Lakizyuk A.A. The city of Yelets in the wehrmacht’s plans: combat operations on the Yeletskaya road in 1941

The study of combat operations in Yelets in 1941, despite numerous attempts to examine them in scientific works, has not covered some of their aspects yet. The most significant of these is the problem of studying the plans of the German Army Group Center and the wehrmacht’s 2nd Field Army regarding the feasibility of capturing Yelets. This gap was filled by the use of new archival materials of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence (captured documents) and NARA, some of which are first introduced to the scientific turnover, containing information about the actions of the German army. Comparative analysis of the sources from both sides allows us to add significantly to the information about the enemy’s military operations on the territory of Lipetsk region in 1941.

Key words: Lipetsk region, Yelets, Yelets offensive operation, the Great Patriotic War.

ГИЦР-2023-№1-2-24-34

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Citation link: Lakizyuk A.A. The city of Yelets in the wehrmacht's plans: combat operations on the Yeletskaya road in 1941// Humanities researches of the Central Russia. – 2023. – №1 (26). – P. 23-33.
DOI: 10.24412/2541-9056-2023-126-23-33

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