January 1944

Eastern Front

The 42nd and 67th Armies are bogged down in heavy fighting in the GeErman trenches south of Leningrad.

The 3rd and 4th Ukrainian Fronts call off their attacks against Hollidt's 6th Army. The Soviets have suffered extremely heavy casualties because the 6th Army had constructed a string of strong defenses in the Dniepr elbow. The Stavka decides instead to reinforce and regroup both fronts prior to the next phase of the attack.