Very well-written, well-researched and interesting article! Thank you for sharing the article here.

Yes, you may well be right that they received the document on 28.7.44.

I have also seen the situation report from 28.7.4, but it doesn't seem entirely up to date/reliable - as Ausb.Btl (III./47) is stated to be in reserve? (+ other errors/deletions- handwritten changes by Steiner/his staff).

As usual, very interesting posts and continued discussions. I have pondered a lot about the involvement of Sooden's battalion and have had three theories for a while, which I will briefly outline here: 1: The battalion arrives on 27.7.44 and attacks, as some memories and books say, the Kinderheimhöh...

Very interesting posts by Nrw44 and all the rest of you! @Ivalo: Very good job on locating the PAK gun. I myself have spent several hours looking for possible places where it could be photographed and had the place north of the road by the house as a possible position. @Nrw44: I think you are also r...

@nrw44 - As usual, a very interesting and excellent presentation, which I read with great interest. A brief addition on my part: I interviewed Ustuf. Endel Balder (VB 7./Art.Rgt.20) many years ago, who mentioned to me that he had his VB-post in the Riigiküla area. On the evening of 24.7 he was calle...

Regarding the positions of the division, veteran Edgar Vösu told me similar information found in the report of the 2nd Shock Army when I visited the Narva River with him and a friend. Two or three lines, mines and barbed wire in front of the first line on the bank, concrete bunkers for the men to li...

His name was Silvio Järvise. However, I question whether he knew the whole company's equipment, usually the soldiers only knew the situation of the group (or platoon) he was serving with. It could also be that he misremembered, and that it was his platoon that lost the guns.

@nrw1944 Thank you for a very interesting and detailed summary of the 20.ED's battle on 25.7.44! I'm glad to see that you are keeping up the momentum! :) An addition from my side: I interviewed a veteran of 13./46 many years ago, and he mentioned that the company lost all its IG guns during the batt...

I am including the rest of Vösus' letter here on the forum, in which he writes how he retreated towards Peeterristi. I visited the Narva River with Vösu in the summer of 2011, and he told me the same thing he writes in the letter. However, there is of course a possibility that he is misremembering, ...

Very interesting thread! I was in contact with a veteran, Uscha. Edgar Vösu, who served in 7./46 and in one of his letters to me, he writes the following about 25.7.44/Auvere: "Tervitus Rakverest Teile Hr Petter! Kirjutan Teile, enda mälestuste järgi, sellest mis toimus Narva rindel 25. juulist...

Tere! SS-Frw-Uscha. Eduard Lima (born 23.10.1900 in Sömeru) serving in 6./SS-Frw.-Gren.Rgt.45, was reported missing on 22.02.1944, and was found dead 16.3.44. The body was moved to the Heldenfriedhof (Heroe's cemetery of the division). I hope it helps and that you understand English (Muidu võin proo...

Looks like the badge for the Mil Academy?

Somewhere I have some letters that Tähiste wrote about his service. I can try to see if I can dig it up.

Georg S.: the information about Maks Henn is wrong. He never served in the Feld.Ers.Btl.20! He served as Kp.Fhr of the 2./SS-Btl."Reval" (Einheit "Fischer"). Its also nice to see the personalfile of my old friend Robert Helde. I remember sending him his file after that I found it...

Nice photo. If my memory serves me right Tähiste served in the Feld.Ers.Btl.20? So most probably the officer is also from the same unit?