August 1942

Wednesday, August 19th


Eastern Front

NORTHERN SECTOR

The Neva Group and the 13th Air Army of the Leningrad Front, together with the reformed 2nd Shock, 8th and 14th Air Armies of the Volkhov Front mount the Sinyavino Offensive Operation. Some 190,000 men are committed to the attack.


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