April 1942

Eastern Front

Lead elements of Seydlitz-Kurzbach's relief force make a tentative link with the Demyansk pocket. The SS Totenkopf Division, fighting its way west from inside the pocket, establish a bridgehead on the Lovat as the forces inside the pocket attack to the west.

The Bryansk Front has lost 21,319 killed and missing plus 39,807 wounded since the beginning of January.