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DATE LOCATION ACTIVITY CHAIN OF COMMAND 1940/02/02 Wehrkreis IV, Leipzig Activation (8. Welle), C.O.: Gen.Lt. Otto Gaboke, 1940/02/02-1942/03/22 Bergen-Fallingbostel, Doebeln, formation, training Subordinate to: Stellv.Gen.Kdo. IV, 1940/02/02-1940/05/18 Altenburg

1940/05/17 Schnee Eifel, Stadtkyll, Transfer AOK 4, 1940/05/19-1940/05/21 Kronenburg 1940/05/21 Stavelot, La Roche-en-Ardenne, Invasion of Belgium AK 38, 1940/05/21-1940/05/27 Saint-Hubert, Dinant, Gedinne advance

1940/05/25 Montherme, Le Tremblois, Advance into , AK 43, 1940/05/27-1940/05/31 , Marie, Sissonne, offensive engagements AK 6, 1940/06/01-1940/06/04 Pont-Arcy, Epernay, Sezanne, AK 9, 1940/06/05-1940/06/12 Rorai11y-sur-Seine, Troyes, AOK 2, 1940/06/13-1940/06/19 Tonnerre, AvalIon, Tannay AK 26, 1940/06/19-1940/06/25 1940/06/25 Sarthe and Mayenne Departments Movement, occupation duty AOK 2, 1940/06/25-1940/07/04 AOK 6, 1940/07/05-1940/07/09 AOK 7, 1940/07/10-1940/07/13 1940/07/13 Le Mans, Laval, Alencon, Occupation duty, training, AK 9, 1940/07/14-1940/09/02 Poitiers, Chatellerault, regrouping, movement Ruffec

1940/09/10 Charroux, Confolens, Securing and closing of AK 6, 1940/09/03-1940/11/30 La Roche-Posay, Chatellerault demarkation line, training 1940/12/01 Loiret, Vienne, Loire River, Occupation duty, training AK 59 Hoeheres Kommando, 1940/12/01-1941/02/25 Gien, Montargis, Lorris 1941/03/09 Caracal, Rumania Transfer (source: situation maps 1941/03/22 Pleven, Lukovit, Godech, Bulgaria of Lage West and Suedost; no records 1941/04/09 Pirot, Nis, Stalac, Yugoslavia for the period 1941/02/26-1941/06/08) 1941/04/18 Trstenik, Kursevac, Prokuplje, Sremska, Mitrovica 1941/06/08 Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Leipzig, Transfer AK 65 Hoeheres Kommando, 1941/06/08-1941/06/24 Dueben, Bitterfeld, Germany AOK 2, 1941/06/25-1941/07/05 www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 24

DATE LOCATION ACTIVITY CHAIN OF COMMAND 1941/07/06 Zamosc, Poland Transfer, AK 51 (OKH Res), 1941/07/06-1941/07/09 Zhitomir, Russia movement Korueck 585 (OKH Res), 1941/07/10-1941/07/29 AOK 6, (OKH Res), 1941/07/30-1941/08/04 1941/08/02 Radomyshl, Tripolye Defensive, offensive, and mopping-up HGr Sued, 1941/08/05-1941/08/06 operations AOK 6, 1941/08/06-1941/08/07 AK 55, 1941/08/07-1941/08/26 AK 29, 1941/08/27-1941/08/29 1941/09/16 Dnieper River1, Rzhishchev, Advance, offensive engagements AK 34, Hoeheres Kommando, 1941/08/30-1941/09/19 Kiev, Pereyaslav-Khmelnitski, AK 29, 1941/09/20-1941/09/26 Mirgorod, Lubny AK 17 (AOK 6), 1941/09/27-1942/07/05 1941/10/06 Kuzemin, Vorskla River, Akhtyrka, Offensive operations, advance Bogodukhov, Liptsy, Ternovaya 1941/11/24 Stary Saltov, Donets River, Offensive and defensive operations Rubezhnoye 1942/03/14 Nepokrytoye, Peremoga, Ternovaya, Withdrawal, defensive operations C.O.: Gen.Lt. Ferdinand Neuling, 1942/03/23-1942/05/15 Russkiye Tishki Gen.Maj. Johannes Block, 1942/05/15-1943/12/24 1942/06/11 Prikolotnoye, Khatneye, Urazovo, Advance, offensive operations Pervoye Mandrovo, Polatovka 1942/07/18 Don River, Novaya Kalitva, Advance, defensive operations, Subordinate to: AK 51, 1942/07/05-1942/07/08 Nikolayevka, Semeyka counterattacks AOK 6, 1942/07/08-1942/07/19 AK 29, 1942/07/20-1942/08/15 1942/09/30 Saprino, Sergeyevka, Rossosh, Movement, defensive operations Italian 2d Corps, 1942/08/16-1942/09/19 Podgornoye Italian Alpini Corps, 1942/09/20-1942/09/24 HGr B, 1942/09/25-1942/11/21 1942/11/20 Bokovskaya, Krasnokutskaya, Movement, defensive and offensive AK 17 (HGr. Don), 1942/11/22-1943/06/30 Chir River sector operations 1942/12/19 Verkhne-Svechnikov, Malakhov, Withdrawal, defensive operations C.O.: Gen.Maj. Werner von Eichstedt, 1943/12/24-1944/08/20 Chapura, Morozovsk, Kovylkin, Krasnodonetskaya, Bystraya River, Ust-Bystryy, Vinogradnyy 1943/02/16 Kuybyshevo, Dmitriyevka, Withdrawal, defensive operations Mius River sector www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 25 DATE LOCATION ACTIVITY CHAIN OF COMMAND 1943/04/01 Marinovka, Krepaki, Skelyanskiy, Withdrawal, defensive and Petropolye, Mius River sector, assault operations 1943/06/30 Kuybyshevo, Dmitriyevka Defensive and assault operations Records of the 294.ID are reproduced on rolls 1937-1948 of Microfilm Publication T315 as described on the following pages. Manuscript in the Foreign Military Studies series, MS C-078 (Sixth Army in Russia, Defense and Counterattack on the Mius Front, Jul-Aug 1943), by Major Dr. Franck, contains reference to the 294.ID. Although no records of this division dated later than 1943/06/30 were available at the National Archives, situation maps of Lage Ost and records of OKH/AHA/Abwicklungsstab, H 41/3 (T78, roll 139), and OKH/GenStdH/Org.Abt., H 1/38 (T78, roll 398), show: 1943/08/06 Marinovka, Kuybyshevo Redesignated as Kampfgruppe 294 1943/09/04 Larino, Makeyevka, Dolya, Disengagement movement Bo1shaya Novoselka, Zaporozhe 1943/11/03 Kankrinovka, Verkhne Tarasovka, Reorganized as full division, Krivoi Rog, Lozovatka defensive operations, withdrawal 1944/02/01 Krasnogri goryevka, Nikopo1, Defensive operations, withdrawal Arkhangelskoye, Veselinovo 1944/03/20 Redesignated as Kampfgruppe 294, withdrawal 1944/04/13 Dnieper River, Bulboka, Defensive operations, withdrawal Chimisheny, Kishinev 1944/06/01 Delakeu, Grigoriopol Reorganized as full division defensive operations www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 26 294. INFANTERIE-DIVISION

CONTENTS DATES ITEM NO. ROLL 1ST FRAME la, KTB 1. War journal concerning formation of the 1940/02/05-1940/06/24 294.ID W2370/1 1937 1 division in the Leipzig area, Wehrkreis TV, and training in the Truppenuebungsplatz Bergen-Fallingbostel, Wehrkreis XI, 5 Feb-16 May; transfer from the Leipzig and Chemnitz areas to the area northeast of the Schnee Eifel, 17-20 May; advance across Belgium via Stavelot, La Roche-en-Ardenne, 3aint-Hubert, Dinant, and Gedinne, 21-25 May; movement into France via Montherme, Le Tremblois, Hirson, and Vervins and the crossing of the Meuse River at Kevin, 25-31 May; advance and offensive engagements in the Marie, Sissonne, , and Pont-Arcy areas and attack across the River in the area, 1-13 Jun; and advance to south of Hheims, attack across the Marne River near Epernay, and offensive operations in the Sezanne, Romilly-sur-Seine, Troyes, Tonnerre, Avallon, and Tannay areas, 14-24 Jun 1940. Strength and casualty reports and a register of officers. la, Anlage 1 zum KTB 1, Befehle. Orders and messages 1940/02/02-1940/05/23 294.ID W2370/2 1937 91 pertaining to the activation of the 294.ID in Leipzig, Wehrkreis IV, 2 Feb 1940; guartering, formation, training, and movement in the Leipzig, Doebeln, Grimma, Leisnig, and Altenburg areas and Truppenuebungsplatz Bergen-Fallingbostel, 5 Feb-16 May; transfer to Hillesheim, Stadtkyll, and Kronenburg northeast of the Schnee Eifel, 17-20 May; and invasion of Belgium near Manderfeld and movement in the Stavelot, La Roche-en-Ardenne, and Saint-Hubert areas, 21-23 May 1940. la, Anlage 2 zum KTB 1. Orders and reports pertaining 1940/05/21-1940/06/05 294.ID W2370/3 1937 245 to the advance in the Stavelot, La Roche-en-Ardenne, Saint-Hubert, Dinant, and Gedinne Ureas, Belgium, 21-25 May; movement in the Montherme, L€ Tremblois, Hirson, and Vervins areas, France, and crossing of the Meuse River at Revin, 25-31 May; and advance and offensive www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 294. INFANTERIE-DIVISION 27

CONTENTS DATES ITEM NO, ROLL 1ST FRAME engagements in the Marie and Sissonne areas, 1-5 Jun 1940. Tc, TB. Activity report concerning formation, 1940/02/05-1940/06/26 294.ID »6457/1 372 quartering, preparations for counterintelligence activity, and troop indoctrination in Wehrkreis IV; transfer to the German-Belgian border; and gathering of intelligence information during the advance across the Aisne, Vesle, Marne, Seine, and Yonne Rivers. Data regarding enemy operations and unit identification in France. la, KTB 2, Ic, Ila, TB. War journal concerning 1940/06/25-1940/11/30 294.ID 8566/1 1937 382 movements to the Departments of Sarthe and Mayenne via Cosne-sur-Loire, Cerdon, Gien, Orleans, and Chateaudun, 25 Jun-12 Jul; quartering, occupation duty, control of prisoners of war, training, and regrouping in the Le flans, Laval, Cayenne, and Alencon areas, 13 Jul-27 Aug; movement to the Poitiers, Chatellerault, and Ruffec areas to relieve the 6.ID, 28 Aug-9 Sep; securing and closing of the demarkation line from Charroux northwest of Confolens to La Roche-Posay east-southeast of Chatellerault and occupation duty and training in the Poitiers and Ruffec areas, 10 Sep-30 Nov 1940; and planned movement to the Department of Vienne, 5-8 Dec 1940, Activity reports of the intelligence branch, 14 Jul-3 Dec 1940, and the personnel branch, 24 Jun-30 Nov 1940; strength reports; a register of officers; and intelligence bulletins. la, TB mit Anlagen, Ic, Ila, TB, Activity report 1940/12/01-1941/02/25 294.ID 8566/2 1937 553 concerning movement to the Department of Loiret, 1-9 Dec; training, securing the Loire River from flooding, and preparations for Fall Atilia (occupation of unoccupied France) in the Gien, Montargis, and Lorris areas and planned operational readiness of the division for a new assignment, 1 Mar 1941; and movement of advance echelon (V.P.), 26 Feb 1941. Activity reports www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 28 294. INFANTERIE-DIVISION CONTENTS DATES ITEM NO, of the personnel branch, 1 Dec 1940-7 Mar 1941, and the intelligence branch, 3 Dec 1940-6 Mar 1941, with intelligence bulletins. la, Anlagen zum KTB 2. Orders and messages pertaining 1940/05/25-1940/11/30 294.ID 8566/3 1937 583 to movement from Tannay to Le Mans, occupation duty and training in the Departments of Sarthe and Mayenne, relief of tke 6.ID in the Poitiers area, securing and closing of the demarkation line in the Department of Vienne, and planned movement to the Loiret Department, 5-8 Dec 1940; billeting, entraining and detraining surveys; training directives; order-of-battle charts; status reports; directives concerning preparations for the winter; military-geographic data; and an afteraction report relating to a special assignment of III/IR 515, 22 Jun-1 Jul 1940. la, Anlagen zum KTB 2. Militaergeographische 1940/06/25-1940/11/30 294.ID 8566/4 1938 1 Erkundungen. A military-geographic study of France. la, KTB 4 Band I. War journal concerning the transfer 1941/06/08-1941/09/30 294.ID 15174/1 1938 277 from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to Zhitomir, Russia, 8 Jun-1 Aug; defensive operations in the area south of Radomyshl and offensive engagements and mopping-up operations in the Tripolye area, 2 Aug-15 Sep; attack across the Dnieper River in the Rzhishchev area, 16-19 Sep; and mopping-up action south of Kiev and east of the^ Dnieper River, advance and offensive engagements in the Pereyaslav-Khmeinitski area, and securing of the Lubny area, 20-30 Sep 1941. Activity reports of the intelligence branch, 8 Jun-28 Sep, and the personnel branch, 16 Jun-30 Sep 1941; strength and casualty reports; a register of officers; and intelligence bulletins. la, Anlagenband 1 zum KTB 4 Band I. Transfer from the 1941/06/06-1941/09/30 294.ID 15174/2 1938 744 Belgrade, Zemun, Pancevo, and Vrsac areas, Yugoslavia, to the Leipzig, Dueben, and Bitterfeld areas, 6 Jun-5 Jul; movement to Zamosc, Poland, and to Zhitomir, www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 294. INFANTERIE-DIVISION 29 CONTENTS DATES ROLL 1ST FRAME Russia, via Vladimir-Volynski, Lutsk, Rovno, and Novograd-Volynski, 6 Jul-1 Aug; movement to and defensive operations in the area south of Radoayshl, 2-8 Aug; advance, offensive engagements, and mopping-up action in the Obukhov and Tripolye area southeast of Vasilkov and the securing of the Stayki area, 9 Aug-15 Sep; attack across the Dnieper River in the Rzhishchev area, 16-19 Sep; movement to the area south of Kiev and east of the Dnieper River for mopping-up action, 20-27 Sep; and advance to and offensive engagements in the Pereyaslav-Khmelnitski area and securing of tke Lubny area, 28-30 Sep 1941. Afteraction critigue relating to the removal of Russian mines, afteraction reports for the period 4-23 Aug and 25-27 Sep 1941, and periodic status reports. la, KTB 4 Band II. War journal concerning offensive 1941/10/01-1941/12/31 294.ID 15174/4 1939 engagements in and securing of the Lubny and Mirgorod areas, 1-5 oct; attack across the Vorskla River at Kuzemin, 6-9 Oct; advance to and offensive engagements in the Akhtyrka, Bogodukhov, Liptsy, and Ternovaya areas, 10 Oct-23 Nov; and attack across and securing of the Donets River in the Stary Saltov area, 24 Nov-31 Dec 1941. Activity reports of the intelligence branch, 28 S.ep-31 Dec, and the personnel branch, 1 Oct-31 Dec 1941; strength and casualty reports; and a register of officers. la, Anlagenband zum KTB 4 Band II. Orders and daily 1941/10/01-1941/12/26 294.ID 15174/5 1939 428 messages concerning advance to, offensive engagements in, and securing of the Lubny and Mirgorod areas, 1-5 Oct; attack across the Vorskla River at Kuzemin, 6-9 Oct; advance and offensive engagements in the Akhtyrka, Bogodukhov, Slatino, Liptsy, and Ternovaya areas and securing of the Kharkov-Belgorod road, 10 Oct-23 Nov; and attack across and securing of t)ie Donets River sector in the Stary Saltov and Rubezhnoye areas, 24 www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 30 294. INFANTERIE-DIVISION

CONTENTS DATES ITEM NO, ROLL 1ST FRAME Nov-31 Dec 1941, An afteraction report concerning a Russian attack at Rubezhnoye, 4 Dec 1941r and status reports. la, KTB 5. War journal concerning defensive operations 1942/01/01-1942/03/22 294.ID 20721/1 1939 965 and counterattacks in the Stary Saltov, Rubezhnoye, and Ternovaya areas east of Kharkov, 1 Jan-13 Mar, and withdrawal to and defense of the Nepckrytoye area, 14-22 Mar 1942. Includes casualty and strength reports. la, Anlagen zum KTB 5. Orders, daily reports and radio 1942/01/01-1942/02/14 294.ID 20721/2 1940 messages, and maps pertaining to defensive operations along the Donets River in the Stary Saltov and Rubezhnoye areas, withdrawal from Khotomlya, 5-6 Jan, and Russian air landing operations in the Liptsy area, 24 Jan 1942. An afteraction critique relating to winter positions; a strength report; and an order-of-battle chart. la, Anlagen zum KTB 5, Orders, daily reports, radio 1942/02/15-1942/03/22 294.ID 20721/3 1940 411 messages", and maps pertaining to defensive operations and counterattacks in the Stary Saltov, Rubezhnoye, and Ternovaya areas, 15 Feb-13 Mar; and withdrawal to and defense of the Nepokrytoye area, 14-22 Mar 1942. Afteraction report regarding the defense of Rubezhnoye, 7-10 Mar 1942, and a status report. la, Denkschrift ueber die Winterstellung des Infanterie 1942/01/00-194 2/01/OO 1940 940 Regiments 514 im Donez Abschnitt. la, KTB. War journal concerning defensive operations 1942/03/22-1942/03/31 1940 1013 and counterattacks in the Rubezhnoye and Nepokrytoye area and west: of Stary Saltov and a casualty report. la, Anlagenband zum KTB. Defensive and offensive 1942/03/22-1942/03/31 294.ID 20721/6 1941 operations in the Rubezhnoye and Nepokrytoye areas and west of Stary Saltov. Order-of-battle charts and status and strength reports. Ic, TB, Activity report concerning enemy operations, 1942/01/01-1942/03/31 1941 112 losses, strength, unit identification, replacements, weapons, and equipment situation, and artillery and www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 294. INFANTERIE-DIVISION 31

CONTENTS DATES ITEH NO. ROLL 1ST PR ARE air activity; operations against partisans; and troop entertainment and indoctrination. Enemy order-of-battle charts. la, KTB 2. War journal concerning defensive operations 1942/04/01-1942/07/31 294.ID 26476/1 1941 374 in the Nepokrytoye, Peremoga* Russkiye Tishki, Ternovaya, and Liptsy areas, 1 Apr-10 Jun; advance from the Stary Saltov and Rubezhnoye areas, crossing the Donets River, and movement to and defense of the Prikolotnoye area, 11-30 Jun; advance and offensive engagements in the Khatneye, Pervoye Mandrovo, Polatovka, and Orazovo areas, .1-17 Jul; and advance to and defense of the Don River sector in the Novaya Kalitvaf Tsapkovo, and Boguchar areas, 18-31 Jul 1942. Activity report of the personnel branch, 1 Apr-30 Nov 1942, a register of officers, and strength reports. la, KTB 3. War journal concerning defensive and 1942/08/01-1942/11/30 294.ID 26476/2 1941 905 offensive operations in the Nikolayevka and Semeyka areas along the Don River, 4 Aug-22 Sep; relief by the Italian Alpini-Korps consisting of Divisions Cuneense and Julia, 20 Sep; defensive operations of the division in the Saprino and Sergeyevka areas, 30 Sep-16 Oct, and in the Rossosh and Podgornoye areas and of IR 513 west of Nikolayevka, 17 Oct-19 Nov; movement from Rossosh to Bokovskaya via Hillerovo and Nizhne-Astakhov to support the Rumanian 1st Corps, 20-22 Nov; and defensive operations and counterattacks in the Bokovskaya and Krasnokutskaya areas, 23-30 Nov 1942. Activity report of the personnel*branch, 1 Aug-30 Nov 1942, a register of officers, and strength reports. la, Anlagen zum KTB 3. Orders, daily reports and radio 1942/08/04-1942/09/06 294.ID 26476/3 1942 messages, and maps pertaining to defensive operations and counterattacks in the Nikolayevka, Semeyka, and Kulakovka areas of the Don River sector, 4 Aug-6 Sep 1942. A status and strength report and an intelligence bulletin. www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 32 294, INFANTERIE-DIVISION CONTENTS DATES ROLL 1ST FRAME

la, Anlagen zum KTB 3. Daily reports and radio 1942/09/07-1942/10/10 1942 294 messages and orders pertaining to defensive operations and mopping-up action in the Nikolayevka and Semeyka areas along the Don River, 7-22 Sep, relief by the Italian Alpini-Korps consisting of Divisions Cuneense and Julia, 20 Sep, and defensive operations in the Saprino and Sergeyevka areas, 30 Sep-10 Oct 1942, Order-of-battle charts of the 294.ID and Italian Alpini-Korps, status and strength reports, a map showing the tactical disposition of Russian units facing the division in the Don River sector, 16 Sep, and an intelligence bulletin. la, Anlagen zum KTB. Daily reports, radio messages, 1942/10/11-1942/11/30 294.ID 26476/5 1942 and orders pertaining to defensive operations in the Saprino and Sergeyevka areas, 11-16 Oct, and the Rossosh and Podgornoye area and of part of the division west of Nikolayevka, 17 Oct-19 Nov; movement from Rossosh to Bokovskaya via Millerovo and Nizhne-Astakhov to support the Rumanian 1st Corps, 20-22 Nov; and defensive operations and counterattacks in the Bokovskaya and Krasnokutskaya area, 22-30 Nov 1942. An afteraction report regarding the operations of the 294,ID while subordinate to the Italian 2d Corps and of the Italian Alpini-Korps, 16 Aug-25 Sep 1942, and status and strength reports. Ic, Meldungen. Daily intelligence reports concerning 1942/04/01-1942/07/31 294.ID 26476/6 1943 enemy operations, unit identifications, strength, losses, and weapons. Ic, Feindnachrichten. Periodic intelligence bulletins. 1942/04/01-1942/07/31 294.ID 26476/7 1943 304 Ic, Fliegeraufklaerungsmeldungen. Daily air 1942/04/01-1942/07/31 294.ID 26476/8 1943 341 reconnaissance reports on enemy operations and movements* Ic, Gefangenenvernehmungen. Prisoner-of-war 1942/04/01-1942/07/31 294.ID 26476/10 1943 963 interrogation summaries. la, KTB 4. War journal concerning defensive operations 1942/12/01-1943/01/31 294.ID 28071/1 1944 1 www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 294. INFANTEKIE-DIVISION 33

CONTENTS DATES ITEM NO. BOLL 1ST FRAME and counterattacks in the Bokovskaya and Krasnokutskaya areas of the Chir River sector* 1-18 Dec, withdrawal to and defense of tke Verkhne-SVechnikov, Malakhov, and Chapura arear 19 Dec 1942-1 Jan 1943; defensive operations and withdrawal movements in the Morozovsk, Volfno-Donskaya, Kovylkin, Tatsinskaya, and Krasnodonetskaya areas, 4-15 Jan; and withdrawal from the Bystraya River positions to the Donets River positions in-the Bogatov, Krasnodonetskaya, Ust^Bystryy, Bogurayev, and Vinogradnyy areas, 16-31 Jan 1943. ^Strength reports and a register of officers, la, Anlagen zum KTB 4. Defensive, assault, and 1942/12/01-1942/12/21 294.ID 28071/2 1944 318 reconnaissance operations, counterattacks, and mopping-up action against partisans in the Bokovskaya and Krasnokutskaya areas of the Chir River sector, 1-18 Dec, and withdrawal movement to the Verkhne-Svechnikov area southwest of Bokovskaya, 19-21 Dec 1942, Status and strength reports. la, Anlagen zum KTB 4. Defensive and assault 1942/12/22-1943/01/14 294.ID 28071/3 1944 574 operations in the Verkhne-Svechnikov, Malakhov, Polyakov, and Chapura areas, 22 Dec 1942-1 Jan 1943; execution of Unternehmen Falke (disengagement movement to the Morozovsk area), 2-3 Jan; and defensive operations and withdrawal movements in the Vol1no-Donskaya, Kovylkino, Tatsinskaya, and Krasnodonetskaya areas and preparations for the defense of the Donets River sector, 4-14 Jan 1943. Status and strength reports. la, Anlagen zum KTB 4. Daily reports, radio messages, 1943/01/15-1943/01/31 294.ID 28071/4 1944 825 and orders pertaining to the withdrawal from the Bystraya River area to the Donets River positions in the Bogatov, Krasnodonetskaya, Ust-Bystryy, Bogurayev, Rubezhnyy, Vinogradnyy, and Pochtovyy areas. Includes a table of organization of the division, Ic, Anlagen zum TB, Tagesmeldungen und Vernehmungen. 1942/08/01-1942/10/31 294.ID 28071/7 1945 www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 34 294. INFANTERIE-DIVISION

CONTENTS DATES ITEM NO. ROLL 1ST FRAME Daily intelligence reports concerning enemy* operations, movements, unit identification, and losses; and interrogation summaries. Ic, TB, Activity report concerning enemy operations, 1942/12/19-1943/01/31 294.ID 28071/9 1945 239 movements, unit identification, probable intentions, losses, and espionage activity. Ic, Anlagen zum TB. Daily intelligence reports 1942/12/26-1943/01/31 294.ID 28071/10 1945 269 concerning enemy operations, losses, movements, and unit identification; radio messages shoving air reconnaissance results on enemy movements; directives pertaining to military security, counterintelligence activity, and control of the civilian population; interrogation summaries; and intelligence bulletins. la, KTB 5. tfar journal concerning disengagement 1943/02/01-1943/03/31 294.ID 31169/1 1945 678 movements in the Ust-Bystryy, Krasnodonetskaya, Bol'shaya Fedorovka, and Cherevkovo areas, 1-15 Feb; withdrawal to and defense of the Maulwurfstellungen in the Kuybyshevo, and Dmitriyevka areas of the Mius River sector, 16-27 Feb; and relief of tie 336.ID and defensive operations in the Marinovka* Krepaki, and Skelyanskiy areas west of the Mius River and south of Stepanovka, 27 Feb-31 Mar 1943. Activity report of the personnel branch, 1 Feb-31 Mar 1943, a register of officers, and strength reports. la, Anlagen 1-92 zum KTB 5. Tagesmeldungen und 1943/02/01-1943/02/17 294.ID 31169/3 1945 897 Divisionsbefehle. Daily reports and radio messages and orders pertaining to disengagement movements in the Ust-Bystryy, Krasnodonetskaya, Chernyshevka, Bol'shaya Fedorovka, and Cherevkovo areas and withdrawal across the Mius River to the Maulwurfstellungen in the Kuybyshevo and Dmitriyevka areas. la, Anlagen 93-196 zum KTB 5. Daily reports, messages, 1943/02/18-1943/03/10 294.ID 31169/4 1946 and orders pertaining to the occupation and defense of the Maulwurfstellungen in the Kuybyshevo and Dmitriyevka areas west of the Mius River, 17-27 Feb, www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 294, INFANTERIE-DIVISION 35 CONTENTS DATES ITEM NO. ROLL 1ST FRAME

movement to the Stepanovka area along the Mius River to relieve the 336,ID, 27-28 Feb, and defensive operations, 1-10 Mar 1943. la, Anlagen 197-300 zum KTB 5. Tagesmeldungen, 1943/03/11-1943/03/31 294.ID 31169/5 1946 268 Divisionsbefehle und Gefechtsberichte mit Karten. Daily reports and radio messages pertaining to defensive operations in the Marinovka, Krepaki, and Skelyanskiy areas south of Stepanovka, 11-31 Mar; and assault operations across the Mius River in the Skelyanskiy area, 27-28 Mar 1943, An afteraction critigue relating to the assignment of motorized rear guards during the withdrawal from the Donets River sector to the Mius River, Ic, TB. Activity report of the intelligence branch 1943/02/01-1943/03/31 294.ID 31169/6 1946 558 concerning enemy operations, unit identification, strength, movement, probable intentions, and air and artillery activities, Ic, Anlagenband 1 zum TB, Funksprueche, Daily radio 1943/02/01-1943/03/20 294.ID 31168/7 1946 589 messages regarding enemy operations and movements. Ic, Anlagenband 1a zum TB. Funksprueche und 1943/02/02-1943/03/31 294.ID 31169/8 1947 1 Vernehmungen. Daily radio.messages concerning enemy operations and interrogation summaries. Ic, Anlagenband 2 zum TB. Daily reports concerning 1943/02/01-1943/03/31 294,ID 31169/9 1947 317 enemy operations, losses, and unit identification and strength, la, KTB 6. War journal concerning defensive and 1943/04/01-1943/06/30 294.ID 39458/1 1947 510 assault operations along the Mius River in the Kuybyshevo and Dmitriyevka areas. Activity report of the personnel branch, 1 Apr-30 Jun 1943, a register of officers, and strength reports. la, Anlagenband 1 zum KTB 6. Daily reports, orders, 1943/04/01-1943/04/30 294.ID 39458/2 1947 676 and radio messages pertaining to defensive and assault operations along the Mius River in the Marinovka and Petropolye areas. Reports on German and enemy casualties and periodic status reports. www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 36 294. INFANTEBIE-DIVISION CONTENTS DATES IT.EH NO, ROLL 1ST FRAME la, Anlagenband 2 zum KTB 6. Defensive and assault 1943/05/01-1943/05/31 294. ID 39458/3 1947 973 operations along the Hius River in the Marinovka, Uspenka, Petropolye, Skelyanskiy, and Olkhovyy areas; and periodic status reports, la, Anlagenband 3 zum KTB 6. Defensive and assault 1943/06/01-1943/06/30 1948 1 operations along the flius River in the Marinovka, Olkhovyy, and Skelyanskiy areas; and periodic status reports. Icr TB. Activity report concerning enemy operations in 1943/04/01-1943/06/30 294. ID 39458/5 1948 the Mius Biver sector. Ic, Anlagen zum TB, Daily intelligence reports 1943/04/01-1943/06/30 294. ID 39458/7 1948 concerning enemy operations, losses, and movements, and air and artillery activities in the Mius River sector. Ic, Anlagen zum TB. Interrogation summaries, daily 1943/04/01-1943/06/30 294. ID 39458/8 1948 695 reports of the Art.Rgt. 294 with overlays concerning German and enemy artillery activity, reports of the Propaganda-Kompanie 695, and translations of Russian military personnel letters. www.maparchive.ru [email protected]