by dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and Karelian Front, during the German approach on Leningrad. The Front participated through the ed of the operation. It operated from the Gulf of Finland to Lake Ilmen and in Estonia until 27 August.
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Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
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The Northwestern Front was involved in the operation for the entire duration. It operated in the area from Pskov to Novorzhev, then south and southeast of Lake Ilmen.
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Composition on 1 July 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 August 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 October 1941[2]
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SOURCE:[3]
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Red Army
[edit]The 8th Army was involved in the operation for the entire period. First operating in Estonia, then divided into two parts, one the Tallinn area and the other in the Narva - Kingisepp, the army ended the operation in the area which would become the Oranienbaum Bridgehead.
6 commanders between 22 June - 30 September 1941.
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Composition on 1 July 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 August 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
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The 11th Army was involved in the operation for the entire period. It led the defense of the areas west and southwest of the Lake Ilmen retreating to the area south and then southeast of the lake.
Commander : Vasili Morozov
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Composition on 1 July 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 August 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
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The 27th Army was involved in the operation for the entire period. Led the defense in the area from Slavkovichi - Novorzhev, retreating towards Kholm and then further to the north shore of Lake Seliger.
Commander : Nikolai Berzarin
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Composition on 1 July 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 August 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
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The army's involvement began in early August 1941 near Staraya Russa and to the south. The army eventually retreated to the area east of Demyansk.
Commanders : Kuzma Kachanov until 12 September - Petr Alferev
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Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
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The army took part in the operation from 9–30 September 1941. Conducted combat operations in the approaches to Leningrad from the Gulf of Finland to the city of Pushkin.
Commanders : Fedor Sergeevich Ivanov until 15 September - Ivan Fedyuninsky
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Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
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The army was involved in the operation from 10 August to 14 September 1941 when the army was disbanded. The army operated in the area west of the Lake Ilmen.
Commanders : Stepan Akimov until 31 August - Maksim Antoniuk
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Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
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The army was involved in the operation from 26 August to the turn of the Volkhov River north of Novgorod.
Commander : Nikolai Klykov
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Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
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The army was formed on 5 September 1941 with the mission of securing the shores of Lake Ladoga to prevent the Germans from encircling Leningrad. The army participated in the operation to the end.
Commanders : Grigory Kulik until 25 September - Mikhail Khozin
Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
- 3rd Guards Rifle Division
- 4th Guards Rifle Division
- 128th Rifle Division
- 286th Rifle Division
- 294th Rifle Division
- 310th Rifle Division
- 1st Mountain Brigade
- 881st Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
- 882nd Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
- 2/5th Guards Mortar Regiment
- 4/4th Guards Mortar Regiment
- 21st Tank Division
- 16th Tank Brigade
- 122nd Tank Brigade
- 5th Motorized Engineer Battalion
- 135th Motorized Engineer Battalion
- 136th Motorized Engineer Battalion
- 3rd Reserve Aviation Group
- four Fighter Aviation Regiments
- three Bomber Aviation Regiment
- one Assault Aviation Regiment
The army was formed on 1 September 1941 and operated in the area from Pushkin to the bend of the Neva River through the end of the operation.
Commander : Ivan Gavrilovich Lazarev
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Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
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Leningrad People's Militia
[edit]See Leningrad Narodnoe Opolcheniye Army for details on Leningrad's Militia units. In late September 1941 the divisions were incorporated into the Red Army.
Operational Groups
[edit]Luga Operational Group/Southern Operational Group
[edit]Took part in the fighting from mid-July in Luga through 16 September when the group was disbanded in Leningrad.
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Composition on 1 August 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
- 1st Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division
- 2nd Leningrad People's Militia Division
- 522nd Rifle Regiment (191st Rifle Division)
- 519th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
- 24th Tank Regiment (1st Tank Division)
- 295th Sapper Battalion
Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
- 115th Rifle Division
- 1st Rifle Division (NKVD)
- 4th Naval Infantry Brigade
- 1st Fighter Battalion
- 4th Fighter Battalion
- 5th Fighter Battalion
- 230th Artillery Regiment (71st Rifle Division)
- 1/577th Howitzer Artillery Regiment
- 24th Antitank Artillery Battalion
- 20th Mortar Battalion
- 107th Tank Battalion
- 21st Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
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Composition on 1 August 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
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Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
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German
[edit]Presents the largest and units of the German armed forces. It should be borne in mind that the operation involved a variety of specialist, such as artillery and self-propelled artillery (including the provision of OKH), Samokatnaya, rail, engineering, combat engineers, pontoon bridge, part of the army air defense and air defense and the Luftwaffe.
Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord) (Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb)
[edit]Data on 8 August 1941.
18th Army (Generaloberst Georg von Küchler)
[edit]Participated throughout the operation. Led offensive in Estonia, along the eastern shore of Lake Peipsi, then advanced on Leningrad from the south-west and west.
The XXXXII Army Corps was transferred to the 18th Army on 18 July 1941.
Panzergruppe 4 (Generaloberst Erich Hoepner)
[edit]Participated in the operation from 10 July to 18 September 1941. The unit was the main striking force for the German forces attack towards Leningrad. The LVI Motorized Corps advanced towards Luga, bypassing the city to the north, breaking through Soviet positions south of Kingisepp, Krasnogvardeisk, and reached the Pulkovo Heights. On 15 September the main forces of the group begin its redeployment from the Leningrad axis to the Moscow axis.
The L Army Corps was transferred to the group on 14 August 1941.
- XXXXI Corps (mot.) (Georg-Hans Reinhardt)
- LVI Motorized Corps (Erich von Manstein)
- XXXVIII Corps (Friedrich-Wilhelm von Chappuis)
- L Army Corps (Georg Lindemann) (from 14 August 1941)
16th Army (Generaloberst Ernst Busch)
[edit]Participated in the operation for the entire period. Originally moving in the area south of Lake Ilmen, the army's right flank was engaged against the Western Front. After regrouping the army advanced north and south of Lake Ilmen on the Novgorod-Chudovo-Leningrad and Staraya Russa-Kholm-Demyansk axis.
- XXVIII Army Corps (Mauritz von Wiktorin)
- I Army Corps (Kuno-Hans von Both)
- II Army Corps (Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt)
- X Army Corps (Christian Hansen)
Part of the group was involved in operations from 24 August to the end of the operation at Leningrad (XXXIX Motorized Corps) and from 30 August to 24 September 1941 in the Demyansk direction (LVII Motorized Corps).
Data as of 3 August 1941.[4]
- 2.(F)/ObdL Wekusta (2nd Squadron, Long-Range reconnaissance Luftwaffe High Command)
- 1 KGr z.b.V. 106 (1st Transport Squadron, 106th Military Transport Group)
Took part in the entire operation. Reinforces by Kampfgeschwader 4 on 6 August 1941.
- 5th Squadron, 122nd Intelligence Group
- Kampfgeschwader 1 - He 111H, Ju 88A (Group 2 and 3)
- Kampfgeschwader 76 - Ju 88A
- Kampfgeschwader 77 - Ju 88A
- Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 - Ju 87B, Bf 110
- Zerstörergeschwader 26 - Bf 110 (Group 1 and 2)
- Jagdgeschwader 54 - Bf 109F
- Jagdgeschwader 53 - Bf 109F (Group 2 only)
The VIII. Fliegerkorps took part in the operation from late July to 20 September 1941.
- 2nd Squadron, 11th Intelligence Group
- 1st Transport Squadron, 4th Transport Group
- Kampfgeschwader 2 - Do 17Z (Group 1)
- Kampfgeschwader 3 - Do 17Z (Group 3)
- Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 - Bf 110 (Group 2)
- Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 - Ju 87B (Group 1, 3)
- Lehrgeschwader 2 - Bf 109E, Hs 123 (2nd and 10th Squadron)
- Jagdgeschwader 27 - Bf 109F, Bf 109E (Group 3 only)
- Jagdgeschwader 52 - Bf 109F (Group 2 only)
Reconnaissance Group East
[edit]- 125th Naval Intelligence Group
- Kampfgruppe 806 - Ju 88A
- Jagdgeschwader 54 - Bf 109E (only 1 staffel)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Marchand, Jean-Luc (2010). Order of Battle Soviet Army World War 2 1941 June to September Vol 1. West Chester, OH: The Nafziger Collection. ISBN 978-1-58545-269-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Marchand, Jean-Luc (2010). Order of Battle Soviet Army World War 2 1941 October to December Vol 2. West Chester, OH: The Nafziger Collection. ISBN 978-1585452705.
- ^ Keskinen, Kalevi; Mäntykoski, Jorma, eds. (1991). The Finnish Navy At War in 1939–1945 (Suomen Laivasto Sodassa 1939–1945). Espoo: Tietoteos Ky. p. 153. ISBN 951-8919-05-4. OL 1778118M.
- ^ Luftwaffe Orders of Battle on the Eastern Front, 1941 Archived 2014-01-08 at the Wayback Machine