September 1941

Eastern Front

Army Group North tightens its grip around Leningrad as the 18th Army digs in to prevent a breakout by the 8th Army from Oranienbaum. On the southern outskirts, the 18th Army prepares to complete the isolation of the city from the east. The L Corps holds the right flank together with the XXXVIII Corps, while the left flank is held by the XXXIX Panzer Corps, which will move upon Schlusselberg. The XXVIII Corps of the 16th Army also deploys alongside the right wing of the 18th Army.

The 54th Army has begun to form in the Leningrad sector, bringing together 4 rifle divisions and 2 tank brigades.

The Bryansk Front begins to counterattack after a two-hour artillery barrage. The Germans seem hardly affected by the attacks, but the 3rd Army suffers heavy losses to German counter-fire.

Heavy fighting rages along the Dniepr as the Germans exert pressure upon the thinly spread armies of the Southwest Front. Reichenau's 6th Army at Kiev hits the 37th Army, while the 26th and 38th Armies struggle to hold off German attacks between Cherkassy and Kremenchug.

Stavka orders Budenny to secure the defense of Chernigov but he has nothing left to plug the line. Guderian's southerly drive with the 3rd and 4th Panzer Divisions has forced apart the 21st and 3rd Armies, isolating the 21st Army from the main component of the Bryansk Front.