By Gavin Mortimer
During this new publication via journalist Gavin Mortimer, The bold Dozen unearths the 12 mythical unique forces commanders of worldwide struggle II. ahead of global conflict II the concept that of 'special forces' easily didn't exist. yet due to visionary leaders like David Stirling and Charles Hunter, our very notion of ways wars could be fought and received have absolutely replaced. yet those 12 remarkable males not just reshaped army coverage, they led from front, accompanying their troops into the warmth of conflict, from the sands of North Africa to leaping on D-Day and infiltrating in the back of enemy traces. each one embodies the real essence of braveness, what Winston Churchill remarked 'is esteemed [as] the 1st of human qualities.' yet Mortimer additionally bargains a skilful research in their characteristics as an army commander and the genuine effect their very own own activities, in addition to these in their devices, had at the eventual consequence of the conflict.
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35. 43 were primarily deployed along the western borders of the country from the Barents to the Black Sea and in the Transcaucasus, Central Asia, and the Far East. These light security forces generally occupied posts alongside Red Army fortified regions. On the country's western borders there were 8 border districts manned by over 100,000 men, 47 ground and 6 naval border guards detachments (the latter under the People's Commissariat of the Navy), 9 separate border guards commands [komendatura], and 11 regiments ofNKVD operational forces.
Aerosleigh battalion 2 sep. armored car battalions 7 sep. armored train battalions 13th Artillery Division 14th Artillery Division 15th Artillery Division 16th Artillery Division 17th Artillery Division 20th Artillery Division 21st Artillery Division 22d Artillery Division 23d Artillery Division 24th Artillery Division 25th Artillery Division (Hqs. only) 65th Light Artillery Brigade 3 howitzer artillery regiments 16 high-powered howitzer artillery regiments 6 sep. special-powered artillery battalions 21 antitank artillery regiments 2 mortar brigades 6th Guards-mortar Division (2 brigades) 8 guards-mortar regiments .
At the same time, it abolished the existing PVO fronts and armies and replaced them with two new PVO Fronts (the Western and Eastern), which covered all of the European Soviet Union. In addition, the GKO assigned all other existing PVO armies and corps, division, and brigade regions to four new PVO zones, each subordinate to a military district commander. The reformed structure was in transition on 1 July 1943, with the Moscow PVO Front still in existence. Figure 10 shows the PVO organization on 1 July 1943.
