Suicidal Soviet assault on Waffen SS
17th September 1941: Kurt Meyer watches another futile Red Army attack
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As another huge German encirclement developed in the south of Russia the Red Army was becoming increasingly desperate.
In the early hours of the 17th September 1941 SS-Sturmbannführer (Major) Kurt Meyers SS reconnaissance troops approached Genitschesk [H…
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