KTB Nr. 3 der I./Pz.Rgt. 26, 11.2.44, BA-MA RH 39/599; Soviet General Staff Study, pp. 139 & 154.
539
KTB XXXXVII. Pz.Korps Ia, 11.2.44, T314, R1132, F000459.
540
KTB AOK 8 Ia, 18.15, 11.2.44, T312, R64, F7581864 &F7581867.
541
Bericht Major Kaestner, BA-MA MSg 2/3570.
542
Bericht Major Kaestner, BA-MA MSg 2/3570; Proschek papers, BA-MA MSg 2/5649.
543
Bericht Major Kaestner, BA-MA MSg 2/3570.
544
Bericht Major Kaestner, BA-MA MSg 2/3570; Bericht über die Kämpfe des Grenadier-regiments 266 der 72. Infanterie-Division im Kessel von Tscherkassy und des großen Kessels von Korsun in der Zeit vom 22.11.1943 bis 17.2.1944, BA-MA RH 37/6609; Jahnke & Lerch, Der Kessel von Tscherkassy, pp. 41–42; Lieb Diary, NARA MS # T-12.
545
G. K. Zhukov, The Memoirs of Marshal Zhukov (New Delhi: Natraj, 1985), p. 507.
546
Zhukov, The Memoirs of Marshal Zhukov, p. 507.
547
Zhukov, The Memoirs of Marshal Zhukov, pp. 507–8.
548
I. S. Konev, Zapiski Komandujusjego Fronto. (Voenizdat, Moskva 1982), s. 118.
549
Konev, Zapiski Komandujusjego Frontom, ss. 118–121.
550
KTB PzAOK 1 Ia, 12.2.44, T313, R69, F7305882-3; KTB s.Pz.Rgt. Bäke, BA-MA RH 39/677; Proschek papers, BA-MA MSg 2/5649. This is also supported by the map in the Anlagen of the PzAOK 1 Ia, dated 3 March 1944, showing the location of the tanks and other armored vehicles lost by III. Pz.Korps during the operation. Near Dadushkovka there are four AFVs marked as lost due to enemy action. Note that the map does not differentiate between tanks and APCs. Thus, at most four tanks may have been lost by II./Pz.Rgt. 23 at Dadushkovka. In the National Archives, the map is found at T313, R70, F7307179. However, the map employs color coding since the microfilm copy is in black and white, important information is missing on the copy. The original map, today at the Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv in Freiburg, is in color and a color copy has kindly been provided to us by Dr. Karl-Heinz Frieser at the Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt.
551
KTB Pz.Gren.Rgt. 64, 12.2.44, BA-MA RH 37/6257; Anlagen zum KTB III. Pz.Korps Ia, Tagesmeldungen der Div. am 12.2.44, 17. Pz.Div., T314, R208, F000965; 16. Pz.Div. Ia Tagesmeldung an III. Pz.Korps Ia, 12.2.44, Anlagen zum KTB III. Pz.Korps, T314, R208, F000972. Note that some sources describe a major tank battle on 12 February, with s.Pz.Rgt. Bäke playing a major role. However, according to the war diary of III. Pz.Korps, that battle took place on 13 February, something which is also backed up by the reports submitted to III. Pz.Korps during the battle, as well as the war diary of Pz.Gren.Rgt. 64.
552
Anlagen zum KTB III. Pz.Korps Ia, Tagesmeldungen der Div. am 12.2.44, 198. Inf.Div., T314, R208, F000966; KTB III. Pz.Korps Ia, 12.2.44, T314, R208, F000060-62; Lehmann & Tiemann, The Leibstandarte, vol IV/1, p. 31.
553
KTB III. Pz.Korps Ia, 12.2.44, T314, R208, F000060; Lehmann & Tiemann, The Leibstandarte, vol IV/1, pp. 31–2.
554
Stoves, 1 Panzer Division, pp. 505–7; Proschek papers, BA-MA MSg 2/5649.
555
Anlagen zum KTB PzAOK 1 Ia, 12.2.40, 22.00 Uhr, T313, R70, F7306704; 1. Pz.Div. Ia Tagesmeldung an III. Pz.Korps Ia, 12.2.44, T314, R208, F000967.
556
Anlagen zum KTB III. Panzer Korps Ia, 13.2.44, 0745 Uhr, T314, R208, F001017; III. Pamzer Korps Ia Nr. 267/44, “Korpsbefehl für den 13.2.44,” T314, R208, F000977.
557
XI. A.K. Funkspruch an AOK 8, 12.2.44, 12.12 Uhr, T312, R66, F7584883; KTB AOK 8 Ia, 12.2.44, T312, R64, F7581870-5; Lieb Diary, 12.2.44, MS # T-12.
558
KTB XXXXVII. Pz.Korps Ia, 12.2.44, T314, R1132, F000460-3.
559
KTB XXXXVII. Pz.Korps Ia, 12.2.44, T314, R1132, F000460-3; KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, 12.2.44, BA-MA RH 39/599.
560
KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, 12.2.44, BA-MA RH 39/599.
561
KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, 12.2.44, BA-MA RH 39/599.
562
KTB XXXXVII. Pz.Korps Ia, 12.2.44, T314, R1132, F000460-3; KTB I./Pz.Rgt. 26, 12.2.44, BA-MA RH 39/599.
563
KTB AOK 8 Ia, 12.2.44, 06.30, T312, R64, F7581868.
564
KTB XXXXVII. Pz.Korps Ia, 12.2.44, T314, R1132, F000460-3.
565
Meiser, Die Hölle von Tscherkassy, pp. 257-8.
566
KTB AOK 8 Ia, 12.2.44, T312, R64, F7581872.
567
Bericht Ofw. Heinz Lampe, 5./TG 3, BA-MA RL 10/641, Bl. 18-21.
568
Bericht Ofw. Heinz Lampe, 5./TG 3, BA-MA RL 10/641, Bl. 18-21.
569
Bericht Ofw. Heinz Lampe, 5./TG 3, BA-MA RL 10/641, Bl. 18-21.
570
Bericht Ofw. Heinz Lampe, 5./TG 3, BA-MA RL 10/641, Bl. 18-21.
571
Bericht Ofw. Heinz Lampe, 5./TG 3, BA-MA RL 10/641, Bl. 18-21.
572
PzAOK 1/O.Qu./Qu.1 Nr. 530/44 geh, 12.2.44, T313, R74, F7312907.
573
KTB AOK 8 Ia, 12.2.44, 18.35, T312, R64, F7581875.
574
The Korsun’-Shevchenkovskii Operation, p. 70.
575
Proschek papers, BA-MA MSg 2/5649; KTB s.Pz.Rgt. Bäke, BA-MA RH 39/677; KTB Pz.Gren.Rgt. 64, BA-MA RH 37/6257; Michael Schadewitz, Einsätze des “schweren Panzerregiments Bäke” vom 24. Januar bis 17. Februar 1944, p. 10, BA-MA MSg 2/4396; Rubbel, The Combat History of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, p. 127; 16. Pz.Div. Tagesmeldung an III. Pz.Korps Ia, 13.2.44, T314, R208, F001063; The Korsun’-Shevchenkovskii Operation, pp. 29–30. Note that some of the sources state that the described action took place on 12 February. However, the war diaries, radio messages, and other documents from III Panzer Corps and 1st Panzer Army make it clear that the battle took place on 13 February. Note also that Scherf (in Proschek papers) speaks of “Totalausfälle,” but probably he means vehicles put out of action, as other reports show that it can not be Total ausfälle, which means vehicles written off.
576
Ibid.
577
Proschek papers, BA-MA MSg 2/5649; KTB s.Pz.Rgt. Bäke, BA-MA RH 39/677; KTB Pz.Gren.Rgt. 64, BA-MA RH 37/6257; Michael Schadewitz, Einsätze des “schweren Panzerregiments Bäke” vom 24. Januar bis 17. Februar 1944, p. 10, BA-MA MSg 2/4396; Rubbel, The Combat History of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, p. 127; 16. Pz.Div. Tagesmeldung an III. Pz.Korps Ia, 13.2.44, T314, R208, F001063; The Korsun’-Shevchenkovskii Operation, pp. 29–30. Note that some of the sources state that the described action took place on 12 February. However, the war diaries, radio messages, and other documents from the III Panzer Corps and the 1st Panzer Army make it clear that the battle took place on 13 February. Note also that Scherf (in Proschek papers) speaks of “Totalausfälle,” but probably he means vehicles put out of action, as other reports show that it can not be Totalausfälle, which means vehicles written off.
578
Ibid.