Battle report 11 November 1942 till 12 December 1942

 Kampfgruppe Simons was stationed on the West bank of the Don river to support the

             Rumainian troops on the frontlines against the upcoming Russian counterattack

             north of Stalingrad. (from the Russian Kletskaja bridgehead)

             Click here for a day by day map of the movements of Kampfgruppe Simons.

             Kampfgruppe Simons finally ended up in the Stalingrad "pocket".

             Check out the 3 original maps at the bottom of the page ! Great stuff !!!

             For the English translation click here and more info on the sketches below.

Oberstleutnant Arnold Simons

Born 17 March 1900

Killed in action at Stalingrad

on 1 January 1943

Knight Cross 4 March 1942

as Major and acting commander

of Infanterie Regiment 190.