on november 5, 1942, residents of the city of ardzhanikidze, now vladikavkaz, were alerted.d german units broke into the village of gisel. from here they had only 8 km to go to the center of ardzhanikidze, but the nazis were unable to take the city. soon they were surrounded and defeated near gisel. selected tank units of the wehrmacht, after which the german offensive on the caucasus has stopped. hitler put everything he had into this blow. the goal was to destroy the soviet union, in principle, to take it out of the war. the battle for the caucasus lasted 442 days. on the front stretching from novorossiysk to... the caucasus, how did the germans manage to get to the top of elbrus, why did the battle for the caucasus turn into a military disaster for hitler? at the end of july 1942, german troops reached the foothills of the caucasus. on august 15, they approached the foot of the ancient volcano, mount elbrus. it was the highest mountain in europe. she rose 5.5 km high above the plain. to conquer elbrus, the germans sent 18 military climbers from the edelweiss mountain rifl

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gathering all their strength, the germans decided to strike. the decisive blow to ardzhanikidze was tothat led to transcaucasia. on november 2, german tanks broke through the defensive lines on the outskirts of the city and captured the village of gisel. the commander of army group a, general von kleist, said: the fate of vladikavkaz is decided. a direct road to the capital of transcaucasia opens before the victorious german army. teflis. concentrating in gezel 150 tanks, the germans tried to break through to the center of ardzhanikitsa. reserves from the northern group of troops were sent to meet them. our units constantly launched counterattacks. it was here that the twenty-four-year-old junior sergeant of the nkvd regiment, pyotr borbashov, accomplished his feat. during one of the attacks , our soldiers were forced to lie down under heavy machine-gun fire from an enemy pillbox. barbashov crawled to the enemy firing point and covered the embrasure with his body. as a result , the line was in our hands. during the battles for gisel, the advanced german units suffered huge losses and w

gathering all their forces, the germans decided to deliver a decisive blow to ardzhanikidze and taken military road that led. the number of troops, to pull up , to use the relief conditions, the terrain conditions, the germans , as always, had very stretched lines of communication, they did not receive oil, and what is most important, the germans did not receive warehouses, because the purpose of the kleist when it beat parzhanikza, was to capture the clan of fuel, he ran out of it, and the german commanding, that's what's wrong? also the planning of the namet command, it was already then that later in 44-45 it would be everywhere, planning an operation based on fuel that would be captured from the enemy, which in itself was nonsense planned, here he was also present such planning, they did not captured. in november 1942, an american delegation led by the personal representative of the president visited north ossetia. usa roosevelt patrick jay hurley. he became the first foreigner to whom moscow allowed visit the battle zone on the soviet-german front. having visited the positions ne

concentrated in gesela 150 tanks, the germans tried to break through to the center of ardzhanikidze.he northern group of troops were sent to meet them. our units constantly launched counterattacks. it was here that the twenty-four-year-old junior sergeant of the nkvd regiment, pyotr barbashov, accomplished his feat. during one of the attacks , our soldiers were forced to lie down under heavy machine-gun fire from an enemy pillbox. borbashov crawled to the enemy firing point and covered the embrasure with his body. as a result , the line was in our hands. during the battles for gisel, the advanced german units suffered huge losses and were forced to retreat. in one of the reports, wehrmacht general mackensen wrote: “a four-day battle.” gisel ended in the complete defeat of the third panzer corps. the persecution of our troops continues. the soviet command was able to concentrate the required number of troops, pull them up, and take advantage of the terrain and terrain conditions. at the same time, the germans, as always, had very stretched lines of communication. they didn't get the o