Eastern Front #38 The start of the Demyansk Air Bridge

The Eastern Front Week by Week · Feb 19, 2026 · 37m

Last time we spoke about the Albert Speer taking over the German economy. Soviet forces pressed offensives on the Volkhov Front, expanding salients near Lyuban against German strongpoints. The Northwestern Front encircled 95,000 Germans at Demyansk, relying on inadequate air supplies, while sieges persisted at Kholm and Staraya Russa. In the center, Zhukov's Western Front faced Model's counterattacks near Rzhev-Vyazma, with cavalry raids disrupting German logistics. Ukraine saw von Bock's offensives stall Timoshenko's salient, and Crimea remained deadlocked, with Kozlov delaying attacks due…