Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • (Wiki) Kuban Bridgehead

    Uploaded by

    Andrea Matteuzzi
    60 views2 pages
    The Kuban bridgehead (German: Kuban-Brückenkopf), also known as Gotenkopf (Gothic head), was a German retreat position on the Taman Peninsula, which existed from January to October 1943. It had originally been held by the Germans after the retreat from the Caucasus in preparation for a renewed offensive on the oil fields of the Caucasus. As the German Army withdrew to the Panther-Wotan line, the troops located in the bridgehead were evacuated across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea. The German 17th Army under the command of Generaloberst Richard Ruoff, later under the command of General der Pioniere Erwin Jaenecke, was tasked with the defense of the bridgehead. The Kuban bridgehead was held despite repeated Soviet attacks during this period. This enabled the evacuation by sea, using the Marinefährprahm, of 239,669 soldiers, 16,311 wounded, 27,456 civilians and 115,477 tons of military equipment (primarily ammunition), 21,230 vehicles, 74 tanks, 1,815 guns and 74,657 horses to the Crimean peninsula. The Luftwaffe further evacuated from the bridgehead 15,661 men from an airfield at Slavyansk-na-Kubani. Around a month after the evacuation was completed, 17th Army was cut off and trapped in the Crimea.

    Original Title

    [Wiki] Kuban Bridgehead

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    The Kuban bridgehead (German: Kuban-Brückenkopf), also known as Gotenkopf (Gothic head), was a German retreat position on the Taman Peninsula, which existed from January to October 1943. It had originally been held by the Germans after the retreat from the Caucasus in preparation for a renewed offensive on the oil fields of the Caucasus. As the German Army withdrew to the Panther-Wotan line, the troops located in the bridgehead were evacuated across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea. The German 17th Army under the command of Generaloberst Richard Ruoff, later under the command of General der Pioniere Erwin Jaenecke, was tasked with the defense of the bridgehead. The Kuban bridgehead was held despite repeated Soviet attacks during this period. This enabled the evacuation by sea, using the Marinefährprahm, of 239,669 soldiers, 16,311 wounded, 27,456 civilians and 115,477 tons of military equipment (primarily ammunition), 21,230 vehicles, 74 tanks, 1,815 guns and 74,657 horses to the Crimean peninsula. The Luftwaffe further evacuated from the bridgehead 15,661 men from an airfield at Slavyansk-na-Kubani. Around a month after the evacuation was completed, 17th Army was cut off and trapped in the Crimea.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    60 views2 pages

    (Wiki) Kuban Bridgehead

    Uploaded by

    Andrea Matteuzzi
    The Kuban bridgehead (German: Kuban-Brückenkopf), also known as Gotenkopf (Gothic head), was a German retreat position on the Taman Peninsula, which existed from January to October 1943. It had originally been held by the Germans after the retreat from the Caucasus in preparation for a renewed offensive on the oil fields of the Caucasus. As the German Army withdrew to the Panther-Wotan line, the troops located in the bridgehead were evacuated across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea. The German 17th Army under the command of Generaloberst Richard Ruoff, later under the command of General der Pioniere Erwin Jaenecke, was tasked with the defense of the bridgehead. The Kuban bridgehead was held despite repeated Soviet attacks during this period. This enabled the evacuation by sea, using the Marinefährprahm, of 239,669 soldiers, 16,311 wounded, 27,456 civilians and 115,477 tons of military equipment (primarily ammunition), 21,230 vehicles, 74 tanks, 1,815 guns and 74,657 horses to the Crimean peninsula. The Luftwaffe further evacuated from the bridgehead 15,661 men from an airfield at Slavyansk-na-Kubani. Around a month after the evacuation was completed, 17th Army was cut off and trapped in the Crimea.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 2

    Kuban bridgehead

    of Iron directed by Sam Peckinpah, featuring James


    Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason and David
    Warner, is set on the Kuban bridgehead.[1]

    2 References
    Citations
    [1] Cross of Iron at the Internet Movie Database

    Bibliography
    Friedrich Forstmeier: Die Rumung des KubanBrckenkopfes im Herbst 1943. Wehr und Wissen
    Verlags-Gesellschaft, Darmstadt 1964 (Beitrge zur
    Wehrforschung 2/3, ISSN 0067-5253).

    Satellite image of the Strait of Kerch, on the right the Taman


    Peninsula (Kuban bridgehead)

    The Kuban bridgehead (German:


    KubanBrckenkopf), also known as Gotenkopf (Gothic
    head), was a German retreat position on the Taman
    Peninsula, which existed from January to October 1943.
    It had originally been held by the Germans after the
    retreat from the Caucasus in preparation for a renewed
    oensive on the oil elds of the Caucasus. As the
    German Army withdrew to the Panther-Wotan line, the
    troops located in the bridgehead were evacuated across
    the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea. The German 17th
    Army under the command of Generaloberst Richard
    Ruo, later under the command of General der Pioniere
    Erwin Jaenecke, was tasked with the defense of the
    bridgehead.

    Wolfgang Pickert: Vom Kuban-Brckenkopf bis Sewastopol. Flakartillerie im Verband der 17. Armee.
    Vowinckel, Heidelberg 1955 (Die Wehrmacht im
    Kampf 7, ZDB-ID 521615-1).

    The Kuban bridgehead was held despite repeated Soviet attacks during this period. This enabled the evacuation by sea, using the Marinefhrprahm, of 239,669 soldiers, 16,311 wounded, 27,456 civilians and 115,477 tons
    of military equipment (primarily ammunition), 21,230
    vehicles, 74 tanks, 1,815 guns and 74,657 horses to
    the Crimean peninsula. The Luftwae further evacuated from the bridgehead 15,661 men from an aireld at
    Slavyansk-na-Kubani.
    Around a month after the evacuation was completed, 17th
    Army was cut o and trapped in the Crimea.

    Legacy

    The Kuban Shield (rmelschild Kuban) was awarded to


    commemorate those who fought to defend the bridgeheads in the Kuban region. The 1977 war lm Cross
    1

    3 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES

    Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses

    3.1

    Text

    Kuban bridgehead Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuban_bridgehead?oldid=670427326 Contributors: Cplakidas, DPdH, MisterBee1966, Addbot, AnomieBOT, SporkBot and Anonymous: 3

    3.2

    Images

    File:Kerch_Strait_Landsat.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Kerch_Strait_Landsat.jpg License:


    Public domain Contributors: ? Original artist: ?
    File:Translation_to_english_arrow.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Translation_to_english_arrow.
    svg License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 Contributors: Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Faigl.ladislav using
    CommonsHelper.
    Original artist: tkgd2007. Original uploader was Tkgd2007 at en.wikipedia
    File:Wehrmacht_template.svg Source:
    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Wehrmacht_template.svg License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Contributors: German helmet.svg: <a href='//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:German_helmet.svg'
    class='image'><img alt='German helmet.svg' src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/German_helmet.
    svg/50px-German_helmet.svg.png' width='50' height='45' srcset='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/
    German_helmet.svg/75px-German_helmet.svg.png 1.5x,
    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/German_
    helmet.svg/100px-German_helmet.svg.png 2x' data-le-width='550' data-le-height='500' /></a> Original artist: Own work

    3.3

    Content license

    Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

    You might also like