Ilmen

Further south, on the eastern side of Lake Ilmen, German units suddenly found themselves surrounded.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

In Latvia, a very small country with a population well under two million souls, units formed from the survivors of the former Latvian army were deployed as early as October 1941 in support of Army Group North, operating south of Lake Ilmen.47 By fall 1943, an entire Latvian brigade was in action on the German side in the Baltic.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

In Latvia, a very small country with a population well under two million souls, units formed from the survivors of the former Latvian army were deployed as early as October 1941 in support of Army Group North, operating south of Lake Ilmen.47 By fall 1943, an entire Latvian brigade was in action on the German side in the Baltic.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

When the Germans had sealed the city off in early September, they found their positions on the southeastern quadrant of the city considerably hindered by boggy ground that extended for several hundred kilometers, an irregular area running all the way from Lake Ilmen to Lake Ladoga on the far northern perimeter of the city.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

The command he inherited was in desperate straits: the German forces at Kholm and Demyansk, insignificant villages south of Lake Ilmen, were surrounded by early February.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Further south, on the eastern side of Lake Ilmen, German units suddenly found themselves surrounded.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

The city was built on a swamp, and indeed there was a great swath of bog to the southeast, from Lake Ilmen past Lake Ladoga.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

The command he inherited was in desperate straits: the German forces at Kholm and Demyansk, insignificant villages south of Lake Ilmen, were surrounded by early February.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

When the Germans had sealed the city off in early September, they found their positions on the southeastern quadrant of the city considerably hindered by boggy ground that extended for several hundred kilometers, an irregular area running all the way from Lake Ilmen to Lake Ladoga on the far northern perimeter of the city.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

The city was built on a swamp, and indeed there was a great swath of bog to the southeast, from Lake Ilmen past Lake Ladoga.

Deathride John Mosier 2010