Soldiers of the 126. Infanterie-Division of the Wehrmacht in Lithuania, June 1941. Photographer Günter Buss. During the opening of Operation Barbarossa, the division attacked the Soviet Union from the Memel area and advanced across the Baltic to Lake Ladoga in order to take up positions east of the Volkhov. At the end of 1941 the division was replaced by the Spanish Blue Division and moved west of the Volkhov. The reinforced Infanterie-Regiment 424, detached from the division for several months, meanwhile advanced to Lake Ilmen and was involved in the capture of the cities of Novgorod, Sinyavino, Schluesselburg and Lipki. Source :
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/126._Infanterie-Division_(Wehrmacht)
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