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Re: Bicycle Battalion 402

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 22 Apr 2017, 14:55
Hello to all ; a little more...................................
The Radfahr Bataillon 402 - Barbarroja 1941.
Riga - June 30, 1941.
Shortly after midnight, the Kampfgruppe Lasch, surrounded on the left bank of Riga by troops of the 8th Soviet Army which had not been
able to cross the river, received the first reinforcements: a motorized Battalion and an anti-tank company of 1. ID. They were immediately
sent to the most dangerous areas of defense. Under cover of the night, several soldiers of the group Geisler managed to drag its severely
wounded commander through the sections of the railroad bridge that hung of its supports. At 2 o'clock in the morning, Soviet sappers blew
the remnants of the bridge, which now became impassable.
A little later the artillery commander of the 1st Army Corps, General Burdach, arrived in the city and relieved Oberst Lasch as commander of
all troops in the Riga sector. Then the advance detachments of this Army Corps, vanguards of the 61. ID (Generalleutnant Siegfried Hänicke)
and detachments of the Pi. Rgt 667 (Oberst Ullersperger) reached the Dvina. After them arrived the 217. ID and the 58. ID reserve of the 18.
AOK. The 291. ID was coming from the west.
Having received considerable reinforcements, on June 30, 1941, the Germans after fierce battles managed to completely dominate the part
of the left bank of Riga, the Soviet troops maintained the part of the right bank of the city. Attempts by the enemy to force the Dvina River
upstream from the city, in the Dole Island district, were rejected. Then the Germans began to flank Riga deeply from the east.
The Northwest Front reconnaissance report confirmed that "after a strong and repeated (twice) artillery preparation, with the active
assistance of the" fifth column", the opponent conquered the accesses to Riga at 23:30 hours on the June 30, 1941. Bridges over West Dvina
in Riga were blown by our troops "
According to the Directive of the Commander of the Front, the remnants of the units and detachments of workers, who were no longer
strong enough to continue the struggle, left Riga in the evening on June 30 and moved along the Pskov road to Sigulda.
According to German sources in the street fighting in Riga, the Germans lost 9 officers and 82 non-commissioned officers and troops.
Source: http://home.clara.net/percy/index.htm
Http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... Abt402.htm
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... IKorps.htm
http://refdb.ru/look/1557681.html
https://www.antik-war.lv/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=131342
Cheers. Raul M .
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Remnans of the fight in Riga, in the foreground two light tanks T-26....................................................................
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A Soviet tank totally destroyed in one of the streets of the suburbs of Riga
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German soldiers on the bank of the Dvina in the sector of the railway bridge
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tigre
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 29 Apr 2017, 14:59
Riga - July 1, 1941.
On the other side of the front southeast of Riga, the German sappers of the Pi. Rgt 667 on the night of July 1, 1941, transported across the
Dvina, by means of assault boats and rafts, the Radfahr Bataillon 402 and the 1. / Stug Abt. 185. According to W. Haupt, "There was not a
single enemy in the city. The Soviets left Riga at night, and the Latvian population filled the streets and welcomed the incoming German
troops as liberators. in the city there were signs of the terrible battles.The symbols of the city - Castle of the Order and the Church of St.
Peter - burned like torches ".
This was confirmed by Vladimir Baryshev: "The street fighting lasted two days. Under the pressure of the superior enemy forces they had to
leave the city, and by the end of July 1, 1941, our troops moved through the Gauja river"
The same day a German platoon of the RI 1 of the 1. ID was successful and after a surprise attack captured the central and dam of Ķegums
45 km upstream of the Dvina river.
Thus, from June 26 to July 1, the German forces had established several bridgeheads on the north bank of Dvina from Daugavpils to Riga for
further advances. On June 30, 1941, according to a directive order of the Northwest Front, a general withdrawal of its troops was carried
out on the line of the old fortified areas, Pskov, Sebezh and Ostrovsk.
But on July 1, 1941, the Front Command received a new directive signed by the Chief of General Staff G.K. Zhukov ordering an active
operation (offensive) to eliminate the crossing to the north bank of the Western Dvina river by the enemy .................
This new solution, taking into account the disposition of the troops, did not agree either with the current situation or the real possibilities of
the troops and had an extremely negative impact throughout the course of the hostilities. Army troops were ordered to stop the withdrawal,
to go on the offensive and restore the defense along the Dvina, regaining Riga. The units of the army received the following tasks: the 10th
Rifle Corps to Riga; The 11th Rifle Corps to occupy the Ogre-Koknese area; The 12th Mechanized Corps (in cooperation with units of the 27th
Army) to defeat the enemy in Krutspil and reach the Dvina. To accomplish these missions, the 8th Army was reinforced with the 181st and
183rd Rifle Divisions.
But because of communication problems, the Commander of the 8th Army could only transmit the order to cease the withdrawal and restore
the previous situation at dusk of July 1, 1941, so that the troops could no longer comply it and the withdrawal continued as before.
Source: http://home.clara.net/percy/index.htm
Http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... Abt402.htm
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... IKorps.htm
http://refdb.ru/look/1557681.html
http://forum.myriga.info/index.php?showtopic=1389&st=40
Cheers. Raul M .
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Remnants of the fighting in Riga ....................................................................

German column crossing the Dvina in Riga .....................................................................................

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 06 May 2017, 20:04
Riga - July 1941.
On July 2, 1941, the 18. AOK received an order from the Army Group specifying that the Army should reach the Ostrow-Pskow line and with
an Army Corps of two divisions turn to secure Estonia and seize Reval. Of course, this last Army Corps would be the XXVI. AK that with a
division would march towards the north (61. ID) whereas the 291. ID would follow immediately. Also after the conquest of Reval and Baltisch
Port was to start Operation Beowulf II (conquest of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu).
On July 03, 1941 the XXVI. AK issued directives on the subordination of formations at the Army Corps level:
There will be subordinate to the XXVI. AK the following units: Radf. Btl 402, Radf. Btl 403, MG Btl 10, s.Art. Abt. II./ AR 58 (Mot) with sFH18,
the 1. / Pz Jäg. Abt 563, the I./Flak 51 and 1 battery of s.Art. Abt. 637 (Mot) with 21 cm Mörser.
With respect to Radf. Btl 402 at the start of the march it was subordinated to the 61. ID. The rest of the formations were to reach Riga on
July 5, 1941 and during the march they were to rake the surroundings of Zchlok - Tukum - Frauenburg - Auz - Eitau. The I./ Flak 51 and the
II./ AR 58 were to form a marching party in charge of the oldest commander, upon arriving at Riga on the I./ Flak 51 would be under Flak-Rgt
Stab 164 - Riga. The remainder subordinate to Commander Riga-west.
Source: Fuente: KTB 18. AOK T-312 Roll 781 and KTB XXVI. AK.
https://www.vif2ne.org/rkka/forum/arhprint/89934
Cheers. Raul M .
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German motorcyclists orienting themselves in Riga ....................................................................

A pair of German motorcyclists in Riga .....................................................................

German troops parade down a Riga street ..................................................................

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Re: Bicycle Battalion 402

 22 Apr 2017, 14:55

Hello to all ; a little more...................................

The Radfahr Bataillon 402 - Barbarroja 1941.

Riga - June 30, 1941.

Re: Bicycle Battalion 402

 29 Apr 2017, 14:59

Hello to all ; a little more...................................

The Radfahr Bataillon 402 - Barbarroja 1941.

Riga - July 1, 1941.

Remnants of the fighting in Riga ....................................................................

German column crossing the Dvina in Riga .....................................................................................

Re: Bicycle Battalion 402

 06 May 2017, 20:04

Hello to all ; a little more...................................

The Radfahr Bataillon 402 - Barbarroja 1941.

Riga - July 1941.

German motorcyclists orienting themselves in Riga ....................................................................

A pair of German motorcyclists in Riga .....................................................................

German troops parade down a Riga street ..................................................................

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