The Capture of the Wehrmacht Troops on Mount Elbrus of a Strong Point – the Shelter of Eleven (August 17, 1942)

This article examines the events on the southern slopes of Mount Elbrus, during which in August 1942 German troops captured the stronghold of the Shelter of the Eleven.The materials of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Podolsk, Russian Federation), posted on the portal "pamyat-naroda.ru".Among the documents used, the journal of combat operations of the 214th Cavalry Division should be highlighted.In conclusion, the authors state that the command of the 46th Army of the Transcaucasian Front did not provide proper the combat protection in the Elbrus region, and thanks to the initiative of the German captain Groth, the Wehrmacht troops captured the strongholdthe Shelter of Eleven.