David Stahel - Soldiers of Barbarossa: Combat on the Eastern Front

The editors of this volume are acutely aware that their efforts would have been for naught without the support and encouragement of colleagues and friends. We would like to take a brief moment to provide the acknowledgment they deserve. Let us begin with Mr. David Reisch, the senior history editor of Stackpole Books, who believed in us and our concept and gave us the intellectual and artistic space we required to produce this unique book; David was our advocate every step of the way, and for that we will always be grateful. Among Davids colleagues at Stackpole who also deserve recognition are production editor Elaine McGarraugh, assistant editor Stephanie Otto, and copy editor Melissa Churchill. Thanks are also due to proofreader Linda Hoffman and layout artist Karen Weldon for their crucial contributions.

Special thanks are also due Dr. Richard L. DiNardo, professor of national security affairs, Marine Corps Command and Staff College (Quantico, Virginia), for preparing the foreword to Soldiers of Barbarossa. Also meriting high praise is Dr. Madeleine Brook (now teaching at the University of Stuttgart, Germany) for her translations of hundreds of field post letters. While we translated a portion of the letters ourselves, Madeleines expert translations constitute the bulk of this book. Dr. Brook also conducted research and provided us with a large tranche of German letters from the Library of Contemporary History in Stuttgart; in this activity, she was ably supported by Frau Irina Renz, head of special collections at the library.

We would also like to acknowledge (in no particular order) cartographer Joe Youst for drawing the exquisitely detailed maps, Dr. Oleg Beyda for his assistance with research, dear friend and colleague Herr Johannes Haape for permission to use photographs from his Haape Family Archive, Herr Arne Schrader and Christian Reith of the German War Graves Commission for permission to use commission photographs, Mr. Rupert Harding (Pen & Sword Books, UK) for permission to use photographs, and Henleys Photo Shop (Bakersfield, California) for producing the high-quality photographs that grace this book.

ARMY GROUP NORTH

GFM Ritter von Leeb

ARMY GROUP RESERVE

206 Infantry Division
251 Infantry Division
254 Infantry Division

OKH RESERVE (AT ARMY GROUP NORTH)

86 Infantry Division (in transport)

SS Police Infantry Division (in transport)

REAR ARMY AREA 101

207 Security Division
281 Security Division
285 Security Division

SIXTEENTH ARMY

Generaloberst Ernst Busch

253 Infantry Division (army reserve)

2 Army Corps

12 Infantry Division

32 Infantry Division

121 Infantry Division

10 Army Corps

30 Infantry Division

126 Infantry Division

28 Army Corps

122 Infantry Division

123 Infantry Division

4 PANZER GROUP

Generaloberst Erich Hoepner

SS Totenkopf Infantry Division (mot.) (group reserve)

41 Panzer Corps

1 Panzer Division

6 Panzer Division

36 Infantry Division (mot.)

269 Infantry Division

56 Panzer Corps

8 Panzer Division

3 Infantry Division (mot.)

290 Infantry Division

EIGHTEENTH ARMY

Generaloberst Georg von Kchler

1 Army Corps

1 Infantry Division

11 Infantry Division

21 Infantry Division

26 Army Corps

61 Infantry Division

217 Infantry Division

291 Infantry Division

38 Army Corps

58 Infantry Division

ARMY GROUP CENTER

GFM Fedor von Bock

ARMY GROUP RESERVE

293 Infantry Division

OKH RESERVE (AT ARMY GROUP CENTER)

15 Infantry Division (in transport)

52 Infantry Division (in transport)

106 Infantry Division (in transport)

110 Infantry Division (in transport)

112 Infantry Division (in transport)

197 Infantry Division (in transport)

900 Instructional (Lehr) Brigade (mot.)

REAR ARMY AREA 102

221 Security Division 286 Security Division 403 Security Division

2 PANZER GROUP

Generaloberst Heinz Guderian

255 Infantry Division (group reserve)

12 Army Corps

31 Infantry Division

34 Infantry Division

45 Infantry Division

24 Panzer Corps

3 Panzer Division

4 Panzer Division

10 Infantry Division (mot.)

267 Infantry Division

1 Cavalry Division

46 Panzer Corps

10 Panzer Division

SS Das Reich Infantry Division (mot.)

Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland (mot.)

47 Panzer Corps

17 Panzer Division

18 Panzer Division

29 Infantry Division (mot.)

167 Infantry Division

FOURTH ARMY

GFM Gnther von Kluge

7 Army Corps

7 Infantry Division

23 Infantry Division

258 Infantry Division

268 Infantry Division

9 Army Corps

137 Infantry Division

263 Infantry Division

292 Infantry Division

13 Army Corps

17 Infantry Division

78 Infantry Division

43 Army Corps

131 Infantry Division

134 Infantry Division

252 Infantry Division

NINTH ARMY

Generaloberst Adolf Strauss

8 Army Corps

8 Infantry Division

28 Infantry Division

161 Infantry Division

20 Army Corps

162 Infantry Division

256 Infantry Division

42 Army Corps

87 Infantry Division

102 Infantry Division

129 Infantry Division

3 PANZER GROUP

Generaloberst Hermann Hoth

5 Army Corps

5 Infantry Division

35 Infantry Division

6 Army Corps

6 Infantry Division

26 Infantry Division

39 Panzer Corps

7 Panzer Division

20 Panzer Division

14 Infantry Division (mot.)

20 Infantry Division (mot.)

57 Panzer Corps

12 Panzer Division

19 Panzer Division

18 Infantry Division (mot.)