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WEHRPASS – 218 INFANTERIE DIVISION – KIA CHOLM!
Wehrpass issued to Gefreiter Erich FILZ. He served in infanterie Regiment 397. Last unit was Inf. Rgt. 386 – part of the 218. Infanterie Division that fought in the CHOLM POCKET. He was KIA on Jan 26, 1942 in CHOLM!
The Cholm Pocket (German: Kessel von Cholm; Russian: Холмский котёл) was the name given for the encirclement of German troops by the Red Army around Kholm, south of Leningrad, in World War II’s the Eastern Front, from 23 January 1942 to 5 May 1942. The pocket was created by the Soviet Toropets–Kholm offensive. At the Cholm pocket, 5,500 German soldiers held out for 105 days. The pocket was supplied by air but since it was too small for planes to land, supplies had to be dropped in and recovered by the German defenders.
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