Today we are going to read the memoirs of a German soldier. Fritz Langanke served in the reconnaissance battalion of the SS division /"Das Reich/" on the Eastern Front. He fought in the never before seen Winter Battle for Rzhev in 1942. He is also known as the Rzhev Meat Grinder. Rzhev was in the vanguard after the successful Soviet counteroffensive near Moscow in December 1941. The battle for Rzhev continued from January 5, 1942 to March 31, 1943 with intervals of one and a half to three months . During this period, the Red Army carried out four offensive operations against the German 4th and 9th Field Armies of Army Group "Center/". The aim of these offensive operations of the Red Army was to encircle and destroy the German Army Group /"Center/
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