04-14-2014, 08:08 PM
Here's a little more insight into the locations named in the Red Star citation.
The First Rzhev–Sychevka Offensive Operation was in full swing 15th to 18th August 1942. The town on Zhizdra on the River Zhizdra was not successfully liberated until August the following year, by which time the settlement had been completely destroyed, the only living thing "liberated" being a cat.
The dates 19th November to 5th December 1942 coincide with Operation Mars, the 31st Army stalled somewhere around Little Kropotov, with Little and Greater Kropotov now being merged into a single settlement after the destruction there.
Here is the location of Zhizdra as well as the cat that was finally liberated there in August 1943.
The First Rzhev–Sychevka Offensive Operation was in full swing 15th to 18th August 1942. The town on Zhizdra on the River Zhizdra was not successfully liberated until August the following year, by which time the settlement had been completely destroyed, the only living thing "liberated" being a cat.
The dates 19th November to 5th December 1942 coincide with Operation Mars, the 31st Army stalled somewhere around Little Kropotov, with Little and Greater Kropotov now being merged into a single settlement after the destruction there.
Here is the location of Zhizdra as well as the cat that was finally liberated there in August 1943.
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
