04 September 2016

0189 | Photo | Festungs-Brigade 963



Breakthrough of the Syrmian Front. Smiling fighters of the XIII Proletarian Brigade (of the I Division) escorting captured Germans near the village of Bapska. The prisoners are members of the 963rd Fortress Brigade, commanded by Colonel Clotz. This unit defended the area from the village of Mohovo to (the vicinity of) Bapska and fought as part of the 41st Infantry Division. It was composed of three battalions (two of its own plus the III Battalion of the 440th Grenadier Regiment), only one of which survived the breakthrough of the Syrmian Front.

Text: Ivan Ž.

Photographer: unknown.
Date: 12 April 1945.
Location: Bapska (district of Šid), Yugoslavia.
Original caption: unknown.

File source: Todor Radošević, "13. proleterska brigada 'Rade Končar'" (p. 318).

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Proboj Sremskog fronta. Nasmejani borci XIII proleterske brigade (I divizije) sprovode zarobljene Nemce kod sela Bapske. Zarobljenici su pripadnici 963. tvrđavske brigade, kojom je komandovao pukovnik Kloc. Ova jedinica je branila područje od sela Mohova do (blizine) Bapske i borila se u sastavu 41. pešadijske divizije. Sastojala se od tri bataljona (dva sopstvena i III bataljona 440. grenadirskog puka), od kojih je samo jedan preživeo proboj Sremskog fronta.

Tekst: Ivan Ž.

Fotograf: nepoznat.
Datum: 12. april 1945.
Mesto: Bapska (srez Šidski), Jugoslavija.
Originalni natpis: nepoznat.

Izvor fajla: Todor Radošević, "13. proleterska brigada 'Rade Končar'" (str. 318).

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