Eastern FrontCENTRAL SECTORThe 61st Army and elements of the 28th Army take Pinsk. The 31st Army reaches the Niemen at Grodno and crosses to threaten the East Prussian border. Grodno itself is fiercely defended by the SS Totenkopf Division.
SOUTHERN SECTOR The 1st Ukrainian Front develops its offensive, the 2nd and 8th Air Armies clearing the 4th Air Fleet from the skies. Joining the offensive, the left wing of the 1st Belorussian Front hits the northern wing of the 4th Panzer Army. The 3rd Guards and 13th Armies resume their attacks against the junction of the 2 German panzer armies, the XIII Corps being crushed as the 13th and 38th Armies advance more thatn 10 miles into its rear. The 60th and 38th Armies develop their attacks toward Lvov but are embroiled in a strong German defensive position. The XLVIII Panzer Corps tries to launch a counterattack but suffer heavy casualties to constant Soviet air attacks. |
| [ July 13th - July 15th] |