September 1941

Eastern Front

Before the 8th Army can launch its delayed attack, the XLI Panzer And XXXVIII Corps strike. Advancing quickly against disorganized resistance, the Germans reach the coast and finally isolate the 8th in the Oranienbaum pocket.

The 1st Panzer and SS Polizei Divisions enter Pushkin and Aleksandrovka. Fighting at Slutsk and Kolpino enable the XXVIII Corps to penetrate the Soviet defenses. However, despite these furious battles, the 42nd Army continues to receive a trickle of reinforcements. Ferocious fighting rages at Uritsk.

The Germans begin to pull the 2nd Army out of its positions in order to re-deploy on the Moscow axis. Guderian's 2nd Panzer Group is unable to disengage as it is involved in heavy fighting around the Kiev pocket, Priluki falling to the XLVII Panzer Corps.

Soviet forces in the Kiev pocket attempt to break out. However, the armies are fighting in isolation, the 26th Army around Orzhitsa, 37th Army in two groups to the southeast of Kiev and the 5th and 21st Armies around Piryatin.