Eastern FrontCENTRAL SECTORThe Germans capture Kalinin. To the south the remnants of the 50th Army fighting north of Bryansk surrendered, while the 3rd Army continues to fight on in isolation at Dmitrev-Lgovsky. The Stavka creates the Kalinin Front. This new formation, based upon Koniev's Kalinin Group, with 2 rifle and 2 cavalry divisions and 1 tank brigade is also attached. The new front's objective is to prevent the 3rd Panzer Group from penetrating into the rear of the West and Northwest Fronts. The fighting around Volokolamsk intensifies as Dovator's Cavalry Corps is struck by the German divisions north of the town. SOUTHERN SECTORTaganrog falls to the 1st SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Motorized Division as the Army Group South fights its way closer to Rostov. |
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