us-005578-irn613371
type: RecordSet
date: 1944 March 22
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identifier: irn613371
note: Technical notes: Probably a one-sided record of the Großdeutschen Rundfunk. Same report as RG-91.0021, but this is in German and longer. The Battle of Narva was a military campaign between the German Army Detachment"Narw" and the Soviet Leningrad Front fought for possession of the strategically important Narva Isthmus [Estonia] on 2 February – 10 August 1944 during World War II.
scope and content: Decelith Folie D. War report by Rudolf Becker, SS Standarte Kurt Eggers, 3. Kriegsberichter-Kompagnie."From the positions at the Narwa After the battle" Dramatic description of the battlefield during the Battle of Narva. Becker describes a young Estonian soldier, looking across the river at the Soviet positions, and how this battle for him is all about Heimatboden [homeland]. Detailed description of engagement between the Soviets and the Germans that ends with the death of the Estonian soldier.
title: Kriegsberichterstattung: Von den Stellungen an der Narwa. Nach der Schlacht (version 1)