Soviet Union, battle of Cholm.- transportation of troops with gliders
Gotha Go 242 soldiers are just boarding the aircraft;-January 1942
This small provincial town of Kholm with its 12,000 inhabitants had
become a front-line town overnight. Supply troops and scattered units
of divisions of the line had been organized for its defence.
Major-General Scherer, the commander of 281st Local Defence Division,
had been appointed Fortress Commandant. His instructions were to hold
Kholm at all costs.
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