SS Div Reich war diary, storming the heights around Jelnja and combat report, Pt 17 + 71st ID Intro

Episode 147 Open a free account and see example exclusive footage Here in part 17 in the series we’ll continue with our author Kurt’s war diary collection looking at an article he saved describing how the battle of Jelnja progressed. I’ll cover another combat report from the battle written by a motorcycle messenger that was part of the SS Div. Reich. Using a situational map you’ll gain perspective and as usual I’ll add related film footage to glue it all together. At the end of the video I’ll show a new war-diary which will be the focus of an exciting new series so stick around, it’s worth it. The attack began at the ordered time. At 915 hours the companies moved into their jump-off positions. Calm and collected, the formations combat experience gained over the last few weeks showed as they advanced cautiously spreading out evenly across the fields. The first line of enemy defense was quickly overrun. Then slowly the massed firepower of the Soviet artillery forced the comp