131st Motorized Rifle Division, 43, 44, 118, 119, 133, 146, 149, 150, 151, 166, 172, 175, 179, 259, 260, 265, 272
131st Tank Regiment, 38, 273
135th Rifle Division, 80, 82, 102, 104, 126, 130–132, 144, 145, 148, 149, 160, 161, 163, 172, 219, 231, 246, 259, 260, 267
140th Rifle Division, 234, 259, 266
141st Rifle Division, 217, 243
146th Rifle Division, 234, 259, 266
173rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 178, 179, 197, 199
193rd Rifle Division, 161, 259, 266
195th Rifle Division, 161, 259, 266
196th Rifle Division, 239, 266
200th Rifle Division, 161, 259, 266
201st Machine-Gun Battalion, 130, 268
204th Airborne Brigade, 65
211th Airborne Brigade, 65
212th Howitzer Regiment, 79
212th Motorized Rifle Division, 37–40, 99, 125, 153, 169–172, 181, 196, 224, 227, 250, 259, 265, 273
213th Motorized Rifle Division, 44–46, 168, 176, 222, 231, 259, 265, 273
215th Motorized Rifle Division, 34–37, 104, 111, 126, 145, 148, 160, 231, 246, 259, 260, 267, 274
228th Rifle Division, 152, 176, 177, 196, 231, 259, 266
229th Engineer Battalion, 197, 199
253rd Rifle Regiment, 128
283rd Rifle Regiment, 130, 131
285th Howitzer Regiment, 160
299th Infantry Division, 80, 127, 131, 132, 175, 177, 195, 196, 221, 242, 264
306th Rifle Regiment, 85, 129
315th Reconnaissance Regiment, 92, 266
323rd Motorized Rifle Regiment, 139
341st Artillery Regiment, 80
381st Motorized Rifle Regiment, 179, 197, 199, 236
396th Rifle Regiment, 131, 132
404th Artillery Regiment, 179, 197, 199, 22, 236
406th Artillery Regiment, 145
40th Infantry Division, 13
489th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 118, 133
593rd Motorized Rifle Regiment, 150
602nd Motorized Rifle Regiment, 179, 197
743rd Motorized Rifle Regiment, 133, 150, 151, 272
Fifth Army, 16, 34, 47, 48, 50, 63, 71, 77, 78, 80, 82, 83, 85, 87–89, 94, 98–101, 103, 104, 108–110, 117, 122, 125, 126, 131–133, 135, 145, 148, 157, 159–161, 163, 172, 173, 180, 194, 210, 213, 215–217, 219, 229–232, 236, 238, 245–247, 249, 250, 252, 253, 259, 260, 274
I Airborne Corps, 65
III Cavalry Corps, 10, 11
IV Cavalry Corps, 42
IV Long-Range Bomber Corps, 236
IV Mechanized Corps, 27, 33, 38, 63, 66, 102, 103, 109, 126, 127, 139, 144, 157, 158, 160, 181, 235, 238, 246, 250, 251, 259, 268
IX Mechanized Corps, 27, 33, 34, 42–44, 46, 88, 100, 102, 103, 109, 116–118, 121, 126, 133, 135, 149, 151, 152, 157, 159–162, 166, 172, 176, 179, 194, 195, 203, 204, 214, 219, 220, 227, 231, 240. 242, 245–247, 259, 265, 272, 280
LV Rifle Corps, 32, 109, 266
Nineteenth Army, 32, 178, 251
Separate Railroad Corps, 49, 267
Sixth Army, 66, 89, 95, 98–101, 103, 108, 109, 115, 122, 126, 127, 151, 157, 158, 193–195, 212, 213, 229, 230, 235, 236, 238, 250–252, 268, 272
Sixteenth Army, 32, 178, 197, 209, 252
Twelfth Army, 65, 70, 89, 98, 101, 114, 126, 193, 194, 212, 213, 229, 236, 238, 252
Twenty-Sixth Army, 41, 69, 89, 98, 99, 101, 109, 111–115, 126, 194, 195, 212, 213, 229, 236, 238, 252
V Cavalry Corps, 214, 217, 266
VII Rifle Corps, 253, 266
VIII Mechanized Corps, 269
Vinnitsa Regiment, 93, 267
XIII Rifle Corps, 114, 269
XIX Mechanized Corps, 27, 33, 34, 44–46, 102, 103, 109, 120, 121, 126, 132, 135, 151, 152, 157, 159–162, 167, 176, 177, 180, 194–196, 203, 204, 214, 219, 221, 222, 227, 231, 240, 246, 247, 259, 265, 273, 280
XLIX Rifle Corps, 32, 109, 212, 238, 251, 253, 266
XV Mechanized Corps, 33, 37, 38, 40, 99, 100, 102, 103, 109, 125–127, 138, 139, 142, 143, 152, 153, 157–161, 165, 168, 170, 171, 173, 181–184, 188, 192, 195, 196, 203, 204, 207, 210, 211, 214, 217, 219, 222, 224, 226, 227, 229, 235, 238, 243, 250, 252, 259, 260, 265, 272, 280
XV Rifle Corps, 71, 78, 80, 81, 83, 85, 88, 110, 127, 129, 148, 149, 160–164, 194, 195, 215, 219, 230, 238, 243, 247, 259, 267
XXII Mechanized Corps, 80, 85, 88, 102–104, 109–111, 123, 126, 127, 132, 135, 145, 146, 148, 163, 164, 166, 167, 172, 175, 180, 194, 219, 230, 231, 246, 247, 259, 267, 274, 281
XXVII Rifle Corps, 80, 82, 83, 85, 88, 104, 126, 128, 130–132, 145, 157, 161–165, 172, 212, 219, 230, 246, 247, 259, 267
XXXI Rifle Corps, 32, 65, 70, 102, 109, 110, 126, 133, 161, 193, 219, 220, 230, 231, 247, 259, 260, 266
XXXIV Rifle Corps, 65
XXXVI Rifle Corps, 32, 70, 102, 109, 110, 126, 133, 152, 159, 160, 162, 176, 193, 203, 209, 214, 216, 217, 219, 220, 222, 229, 234, 250, 252, 259, 260, 266
XXXVII Rifle Corps, 32, 103, 109, 126, 159, 193, 194, 214, 217, 219, 220, 229, 243, 250, 252, 266
Soviet Ukraine, 3
Soviet Union (USSR), 2, 5–8, 10, 11, 15, 17–21, 23, 24, 29–32, 51–53, 55–61, 68, 69, 77, 86, 87, 98, 106, 107, 237, 258
Stalin, Josef V., 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 20, 21, 24, 30, 48, 51–53, 55–60, 62, 64–66, 68–71, 77, 86, 100, 104–108, 117, 220, 237, 258
State Defense Committee, GKO (Gosudarstvenniy Komitet Oborony), 237
Stavka, 193, 195, 214, 215, 218, 230, 237
Stokhod River, 131, 193, 215, 219, 230, 231, 247
Strumilov Fortified District, 98, 268
Styr River, 123, 124, 127, 133, 144, 148–150, 153, 163, 166, 168, 185, 188, 191, 193, 200, 217, 222–224, 230, 239
Sudets, V. A., 237
Suin, A. S., 81
Sukhoruchkin, Lieutenant Colonel, 39
Suldin, I. S., 95
Suschiy, F. G., 81, 131, 132
Syten’ka River, 168, 185
Sytnik, A. P., 208, 247, 248
T-26 tank, 18, 19, 21, 22, 26, 27, 34–40, 42, 43, 45, 67, 79, 81, 129, 130, 169, 177, 179, 214, 221, 231, 242, 261, 285
T-27 tank, 23
T-28 tank, 21, 23, 26, 27, 34, 38–40, 286
T-34 tank, 18, 21–27, 34, 38, 40, 42, 45, 58, 66, 115, 141, 143, 144, 172, 177, 179, 183, 184, 186–188, 200, 201, 208, 231, 233, 242, 248, 257, 260, 286
T-35 tank, 21, 24, 26, 27, 34, 42, 169, 183, 184, 241, 286
T-37 tank, 21–23, 26, 36, 42, 43, 45, 46, 50, 285
T-38 tank, 21, 22, 43, 285
T-40 tank, 22, 26, 34, 38, 43, 50, 242, 285
Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS), 69
Timoshenko, S. K., 15, 31, 40, 64–66, 70, 71, 85–88, 98, 104, 105, 117, 128, 129
TO&E (table of organization and equipment), 40, 41, 44–46, 49
Trepper, Leopold, 55
Triandafilov, V. K., 18
Trotskiy, Leon, 13
Trubitskiy, V. F., 155, 208
Tseshkovskiy, I. I., 227
Tsibin, Colonel, 45, 120, 177, 273
Tukhachevskiy, Mikhail N., 9, 11, 12, 14
Turkey, 2
Ukraine, 3, 20, 32, 47, 48, 60–62, 68, 71, 75, 77, 80, 93, 94, 108, 139, 154, 178, 237, 247, 255, 258, 262
Belokorovichi, 254
Berdichev, 44, 45, 132, 178, 273
Berestechko, 126, 138, 152, 153, 157–159, 168, 169, 171, 175, 181, 184, 185, 188, 192, 195, 197, 211, 217, 222, 223
Bordulyaki, 223, 224
Brody, 97, 125, 138, 139, 152, 154, 155, 157, 158, 168, 169, 181, 184, 188, 190, 192, 200–204, 209, 211, 219, 224, 229, 230, 232–236, 258, 272
Bronniki, 245
Busk, 155, 156, 181, 229
Chelm, 84, 85, 128, 129
Drogobych, 69, 111–116, 136, 271
Dubno, 70, 99, 110, 135, 151–153, 159–162, 165, 173, 175–177, 181, 184, 185, 188, 190, 193, 195, 203–205, 207–211, 214, 216, 218, 220, 224, 225, 227–229, 231–235, 239, 242, 245–247, 252, 258, 259, 261,
262
Gorokhov, 132
Goscha, 134, 176, 222, 229, 231
Granovka, 208
Ivachuv, 252
Izyaslav, 193, 253
Kholyuev, 222
Khotin, 190
Kiev, 4, 62–64, 77, 88, 89, 95, 96, 106, 117, 122, 123, 169, 173, 183, 193, 209, 213, 220, 237, 251, 262
Kivertsi, 121, 132, 230, 232
Korosten, 70, 237, 239, 240, 266
Kostopil, 232
Kovel, 4, 61, 62, 70, 78–80, 83–85, 91, 92, 102, 104, 110, 111, 117, 127, 128, 132, 148, 149, 157, 160, 161, 166, 193, 215, 219, 268
Kremenets, 41, 70, 133, 152, 159 161, 193, 203, 209, 212, 214, 225, 229, 250
Krystonopol, 101, 174, 258
Kurovitse, 155
Leshnov, 172, 185–188, 190
Letichev, 240, 266
Lokachi, 127, 131, 132, 145, 149, 157
Lutsk, 4, 77, 84, 85, 88, 99, 101, 117, 118, 121, 125, 127, 132, 133, 135, 144–148, 151, 157, 159–163, 165, 166, 169, 173, 175, 179, 180, 192, 194, 195, 217, 218, 220, 247, 258, 262, 270
Lvov, 3, 29, 101, 112, 114, 116, 122, 126, 136–138, 154–156, 159, 194, 211–213, 218, 229, 236, 251, 267
Lyuboml, 35, 78, 80, 83, 85, 101, 110, 128, 129, 215, 270
Maliye Sady, 224
Milyatin, 158
Mizoch, 178, 198, 217
Mlynuv, 133, 151, 152, 162, 195
Mogilyani, 229
Mosyr, 85, 128, 129
Nikolaev, 116
Novi Pochayiv, 250
Noviki, 252
Novograd-Volynskiy, 43, 88, 117, 118, 195, 219, 231, 237, 239, 240, 254, 266, 272
Okhladov, 222. 224
Ostrog, 175, 177–179, 193, 194, 197–199, 209, 211, 213, 217, 219, 220, 222, 227–229, 236, 237, 239, 251, 252, 258, 262
Ostropol, 193, 266
Ostrozhets, 173, 175
Peremyshl, 95, 99, 101, 113, 154, 269, 270
Petushki, 220
Plosk, 173
Poritsk, 83
Proskurov (Khmelnitskiy), 214, 230, 236, 237, 239, 251–254, 266
Ptycha, 224, 225, 234, 235, 240, 241
Radekhov, 99, 125–127, 132, 139, 140, 142–144, 152, 168, 171, 172, 211, 222
Ratno, 148
Rava-Russkaya, 93. 95, 101, 268, 270
Rovno, 4, 35, 77, 78, 88, 111, 117, 118, 120, 132, 133, 135, 149, 162, 166, 167, 169, 173, 175, 176, 180, 185, 194–196, 207, 214, 218–222, 229–231, 237, 239, 247, 251, 262, 267, 274
Rozhysche, 148, 162, 163, 175, 194, 231
Sambor, 114–116
Shatsk, 84
Shepetovka, 43, 100, 117, 118, 133, 178, 179, 193, 209, 219, 237, 239, 250, 252, 253, 266
Sitno, 207
Sokal, 4, 81, 82, 98, 99, 101, 122, 125, 131, 143, 158, 192
Stanislavchik, 217, 223, 224
Staroconstantinov, 193, 195
Stoyanov, 82, 139
Striy, 112–114, 116, 136
Tarakanov, 208, 234
Targovitsa, 193
Tarnopol, 191, 211, 219, 229, 230, 236, 249, 251–253
Tartakov, 83, 98
Teofil, 251
Torchin, 132
Tsuman, 172, 230, 231, 239
Ulyanovo, 251
Ustilug, 75, 77, 79, 80, 94, 98, 99, 122, 130
Velitsk, 91, 93
Verba, 208, 211, 254
Vilbovnoye, 199
Vladimir-Volynskiy, 35, 77–81, 85, 88, 93, 98, 101, 110, 111, 122, 123, 125–127, 130, 132, 144–146, 148, 157, 173, 254, 268, 270
Vlodava, 83, 84, 258
Voinitsa, 127, 144–146, 149, 157, 158
Volchiy-Perevoz, 84
Volochiysk, 251, 253
Volyn, 173
Yampol, 251, 252
Yanevichi, 131
Yavorov, 137–139
Zaturtsi, 132, 147
Zhitomir, 4, 44, 77, 92, 94, 106, 132, 149, 173, 252, 267
Zolochev, 193, 236, 243, 250
Uritskiy, Semyon P., 54
Varennikov, V. S., 113, 269
Vashugin, Nikolay N., 68, 89, 101–103, 126, 127, 158, 205–207, 210, 211, 216–218, 265
Vasilyev, Dmitriy, 35, 77
Vasilyev, I. V., 112, 114, 188, 190, 207–209, 271
Vatutin, N. F., 71
Vickers
A6E1 tank, 23
-Carden-Lloyd Amphibian Tank, 22
six-ton tank, 18, 21
Viliya River, 197, 199
Vilkov, V. V., 216
Vladimirskiy, Alexei V., 47
Vlasov, A. A., 63, 252
Volkov, Petr I., 184–186, 188, 201, 207, 208, 247, 248
Voroshilov, Kliment, 18, 24, 35
Wehrmacht, 3, 23, 76, 80, 90, 130, 262
Western Bug River, 4, 29, 71, 75, 80, 81, 83, 84, 98, 122
Western Special Military District, 66, 87, 94
World War I, 1, 3, 12–17, 48, 54, 58,
Yakir, I. E., 15
Yakovlev, Ivan K., 150, 151, 265
Yegorov, A. I., 15
Yermolayev, G. I., 38, 39, 183, 196, 210, 211, 222–224, 235, 243, 272
Yugoslavia, 1, 64
Yung, Nikolai, 10, 11
Zakhvatayev, N. D., 213, 219
Zdybin, S. P., 250
Zemtsov, N. P., 121, 122
Zhukov, Georgiy K., 10–12, 14–16, 26, 31, 58, 63–65, 68, 70, 71, 86, 87, 100, 103–105, 108, 127, 156, 157, 159, 211, 213, 218, 219
ZIS-101 car, 236
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The bloody triangle : the defeat of Soviet armor in the Ukraine, june 1941 / Victor Kamenir.
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1. World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Ukraine. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Tank warfare. 3. Soviet Union. Sovetskaia Armiia—History. 4. Ukraine—History, Military—20th century. I. Title.
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