![]() The heights have steep slopes and rise 20–50 m above the surrounding land. The central was the Grenaderimägi (Grenadier Hill Grenadierhöhe) and the westernmost was the Tornimägi (Tower Hill, also known in German as or 69.9 or Liebhöhe (Love Hill)). ![]() The eastern hill was known to Estonians as the Lastekodumägi (Orphanage Hill Kinderheimhöhe in German). Main articles: Battle of Narva (1944) and Narva Offensive (July 1944) View from the summit of the Grenadier Hill towards the Orphanage HillĪfter defending the Narva bridgehead for six months, the German forces fell back to the Tannenberg Line in the hills of Sinimäed ( Russian: Синие горы) on 26 July 1944. As the Soviet forces were constantly reinforced, their overall casualties are estimated by Estonian historian Mart Laar to be 170,000 dead and wounded. ![]() The German force of 22,250 men held off 136,830 Soviet troops. Roughly half of the infantry consisted of the personnel of the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian). Waffen-SS forces included 24 volunteer infantry battalions from the SS Division Nordland, the SS Division Langemarck, the SS Division Nederland, and the Walloon Legion. The strategic aim of the Soviet Estonian Operation was to reoccupy Estonia as a favorable base for the invasions of Finland and East Prussia. The battle was fought on the Eastern Front during World War II. They fought for the strategically important Narva Isthmus from 25 July–10 August 1944. The Battle of Tannenberg Line ( German: Die Schlacht um die Tannenbergstellung Russian: Битва за линию «Танненберг») or the Battle of the Blue Hills ( Estonian: Sinimägede lahing) was a military engagement between the German Army Detachment Narwa and the Soviet Leningrad Front. The battle of Tannenberg led up to the next battle.This is a sub-article to Battle of Narva (1944). The Germans were very happy that they won the battle. They pretty much destroyed the entire Russian first and second army and took them as prisoners. When the battle was completely over, they realized that because the Germans won that battle, it was a big battle to win. The Russians surrendered and almost all of the soldiers were taken as prisoners. In the middle of the night, the Russians were surrounded by the German army with no way to escape. The Russians moved and went towards Neidenburg. The main battle started on August 26th, on this day, the German army ordered an attack on the Russians left wing and ended up making the Russians retreat. These little attacks all led up to the main battle and bigger attacks. The German’s retreated to avoid bigger attacks. On the 24th, they met again at Orlau-Frankenau and the Russians attacked the Germans again. On August 23rd the Russian’s second army attacked the German’s XX corps. This battle took place August 23rd through August 30th. ![]() ![]() The Battle of Tannenberg all started in August 1914, during the first few days of WW1 between the Russian’s first and second armies, and the German eighth army. So I am going to be talking about what happened before, during, and after the battle, in more detail. The results were the Germans defeated the Russians. In the actual battle, the Germans started attacking back and finally made the Russians stop attacking. Before the battle, the Russians started invading and attacking the German Army and that led into the battle. The Battle of Tannenberg was a very short battle, there were things that happened before the battle, during the battle, and after the battle. ![]()
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