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The Yelnya bridge

The Yelnya bridge
After the collapse of Soviet forces facing Army Group Center, a handful of Russian units were sent to defend the main communication to Moscow - the most critical of which was the Minsk highway which ran south of Borodino. Meanwhile the 10th Panzer Division regrouped and followed up its main thrust toward Moscow, followed by the SS "Das Reich" Motorized Division. On 13th of October, German forward elements encounteredthe first Soviet defensive position near the town of Yelnyawhere a small stream had to be crossed in order to keep up the pace of advance.