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June 22, 1941 - 4:00am - Beginning of the war with the Soviet Union

German airplanes fly at high altitude across us. At 4:15 the marching order was given. We leave our assembly area heading east. The line of bunkers is being bombarded and an armored train assists. We drive around the line of bunkers and form the advance column with the objective to push a wedge into the Russian Army. The advance unit consists of

3 PanzerJaeger Companies
1 Engineer Platoon
1 Bicycle squadron
4 15cm Guns of the motorized artillery

 

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