Wiking in the Suburbs*
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Date: September 8, 1941*                     
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Battle Type: German assault versus Russian defend*
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Design: CB Blackard*
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Battle Description: The City of Dnepropetrovsk was reached by III Panzer Corps,
consisting of the 13th Panzer, 60th Infantry (Mot.), and WIKING Divisions
on August 26, 1941.  Remnants of the Soviet 6th Army, part of Marshal Budenny's Southwest Front, defended the city but were unable to prevent the establishment of a bridgehead across the Dnieper river.*
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On September 8, 1941, the WIKING Division launched an attack to the northwest to capture the suburb of Kamenka and enlarge the bridgehead.  In a swift attack, the town was taken and the WIKING's commander, General Felix Steiner, praised and thanked his troops in a divisional order one week later.  "As  always," he said, "the division has fought magnificently." *
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Sources:  Strassner, "European Volunteers"; "Panzergrenadiere der Panzerdivision 'Wiking'"; "Verweht sind die Spuren".*
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