Suicidal Soviet assault on Waffen SS
17th September 1941: Kurt Meyer watches another futile Red Army attack
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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