Upon reminiscing about everything that had happened during the day, Mikhail began to write:
"Our division arrived at the departure position around 2 a.m.-"
In response to the Wehrmacht's large-scale offensive movement for the first time, General Rudolf Golk, the Director of Transportation, and his wartime railway transport office were almost exhausted.
In planning Operation Stardust, the General Staff emphasized over and over that the success or failure of the operation depended on how effectively the Wehrmacht could stick to the operation's timeline. The problems with the Navy and Air Force weren't considerable, those two services had both technological and natural advantages. The difficulties lay with the Army, more specifically, with railway transportation.
