Eastern FrontNORTHERN SECTORThe 2nd Shock and 42nd Armies link up at Ropsha. A small part of the LIV Corps is encirled at Peterhof and quickly destroyed. However, large amounts of the German siege arty are captured as Ropsha and Strelna fall, the siege of Leningrad finally being broken for good. The 42nd Army also takes Krasnoye Selo and the heights of Voronya Gora. The 1st Corps loses a division in Novgorod as the advancing 59th Army encircles the town. |
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