December 1941

Eastern Front

The 9th Army is unable to hold its positions on the Volga and gives up Kalinin. The 31st and 29th Armies force the Germans to the Volga between Lake Selinger and Kalinin, threatening to expose the northern flank of Army Group Center, Soviet forces claim to have inflicted 10,000 casualties on the Germans at Kalinin.

The West Front transfers the 30th Army to the Kalinin Front, to bring greater pressure to bear upon the rear of the 9th Army. The 39th Army is allocated to the Kalinin Front from the High Command reserve.

Group Chanchibadze is 10 miles northeast of Volokolamsk, while Group Remizov, now under 20th Army directin, is 9 miles west of the Istra reservoir. Katukov is nearly 15 miles west of Istra. These units are forcing the XLVI Panzer Corps back to the west. To the south, Dedilovo falls to Group Belov and Bogoroditsk to the 10th Army.