August 1941

Eastern Front

Bitter battles rage inside Tallinn as the Germans press closer to the port, destroying isolated Soviet units as they advance. During the day the Soviets move their ships out of the harbor, beginning the hazardous journey east to Leningrad. By dusk the last elements that can escape have boarded their ships.

Reinhardt's XLI Panzer Corps takes Ishora, only a few miles short of the suburbs of Leningrad.

The 16th, 19th and 20th Armies launch attacks along the line from Dukhovschina to Yartsevo.

The right wing of the Southwest Front launches a strong counterattack against the XXIV Panzer Corps on the Desna.

After a prolonged fight, the 12th Army falls back from Zaporozhe. As the Soviets withdraw, engineers destroy the hydroelectric dam and disable the generators, denying them to the Germans and flooding large areas to the south of the town.

With the battle for the Dniepr line under way, Rundstedt orders the 1st Panzer Group to gain as many crossings over the river as possible, 6th and 17th Armies being tasked to do the same.

Gerasimov is ordered to pull 23rd Army units close to Viipurii back to the Mannerheim Line.