Volkhov

The German withdrawal into what was subsequently called the Volkhov bridgehead, taken in conjunction with the withdrawals further south, encouraged Stalin in the not unreasonable belief that he could throw the Germans back, and it fanned the flames of discontent among senior German officers, who increasingly took refuge in feelings of professional superiority: Hitler was a meddling amateur who failed to understand strategy.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Hitler directed the army group to mount an offensive out of its northern positions, subsequently known as the Volkhov bridgehead, after the minor railroad town on the river of that name, some 120 kilometers east of Leningrad.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Hitler directed the army group to mount an offensive out of its northern positions, subsequently known as the Volkhov bridgehead, after the minor railroad town on the river of that name, some 120 kilometers east of Leningrad.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

The German withdrawal into what was subsequently called the Volkhov bridgehead, taken in conjunction with the withdrawals further south, encouraged Stalin in the not unreasonable belief that he could throw the Germans back, and it fanned the flames of discontent among senior German officers, who increasingly took refuge in feelings of professional superiority: Hitler was a meddling amateur who failed to understand strategy.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

When von Bock withdrew during the first week in December, von Arnim was in a precarious position, and finally pulled back into his original positions along the Volkhov River.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

North of Novgorod there was a substantial gap, and the Russians crossed the Volkhov River.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

When von Bock withdrew during the first week in December, von Arnim was in a precarious position, and finally pulled back into his original positions along the Volkhov River.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

North of Novgorod there was a substantial gap, and the Russians crossed the Volkhov River.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

He needed to give up the town, needed to pull his forces all the way back to the Volkhov River, the first defensible line to the west.

Sealing Their Fate David Downing 2009

Under my windows the wavelets of the Volkhov which has its part in one of the stories are beating quietly in the dusk.

Archive 2006-12-01 Jon Bischke 2006