July 1941

Eastern Front

Soviet forces attacking the LVI Panzer Corps along its long line from Lake Ilmen to Dno wear themselves out, having suffered crippling casualties. The 27th Army, attacking the lines of communication of the LVI Panzer Corps, is exhausted.

The 19th Panzer Division breaks into and captures Velikiye Luki after hard fighting. At the same time, the XXXIX Panzer Corps struggles to push its way forward from Yartsevo as strong Soviet concentrations attacking from the east try to hold off the German armor.

In Moldavia, the Germans and Rumanians capture Kishinev. The Germans peel north to cross the Dneistr at Dubossary and push into the rear of the South Front, while the Rumanian 4th Army pushes southeast, across the river and Tiraspol and on to Odessa.