August 1942

Eastern Front

A sudden change in the weather saves the Germans at the neck of the Demyansk salient from being overrun. Lashing rain halts Soviet attacks as their air forces are grounded and the ground turns to swamp.

Slavyansk falls to the 17th Army. The fighting in the Kuban intensifies as the Coastal Group fights to prevent the Germans from reaching the Black Sea coast.

The German 11th Army receives orders from the OKH instructing the army headquarters, together with headquarters of the LIV and XXX Corps, to proceed to the Leningrad sector. Only 4 divisions are to remain with the 11th Army, the remainder being dispersed along the eastern front or hold in the Crimea.