February 1944

Eastern Front

After a bitter battle Luga, Polna and Lyady fall to the advancing Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts.
The Stavka disband the Volkhov Front, incorporating its forces into the Leningrad Front. At the same time some minor redeployments are made. The 59th and 8th Armies move from the Lake Ilmen sector to the Narva line to support the 2nd Shock Army whiel the 42nd, 67th and 54th Armies face south to push toward Pskov and the Velikaya River. During the fighting the Volkhov Front has lost 12,000 killed and 38,000 wounded.

The German relief attack toward Korsun bogs down again as the III Panzer Corps comes under fierce attack at Lysyank. Inside the pocket the SS Wiking Division launches another attack upon Shenderovka as Stemmerman tries to deploy for the breakout. After a costly battle the village falls but the 72nd Infantry Division suffers heavy losses in continued fighting at Nova Buda. Other elements of the 72nd Division are able to take Komarovka. Korsun itself is evacuated.