Eastern FrontCENTRAL SECTORSoviet resistance in the Smolensk pocket ends. Army Group Center claims to have taken 309,000 prisioners and destroyed or captured 3,200 tanks, 3,100 artillery pieces and 1,000 aircraft. Around the Roslavl pocket, the VII Corps counterattacks, closing the corridor opened by the withdrawal of the IX Corps. The Central Front is once again firmly sealed. SOUTHERN SECTORHeavy fighting continues around Malin as the 5th Army presses home its attacks. The I Airborne Corps joins the assault. The Rumanian 4th Army closes in around Odessa, encircling the Soviet garrison inside the port. The Red Army has been ordered to fight to the last man to prevent the fall of Odessa to the Rumanian forces. |
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