Eastern FrontSOUTHERN SECTORGen Meith is killed in heavy fighting as another breakout attempt fails. Through sheer desperate courage the Germans recapture Vutcani but a Soviet counterattack retakes it. A repeated German assualt then captures it for the second time. Units of the 27th Army seize the Oituz pass and access to eastern Hungary. To the south, Braila falls to the 37th Army. |
| [ August 27th - August 29th] |