11 September 1941 After heavy battles together with the 3rd Guards Division had 20 KV Tanks. It operated in Pendolovo-N.Katlion region, and then retreated to Pushkin.
In the middle of September Division was included in the 42th Army of the Leningrad front and defended the Ligovo-Pulkovo regoin.
7 Sep 1942 Spanish 250th (Blue) Division occupied front-line positions near Leningrad (Scurr, 1980) - they could see the city only 10 km away (Proctor, 1974). The Division was part of the XXIVth Corps (General Hansen) within the Eigtheenth Army (Colonel-General Lindemann). The Spanish occupied 29 km from Pushkin in the west to Krasny Bor in the east, a front facing the Soviet 56th, 73rd and 109th Infantry Divisions. The defensive works left by the German 121st Infantry Division didn’t impress the Spaniards as it contained only a thin continuous line of works with wire entanglements; the position lacked sufficient depth and mines. The Spaniards would have preferred a series of strong points with interlocking support fire. There was only one particularly strongpoint, El Bastion, defending the Moscow-to-Leningrad highway.
19-20 Nov 1942 Russian armour cut off the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad. Planned German offensive against Leningrad was cancelled.
End of Nov 1942 Temperature dropped, snow came, and rivers in the zone of the 250th (Blue) Division - Ishora and Slavianka began to freeze (Scurr, 1980).
12 Dec 1942 Failed German attempt to relieve Stalingrad.
12 - 30 Jan 1943 Operation Iskra penetrated the Leningrad blockade (Glantz, 2001).
The German forces of Army Group North south of Lake Ladoga were crushed in a Russian vice; as the Russian 57th Army (Leningrad Front) advanced east from inside the circle, the 2nd Shock Army (Volkhov Front) advances westward to meet them (?? probably Erickson or Beevor ??).
1 Jan 1943 LIV Army Corps of Eighteenth Army comprised the 250th (Blue) Division, 2 SS Police Infantry Brigade, and 5th Mountain Division (Glantz, 2001). Note: the 2 SS Police Infantry Brigade was different to the SS Police Division which was part of I Army Corps.
16 Jan 1943 Captain Patiño's II/269 Infantry Battalion was selected to help the Germans resist the Soviet breakthrough attempts (Scurr, 1980). 20 trucks drove the 800 men of the battalion to Mga in the north-west
18 Jan 1943 [Siege of Leningrad is broken when the 57th Army meets the 2nd Shock Army.]
21 Jan 1943 II/269 battalion advanced from Mga through woods towards Poselok where it relieved a badly mauled German battalion from the 162nd Regiment (Scurr, 1980).
7 Feb 1943 The first Soviet train heads for Leningrad after a gap of 526 days.
May 1943 The German 254th Division relieved the 250th (Blue) Division from its positions in the Izhora River sector. This left the 250th (Blue) Division covering a 21 km front from west of Pushkin to join up with the 254th in the east. Facing them were four Soviet Divisions: 72nd, 56th, 109th, and 189th.
During the summer months the Spanish constructed three lines of fortifications as a precaution against an expected Soviet offensive.
22 Jun - 22 Aug 1943 [Mga-Siniavino Offensive Operation (Glantz, 2001).]
5 Jul 1943[Operation Zitadelle begins.]
5 Oct 1943 Soviet artillery bombarded the positions of the 9th company of the III/269 to the east of Pushkin for 5.5 hours. The Russian Battalion that then attacked the company's positions was repulsed with heavy losses; they left 200 dead when they retreated at mid-day.
The adjoining I/269 repulsed a second Soviet attack.
Later that day the 250th (Blue) Division received orders to withdraw from the line for rest and training.
18 Oct 1943 The 250th (Blue) Division handed over their positions to the German 81st Division. Aside from those who volunteered to continue in service as part of the Spanish Volunteer Legion or "Blue Legion", the men were gradually returned to Spain.
Some of the pictures from Russian reenactment of the WWII:
A memorial on the place, where actual battle in 1944 took place.
http://www.north-front.ru/English%20version/pushkin%20260102_eng.htm
