July 1944

Eastern Front

The 31st Army crosses the East Prussian border and reaches Augustow, but ferocious German counterattacks halt the Soviets. The fighting has reached German soil. As the Russian advance slows, Model constructs a thin defense line from Kaunas to Bialystok.

The 8th Guards and 1st Polish Armies attack north of Kovel and break through the German line. To the south, leading units of the 1st Guards Army, pushing down from the north, are just 20 miles from Stanislav. The 4th Tank Army takes Olshantsa during heavy fighting on the road to Lvov. Meanwhile, elements of the 38th Army link up woth the 13th Army to isolate 65,000 men of the XIII Corps west of Brody.