Aliev Rostislav - The Siege of Brest 1941: A Legend of Red Army Resistance on the Eastern Front

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Map 1: The Brest Fortress

The array of opposing forces and the 45th IDs plan to seize the fortress and the town

1. The Citadel (The Central Island)
2. North Island (The Kobrin Fortification)
3. West Island (The Terespol Fortification)
4. South Island (The Volyn Fortification)
5. The North Military Encampment
6. The South Military Encampment
7. Brest
8. Fort Graf Berg
9. The Proviant Magazines

The positions of the Red Armys forces in Brest (keyed to circled numbers)

1. The Citadel (The Central Island)

2nd Rifle Co., 132nd Separate NKVD Military Escort Battalion

3rd Rifle Co., 132nd Separate NKVD Military Escort Battalion (by 22 June its personnel were carrying out the assignment to escort prisoners into the Soviet interior, and were not located in the fortress)

Headquarters and specialized elements of the 132nd Separate NKVD Military Escort Battalion

9th Line Border Post of the 3rd Border Commandants Headquarters of the 17th Red Banner Border Detachment 3rd Reserve Border Post of the 3rd Border Commandants Headquarters of the 17th Red Banner Border Detachment 3rd Border Commandants Headquarters of the 17th Red Banner Border Detachment

31st Separate Motorized Transport Battalion of the 6th Rifle Division

333rd Rifle Regiment of the 6th Rifle Division (some of its elements by 22 June had been moved out to build fortifications of the fortified district)

84th Rifle Regiment of the 6th Rifle Division (the 1st and 2nd battalions by 22 June had been moved out to build

fortifications of the fortified district, while a portion of the regimental artillery had been moved out to the 4th Armys artillery firing range)

75th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the 6th Rifle Division

33rd Separate Engineering Regiment of the Western Special Military District (part of it was away, building fortifications of the fortified district)

455th Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Rifle Division (the 1st and 2nd battalions by 22 June had been moved out to build fortifications of the fortified district)

7th Separate Signals Battalion of the 6th Rifle Division (by 22 June it had been moved out to a camp near the village of Plosk, and only its alert force remained in the Citadel) Headquarters (headquarters elements) of the 44th Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Rifle Division

School for the junior command staff of the 44th Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Rifle Division

Residents of Brest Oblast whod been summoned to conscript muster points

2. North Island (The Kobrin Fortification)

44th Separate Field Mobile Bakery of the 6th Rifle Division

98th Separate Anti-tank Artillery Battalion of the 6th Rifle Division

393rd Separate Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion of the 42nd Rifle Division (by 22 June its 2nd and 3rd batteries had been withdrawn to the 4th Armys artillery firing range)

Specialized elements of the 44th Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Rifle Division

1st Rifle Battalion of the 44th Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Rifle Division

125th Rifle Regiment of the 6th Rifle Division (the 3rd Battalion by 22 June had moved out to build fortifications of the fortified district)

Transport Company of the 333rd Rifle Regiment of the 6th Rifle Division

Residents of Brest Oblast whod been summoned to conscript muster points

3. West Island (The Terespol Fortification)

Details of the 9th Line Border Post of the 3rd Border Commandants Headquarters of the 17th Red Banner Border Detachment

Details of the 3rd Reserve Border Post of the 3rd Border Commandants Headquarters of the 17th Red Banner Border Detachment

Transport Company of the 17th Red Banner Border Detachment

Sapper Platoon of the 17th Red Banner Border Detachment

Driving School of the Belorussian SSR NKVDs Border Forces

Border Guards at gatherings of light machine-gunners, cavalrymen and athletes

Veterinarian clinic

4. South Island (The Volyn Fortification)

Details of the 9th Line Border Post of the 3rd Commandants Headquarters of the 17th Red Banner Border Detachment

Details of the 3rd Reserve Border Post of the 3rd Commandants Headquarters of the 17th Red Banner Border Detachment

School for the junior command staff of the 84th Comintern Rifle Regiment of the 6th Rifle Division (by 22 June it had moved out to the 4th Armys artillery firing range)

95th Medical-Sanitary Battalion of the 6th Rifle Division Brest Military Hospital

Military Hospital of the 28th Rifle Corps

5. North Military Encampment

111th Separate Sapper Battalion of the 6th Rifle Division (by 22 June it had been moved out to build fortifications of the fortified district)

246th Separate Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion of the 6th Rifle Division

84th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the 42nd Rifle Regiment

18th Separate Signals Battalion (by 22 June it had been moved out to the camp near the village of Plosk, and only its alert force remained)

17th Howitzer Artillery Regiment of the 42nd Rifle Division

158th Separate Motorized Transport Battalion of the 42nd Rifle Division

447th Artillery Regiment of the 28th Rifle Corps District Courses for junior political officers of the 4th Army

6. South Military Encampment

Units of the 22nd Tank Division

7. Brest

Headquarters of the 28th Rifle Corps

Headquarters of the 6th Orel Red Banner Rifle Division

Headquarters of the 42nd Rifle Division

Elements of the 60th Regiment of the 9th Division of NKVD Forces, guarding the railroad facilities (field command, headquarters, political unit, 2nd Battalion headquarters, and a reserve company)