First Of May Dairy Farm ETO (id:#62211)

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Ponyri Station, Russia 1943-07-08 (51 others)

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After two German infantry battalions with some 50 tanks succeeded in penetrating to the northwest outskirts of Ponyri, a counter-attack by 307th Rifle Division reserves threw them back to their staring line. An hour later two Russian battalions, reinforced with a dozen tanks hit Ponyri from the northeast. A fierce battle erupted, which repeatedly saw combatants from both sides resolving local firefights with hand, spade and bayonet. The Germans succeeded in gaining an inroad into the village First of May, piercing the northern outskirts of Ponyri. At the same time, German forces hit from the flanks of the sector. The 307th Rifle Division's commander responded decisively, regrouped, and moved tank-destroyers and obstacle detachments into the fray, successfully halting the German incursion.

Defender: German (II/507th Grenadier Regt., 292nd Infantry Division & 18th Panzer Battalion)  

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