September 1944

Eastern Front

The Leningrad, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Baltic Fronts prepare to launch a new offensive aimed at destroying the 18th and 16th Armies between Riga and Narva. While the Leningrad Front drives in from the north, the 2nd and 3rd Baltic Fronts will pin down the German forces south of Lake Peipus. The 1st Baltic Front will sweep around the right wing of the 16th Army to regain the Baltic coast west of Riga and repeat the isolation of the 2 armies.

The Leningrad Front's 2nd Shock, 59th and 8th Armies along the Narva have 195,000 men, the 1st Baltic Front 621,000 (in the 4th Shock, 6th Guards, 51st, 43rd, 2nd Guards and 39th Armies), the 2nd Baltic 339,000 men (in the 10th Guards, 3rd Shock and 22nd Armies) and the 3rd Baltic Front 345,000 men (in the 42nd, 67th, 1st Shock abd 54th Armies). The 3 Baltic fronts also have 17,000 arty pieces, 3,000 tanks and 2,600 aircraft. The Army Group North has around 400,000 ment with 400 panzers.

The 49th Army crosses the Narew and takes Lomza, while the 47th Army clears the Praga suburb of Warsaw but fails to link up with the Polish Home Army.