October 1941

Sunday, October 19th

Eastern Front

NORTHERN SECTOR

The fighting in the Valdai Hills bogs down as the 3rd SS Motorized Division Totenkopf and the 30th Infantry Division stalls in the face of determined Soviet resistance.

CENTRAL SECTOR

Vereya falls to the VII Corps as the Soviets abandon the town. The XLIII Corps captures Lichvin after a costly battle. Group Vatutin is disbanded and amalgamated with the 31st Army.

SOUTHERN SECTOR

The LIV Corps continues to attack on the Perekop isthmus while the 1st Panzer Group enters the suburbs of Stalino and fights its way into the town, forcing the 18th Army back.

[ October 18th - October 20th]