Ukukhululwa Kwezifunda ZaseBaltic yi-Red Army, ingxenye 2
Amasosha ama-SS endleleni eya emgqeni wokuzivikela ephaketheni laseKurland; Novemba 21, 1944
Ngo-September 3, 21, amabutho we-1944rd Baltic Front, esebenzisa impumelelo ye-Leningrad Front, aqeda ukuphumelela kwezivikelo zesitha ngokugcwele ukujula kwe-tactical. Ngempela, ngemva kokuvala ukuhlehla kweqembu elisebenzayo laseNarva elibheke eRiga, abahlaseli baseJalimane phambi kweMaslennikov banikela ngezikhundla zabo ngokwabo - futhi ngokushesha okukhulu: amasosha aseSoviet abaxosha ngezimoto. Ngo-September 23, ukwakheka kwe-10th Panzer Corps kwakhulula idolobha laseValmiera, kanye ne-61st Army of General Pavel A. Belov, esebenza kwesokunxele sohlangothi lwangaphambili, yahoxa yaya endaweni yedolobha laseSmiltene. Amasosha akhe, ngokubambisana namayunithi 54 webutho General S. V. Roginsky, athumba idolobha Cesis kwaze kwaba sekuseni 26 September.
2. Ngaphambi kwalokhu, i-Baltic Front yagqekeza umugqa wokuzivikela we-Cesis, kodwa ijubane lokuhamba kwawo alizange lidlule i-5-7 km ngosuku. AmaJalimane awazange ahlulwe; bahlehla ngendlela ehlelekile nenekhono. Isitha sahlehla. Ngenkathi amanye amasosha ebambe izikhundla zawo, amanye ahlehla alungiselela amasha. Futhi ngaso sonke isikhathi kwakudingeka ngidabule izivikelo zesitha futhi. Futhi ngaphandle kwakhe, izinhlamvu ezincane zezinhlamvu zadilika phambi kwamehlo ethu. Amabutho aphoqeleka ukuba abhodloze ezingxenyeni ezincane - 3-5 km ububanzi. Ukuhlukaniswa kwenza izikhala ezincane nakakhulu, lapho ukuphonswa kwesibili kwethulwa khona ngokushesha. Ngalesi sikhathi, banweba ingaphambili lempumelelo. Ngosuku lokugcina lokulwa, bamasha imini nobusuku ... Bephula ukumelana nesitha esiqine kakhulu, i-2 Baltic Front yayisondela kancane kancane eRiga. Sifinyelele ingqopha-mlando ngayinye ngomzamo omkhulu. Nokho, ebika kuMkhuzi Ophakeme mayelana nokusebenza eBaltic, uMarshal Vasilevsky wachaza lokhu hhayi nje kuphela ngezindawo ezinzima nokumelana nesitha esinamandla, kodwa nangenxa yokuthi i-front yayingavikelekile kahle. eqondisa amasosha ahamba ngezinyawo nezikhali, wavumelana nokunambitha kwamasosha ukuhamba emigwaqweni, njengoba egcina amasosha ahamba ngezinyawo endaweni ebekiwe.
Amasosha kaBaghramyan ngaleso sikhathi ayebambe iqhaza ekuqedeni ukuhlasela kwe-3rd Panzer Army kaGeneral Raus. NgoSeptemba 22, amabutho e-43rd Army akwazi ukuxosha amaJalimane enyakatho yeBaldone. Kuphela endaweni ye-6th Guards Army, eqiniswe yi-1st Tank Corps futhi ihlanganisa uphiko lwesokunxele lwebutho lesiteleka sangaphambili, endleleni eya eRiga ukusuka eningizimu, isitha sakwazi ukungena ekuvikelweni kwamasosha aseSoviet kuze kufike ku-6. km.
Ngo-September 24, amasosha aseJalimane ayesebenza ohlangothini lwesobunxele lweLeningrad Front ahoxa eRiga, ngesikhathi esifanayo eziqinisa eMoonsund Islands (manje eyiqoqo leziqhingi zase-West Estonia). Ngenxa yalokho, i-front of the Army Group "North", ngenkathi ibuthakathaka ezimpini, kodwa igcinwe ngokuphelele ikhono layo lokulwa, yancipha ukusuka ku-380 kuya ku-110 km. Lokhu kwavumela umyalo wakhe ukuba unciphise kakhulu ukuqoqwa kwamasosha endaweni yaseRiga. Emgqeni we-"Sigulda" wamakhilomitha angu-105 phakathi kweGulf of Riga kanye nogu olusenyakatho ye-Dvina, izigaba ezingu-17 zivikelekile, futhi cishe ngaphambili okufanayo eningizimu yeDvina ukuya e-Auka - izigaba ezingu-14, kuhlanganise nezigaba ezintathu zamathangi. Ngala mabutho, ethatha izikhundla zokuzivikela ezilungiselelwe kusengaphambili, umyalo waseJalimane wawuhlose ukumisa ukuqhubekela phambili kwamasosha aseSoviet, futhi uma kwenzeka ukwehluleka, ukuhoxisa i-Army Group North ukuya eMpumalanga Prussia.
Ekupheleni kukaSeptemba, amabutho ayisishiyagalolunye aseSoviet afika emgqeni wezokuvikela "Sigulda" futhi abanjwe lapho. Ngalesi sikhathi kwakungenakwenzeka ukuphula iqembu lesitha, kubhala uGeneral Shtemienko. - Ngokulwa, wahlehla emgqeni owawulungiselelwe ngaphambili, amakhilomitha angama-60-80 ukusuka eRiga. Amasosha ethu, agxile ezindleleni eziya enhloko-dolobha yaseLatvia, adla izivikelo zesitha, embuyisela emuva imitha ngemitha. Lesi sivinini sokusebenza asizange sibonise ukunqoba okusheshayo futhi sihlotshaniswe nokulahlekelwa okukhulu kithi. Umyalo weSoviet wawulokhu uqaphela ukuthi ukuhlaselwa okungapheli okuqondile eziqondisweni zamanje akuzange kulethe lutho kodwa ukwanda kokulahlekelwa. Indlunkulu ye-Supreme High Command yaphoqeleka ukuba ivume ukuthi ukuhlinzwa eduze kwaseRiga kwakungaqhubeki kahle. Ngakho-ke, ngo-September 24, kwanqunywa ukuguqula imizamo eyinhloko esifundeni saseSiauliai, uBagramyan ayeyicelile emuva ngo-August, futhi ateleke eKlaipeda.
