Eastern Front #48 Towards Kholm

The Eastern Front Week by Week · Apr 30, 2026 · 33m

Last time we spoke about the end of the winter offensive.STAVKA ordered the Western and Kalinin Fronts to defensive positions after heavy losses. Fighting persisted in pockets like Demyansk, where Germans relieved encircled forces at great cost, and Belov's cavalry/airborne group near Moscow, increasingly isolated as the 50th Army failed to link up. In the north, the 2nd Shock Army near Volkhov faced encirclement; General Vlasov was appointed to salvage it. Leningrad's siege continued, with German air raids damaging ships and the Road of Life halting due to thaw. German plans included summer…