Eastern Front #36 Who is Circling Who?

The Eastern Front Week by Week · Feb 5, 2026 · 43m

Last time we spoke about the Rzhev Meatgrinder. On the Volkhov Front, General Meretskov launched bold offensives to relieve Leningrad, penetrating German lines but facing coordination failures and brutal attrition in the "Meat Grinder's Neck." Soviet advances created vulnerabilities, with troops raiding behind enemy positions amid horrific casualties, as described in soldier accounts. Southward, the Demyansk Pocket saw 96,000 Germans encircled, surviving on meager air-dropped supplies, while the Kholm siege endured Luftwaffe support and fierce close-quarters fighting. In the central sector…