August 1943

Eastern Front

Soviet losses in the Orel bulge have been high since their counteroffensive began on July 12. The 50th Army has lost 5,400 killed and missing and 17,700 wounded while the 11th Army has lost 5,000 killed and missing and 15,000 wounded. The 4th Tank Army has suffered 2,400 killed and 5,000 wounded. In all the Bryansk Front has lost 39,000 killed and 123,000 wounded and the Central Front 47,700 killed and 117,000 wounded. The 2 fronts have also lost 2,586 tanks, 892 arty pieces and 1,014 aircraft.

The South front attack along the Mius River has ripped apart the XVII and XXIX Corps of Hollidt's 6th Army. While the 2nd Guards, 28th and 44th Armies pin the Germans frontally, the 5th Shock Army pushes south toward the Azov coast, threatening to isolate the XXIX Corps at Taganrog.