January 1942

Eastern Front

Near Leningrad the 54th and 4th Armies both attack but only make minor gains. Along the Volkhov, the 2nd Shock, 59th and 52nd Armies only manage to advance yards against the I and XXXVIII Corps. Farther south, the 4th Shock Army finally begins to make progress into the positions of the 16th Army before Andreapol.

Bitter fighting raes at Rzhev as the 22nd, 29th and 39th Armies throw repeated attacks against the 9th Army, Medyn falls to the 43rd Army as the West Front maintains the pressure against the center and soutn of the 4th Army.

In the Crimea, the XXX Corps has redeployed to the Kerch peninsula and prepares to strike the Soviet forces around Feodosia. Manstein plans to smash the newly landed Soviet forces and push them back to Kerch.