July 1944

Eastern Front

Opochka falls to the 10th Guards Army.

The Germans counterattack at Alytus, hitting the 11th Guards Army. After heavy fighting the Germans are repulsed and the Guards secure their bridgehead.

The XLII Corps of the 4th Panzer Army break, Hauffe's XIII Corps losing contact with its neighbor. As the 60th and 38th Armies struggle to breadk through the German defenses before Lvov, Koniev commits his 3rd Guards Tank Army against the XIII Corps' northern flank ant the 4th Tank Army against its southern wing. Counterattacks by the XLVI Panzer Corps hit the 3rd Guards Tank anc by the XLVIII Panzer Corps strike the 4th Tank Army. In intense fighting the XLVIII suffers heavy losses, being slaughtered by squadrons of Ilyushin ground attack aircraft. However, eventually the German attack halts the 38th Army.