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Karl Lessig

Why this site?

This website is about the history of the German 11th Infantry Regiment from Leipzig and about Karl Lessig (my Grandfather) who was a soldier in the regiment for over one year.

 

The 11th I.R. was involved in the German occupation of the city of Rzhev in 1942 and 1943. This occupation and the Soviet attempt to retake the city lasted more than one year.

 

The battles around Rzhev and Wjasma are not so well known with the most people as the fighting around Stalingrad, Kursk en Charkov is.

This is strange because the Russian army lost more people near Rzhew-Wjasma then anywhere else during the entire war!

 

In the course of time I gathered a lot of information about the whole situation, the 11the Infantry Regiment, pictures, maps and so on.

Because of all the information I had I decided to bundle it on this Website.

With this site I hope to give a clear view of what happened in this terrible period.

That is why I will not only tell the personal tragedy about Karl Lessig but also the events that made the Rzhev-Wjasma salient.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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The 11th Infantry Regiment

The battle for Rzhev and Wjasma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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