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on the east bank, appearing to the
Soviets as a carefully prepared defence system in front of the main defence line. Repelled for the first time, the Soviet headquarters took some hours to prepare the attack by the 219th and 320th Rifle Regiments. The Estonians pulled back to their bank during the Soviet attacks, stopping the advance of the Red Army and causing heavy losses. Despite the heroics of the Soviet commanders, only a small platoon commanded by Lieutenant Morozov fortified themselves on the west bank.
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reached the Narva River, establishing a small bridgehead across it on 2 February. The fighting to the east of Narva had left a large number of German troops stranded on the wrong side of the front. Simultaneously, the 122nd Rifle Corps crossed the river south of the town in Vääska settlement, establishing a bridgehead in
Krivasoo Swamp 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Narva.
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Meerapalu Landing Operation, Govorov ordered the 260th Independent Naval Infantry Brigade to prepare for an amphibious attack to the German rear in Narva. This was an elite unit specially trained for an amphibious assault. They were transported to
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Island in the middle of the lake on 12 February. The I.Battalion, 1st
Estonian Regiment was placed at the Yershovo Bridgehead on the east coast of Lake Peipus. The 374th Soviet Rifle Regiment crossed Lake Peipus on 14 February, seized the coastal village of Meerapalu in a surprise attack, and formed
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began frantically digging in along what had become known as the Narva line. The defensive line ran for 11 km (6.8 mi), from the estate of
Lilienbach 2 km (1.2 mi) northeast from the highway bridge over the Narva River, to the borough of Dolgaya Niva 3 km (1.9 mi) in the
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on 1 February. Units of the 18th Army fought a rearguard action until it reached the eastern bank of the Narva. The
Sponheimer Group blew up the ice on the southern 50 km (31 mi) section of the Narva River from Lake Peipus to Krivasoo Swamp. North of the city, the 4th Soviet Rifle Regiment
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Germans and the remaining poor roads were threatening to fall apart in the thaw closing in. Another failure was in intelligence as the Soviet partisan troops that
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Regiment volunteered to cross the river to the boroughs of Omuti, Permisküla and Gorodenka 40 km (25 mi) south of Narva on 2 February. The bank was defended by the 30th Estonian Police Battalion. The defence was built as an array of small bridgeheads
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Armoured Divisions established a bridgehead on the west bank near the borough of Siivertsi further north from Narva on 12 February. The bridgehead soon became the most critical position on the whole Narva front. If the Soviets succeeded there, the city of Narva would
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battalion of the 314th Rifle
Division crossed the river under a heavy German air and artillery attack in four hours. Despite the resistance of the 29th Estonian Police Battalion, the 314th Rifle Division approached Auvere Railway Station 10 kilometres west of Narva, threatening to cut the railway
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Infantry Divisions retreated. General Major Romancov ordered an air and artillery assault at the village of Auvere on 13 February, with the 64th Guard Rifle Division seizing the village in a surprise attack. Half a kilometre west of Auvere Station, the 191st Guard Rifle Regiment cut through the
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is unorganized in the army; in the corps and the divisions, there is a lack of a concrete decision on the order of battle and the line-out of batteries; entirely unsolved is the matter of the tanks crossing the river and conducting combat on the left bank; there are no schemes prepared of the
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trees along it, however, this did not distract the Soviet artillery from keeping the highway under constant bombardment. The faith of the Sponheimer Group, that the defence could go on like this, started to diminish.
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was unable to take advantage of the opportunity of encircling the smaller German detachment which called in reinforcements. These came mostly from the newly mobilised Estonians motivated to resist the looming
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coincided with the prepared landing operation by the left flank of the Leningrad Front to the west coast of Lake Peipus, 120 km (75 mi) south of Narva. The Soviet 90th Rifle Division seized
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had been sent to Estonia were destroyed. In their report on 8 February, the War Council of the Leningrad Front saw the preparations for the landings across the Narva River as unsatisfactory:
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tanks quickly responded. While the 8th Army artillery placed near Auvere failed to begin their attack at the agreed time, in seven and a half hours of fierce fighting, the Soviet
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a bridgehead. Additional units of the 90th Rifle Division attacking across the lake were destroyed by 21 German
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engineering support for the attacks. The army (...) lacks an anti-air defence plan; (...)
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706:
141:Commanders and leaders
4188:Second Battle of Guam
4084:Bengal famine of 1943
4054:Second Battle of Kiev
4010:Battle of the Dnieper
3715:Battle of Wake Island
3587:East African campaign
3529:Battle of South Henan
3174:atrocities by Germans
2947:Korean Volunteer Army
1928:Occupation of Germany
1682:Music in World War II
989:Further information:
822:
704:
248:Evacuation of Tallinn
167:100 armoured vehicles
4679:February 1944 events
4474:Surrender of Germany
3952:Battle of West Hubei
3909:Guadalcanal campaign
3879:Battle of Stalingrad
3805:Battle of Madagascar
2579:Albania protectorate
2366:(formerly Swaziland)
2075:Wehrmacht war crimes
1891:Expulsion of Germans
1675:Art and World War II
1573:British contribution
1522:Governments in exile
1280:L. Lentsman (1977).
1254:. Tallinn: Grenader.
1134:F.I.Paulman (1980).
718:Ivangorod Bridgehead
657:Soviet re-occupation
602:Moonsund Archipelago
460:Krasnoye Selo–Ropsha
393:Moonsund Archipelago
4564:Potsdam Declaration
4453:Italy (Spring 1945)
4216:Liberation of Paris
3673:Siege of Sevastopol
2691:(until August 1944)
2594:Wang Jingwei regime
2416:from September 1943
2376:from September 1944
2314:from September 1944
2174:Romanian war crimes
2165:Persecution of Jews
2151:Croatian war crimes
2121:Japanese war crimes
1935:Occupation of Japan
1884:First Indochina War
1596:Military production
1508:Declarations of war
967:Military of Estonia
348:Relief of Leningrad
243:Strategic defensive
172:Two armies and the
4557:Surrender of Japan
4390:Battle of Iwo Jima
4239:Belgrade offensive
3652:Siege of Leningrad
3536:Battle of Shanggao
3465:British Somaliland
3430:Dunkirk evacuation
3381:Norwegian campaign
3319:Invasion of Poland
3146:Japanese prisoners
2114:Italian war crimes
2045:British war crimes
1960:Soviet occupations
1744:South-West Pacific
1631:Allied cooperation
1589:Military equipment
1217:Mart Laar (2006).
790:behind the III SS
747:11th SS Volunteer
707:
4684:March 1944 events
4644:Conflicts in 1944
4631:
4630:
4589:
4588:
4432:Battle of Okinawa
4331:Burma (1944–1945)
4165:Mariana and Palau
3945:Tunisian campaign
3770:Fall of Singapore
3694:Fall of Hong Kong
3437:Battle of Britain
3290:Operation Himmler
3199:
3198:
2863:Dutch East Indies
2506:Southern Rhodesia
2258:
2257:
2158:Genocide of Serbs
2061:German war crimes
2038:Soviet war crimes
2031:Allied war crimes
1877:Division of Korea
1856:Chinese Civil War
1654:Strategic bombing
1566:Manhattan Project
981:was annihilated.
800:coastal artillery
736:4th SS Volunteer
615:
614:
478:
477:
411:
410:
233:June in Lithuania
179:
178:
152:Leonid A. Govorov
105:
104:
4701:
4624:
4617:
4610:
4607:World portal
4605:
4604:
4580:
4573:
4566:
4559:
4550:
4543:
4536:
4527:
4520:
4513:
4506:
4499:
4492:
4483:
4476:
4469:
4467:Prague offensive
4462:
4460:Battle of Berlin
4455:
4448:
4441:
4434:
4427:
4420:
4413:
4406:
4404:Vienna offensive
4399:
4392:
4385:
4383:Battle of Manila
4378:
4358:
4349:
4340:
4333:
4324:
4317:
4310:
4303:
4296:
4289:
4282:
4273:
4264:
4257:
4248:
4241:
4234:
4227:
4218:
4211:
4204:
4197:
4190:
4183:
4176:
4167:
4160:
4151:
4142:
4133:
4126:
4124:Korsun–Cherkassy
4119:
4108:
4086:
4077:
4070:
4063:
4056:
4049:
4042:
4035:
4026:
4019:
4012:
4005:
3996:
3989:
3982:
3975:
3968:
3966:Bombing of Gorky
3961:
3954:
3947:
3927:
3920:
3911:
3904:
3897:
3888:
3881:
3874:
3867:
3856:
3849:
3842:
3835:
3833:Battle of Midway
3828:
3821:
3819:Battle of Gazala
3814:
3807:
3800:
3793:
3786:
3779:
3772:
3752:
3745:
3738:
3731:
3729:Battle of Borneo
3724:
3722:Malayan campaign
3717:
3710:
3703:
3696:
3689:
3682:
3675:
3668:
3666:Bombing of Gorky
3661:
3659:Battle of Moscow
3654:
3647:
3640:
3633:
3626:
3619:
3603:
3596:
3589:
3582:
3575:
3568:
3559:
3552:
3545:
3538:
3531:
3511:
3502:
3495:
3488:
3481:
3474:
3467:
3460:
3453:
3446:
3439:
3432:
3425:
3423:Battle of France
3418:
3411:
3404:
3397:
3390:
3383:
3363:
3356:
3349:
3342:
3335:
3328:
3321:
3299:
3292:
3285:
3278:
3276:Munich Agreement
3271:
3264:
3255:
3248:
3241:
3232:
3225:
3210:
3209:
3192:
3185:
3176:
3169:
3162:
3161:Soviet prisoners
3155:
3148:
3141:
3132:
3125:
3116:
3109:
3102:
3101:German prisoners
3097:
3077:
3068:
3061:
3054:
3049:
3042:
3035:
3028:
3021:
3014:
3007:
3000:
2993:
2986:
2979:
2972:
2965:
2958:
2949:
2942:
2935:
2928:
2921:
2914:
2907:
2900:
2893:
2886:
2879:
2872:
2865:
2858:
2851:
2844:
2837:
2830:
2823:
2803:
2796:
2789:
2782:
2775:
2768:
2761:
2754:
2747:
2740:
2733:
2713:
2706:
2699:
2692:
2684:
2677:
2670:
2661:
2654:
2646:
2639:
2637:French Indochina
2632:
2625:
2618:
2611:
2603:
2596:
2589:
2581:
2561:
2552:
2545:
2536:
2529:
2522:
2515:
2508:
2501:
2494:
2487:
2484:from August 1944
2475:
2468:
2461:
2454:
2447:
2440:
2433:
2426:
2419:
2407:
2400:
2393:
2386:
2379:
2367:
2359:
2352:
2345:
2338:
2331:
2324:
2317:
2305:
2298:
2291:
2284:
2269:
2268:
2249:
2242:
2235:
2228:
2221:
2210:
2195:
2188:
2181:
2176:
2167:
2160:
2153:
2144:
2137:
2130:
2128:Nanjing Massacre
2123:
2116:
2107:
2105:Nuremberg trials
2098:
2091:
2084:
2077:
2070:
2063:
2054:
2047:
2040:
2033:
2013:
2006:
1999:
1990:
1983:
1976:
1969:
1962:
1955:
1946:
1937:
1930:
1923:
1916:
1907:
1900:
1893:
1886:
1879:
1872:
1865:
1858:
1838:
1829:
1822:
1815:
1806:
1799:
1792:
1785:
1776:
1769:
1762:
1753:
1746:
1739:
1732:
1725:
1718:
1711:
1709:Asia and Pacific
1691:
1684:
1677:
1670:
1663:
1656:
1649:
1640:
1638:Mulberry harbour
1633:
1626:
1619:
1612:
1605:
1598:
1591:
1584:
1575:
1568:
1561:
1552:
1545:
1538:
1531:
1524:
1517:
1510:
1503:
1496:
1489:
1480:
1473:
1458:
1457:
1446:
1439:
1430:
1423:
1416:
1409:
1402:
1395:
1388:
1367:
1360:
1353:
1344:
1343:
1337:
1335:
1331:
1325:
1323:
1319:
1313:
1312:
1304:
1298:
1296:
1292:
1286:
1285:
1277:
1268:
1266:
1262:
1256:
1255:
1244:
1235:
1233:
1229:
1223:
1222:
1214:
1189:
1186:
1175:
1168:
1162:
1161:
1153:
1140:
1139:
1131:
1100:
1099:
1093:
1085:
1074:
1059:
1058:
1046:
1036:
1030:
1029:
1027:
1026:
1017:. Archived from
1006:
874:Army Group North
796:Sponheimer Group
648:Sponheimer Group
515:
505:
498:
491:
482:
481:
450:
448:
438:
431:
424:
415:
414:
358:Karelian Isthmus
220:
205:
198:
191:
182:
181:
133:
132:
121:
120:
79:Leningrad region
63:
62:
52:
32:
31:
4709:
4708:
4704:
4703:
4702:
4700:
4699:
4698:
4669:1944 in Estonia
4634:
4633:
4632:
4627:
4620:
4613:
4599:
4597:
4585:
4576:
4569:
4562:
4555:
4546:
4539:
4532:
4523:
4518:Atomic bombings
4516:
4509:
4502:
4495:
4488:
4479:
4472:
4465:
4458:
4451:
4444:
4437:
4430:
4423:
4416:
4409:
4402:
4395:
4388:
4381:
4374:
4361:
4354:
4343:
4336:
4329:
4320:
4313:
4306:
4299:
4292:
4285:
4276:
4267:
4260:
4251:
4244:
4237:
4230:
4221:
4214:
4209:Eastern Romania
4207:
4202:Warsaw Uprising
4200:
4195:Tannenberg Line
4193:
4186:
4181:Western Ukraine
4179:
4170:
4163:
4154:
4145:
4136:
4129:
4122:
4111:
4102:
4089:
4082:
4073:
4066:
4059:
4052:
4045:
4038:
4031:
4022:
4015:
4008:
3999:
3992:
3985:
3978:
3973:Battle of Kursk
3971:
3964:
3957:
3950:
3943:
3930:
3923:
3914:
3907:
3900:
3891:
3884:
3877:
3870:
3861:
3852:
3845:
3838:
3831:
3824:
3817:
3810:
3803:
3796:
3789:
3784:St Nazaire Raid
3782:
3775:
3768:
3755:
3748:
3741:
3734:
3727:
3720:
3713:
3706:
3699:
3692:
3685:
3678:
3671:
3664:
3657:
3650:
3643:
3636:
3629:
3622:
3608:
3599:
3592:
3585:
3578:
3571:
3566:Anglo-Iraqi War
3564:
3557:Battle of Crete
3555:
3548:
3541:
3534:
3527:
3514:
3505:
3498:
3491:
3486:Eastern Romania
3484:
3477:
3470:
3463:
3456:
3449:
3442:
3435:
3428:
3421:
3414:
3407:
3400:
3393:
3386:
3379:
3366:
3359:
3352:
3345:
3338:
3331:
3324:
3317:
3304:
3295:
3288:
3281:
3274:
3267:
3260:
3251:
3244:
3237:
3228:
3221:
3195:
3188:
3181:
3172:
3165:
3160:
3151:
3144:
3137:
3128:
3121:
3112:
3105:
3100:
3093:
3080:
3073:
3064:
3057:
3052:
3047:Western Ukraine
3045:
3038:
3031:
3024:
3017:
3010:
3003:
2996:
2991:Northeast China
2989:
2982:
2975:
2968:
2961:
2954:
2945:
2938:
2931:
2924:
2917:
2910:
2903:
2896:
2889:
2882:
2875:
2868:
2861:
2854:
2847:
2840:
2833:
2826:
2819:
2806:
2799:
2792:
2785:
2778:
2771:
2764:
2757:
2750:
2743:
2736:
2729:
2716:
2709:
2702:
2697:Slovak Republic
2695:
2687:
2680:
2673:
2668:Empire of Japan
2666:
2657:
2649:
2642:
2635:
2628:
2621:
2614:
2606:
2599:
2592:
2584:
2577:
2564:
2557:
2548:
2541:
2532:
2525:
2518:
2511:
2504:
2497:
2490:
2478:
2471:
2464:
2457:
2450:
2443:
2436:
2429:
2422:
2410:
2403:
2396:
2389:
2382:
2370:
2362:
2355:
2348:
2341:
2334:
2327:
2320:
2308:
2301:
2294:
2287:
2280:
2254:
2245:
2238:
2231:
2224:
2213:
2198:
2191:
2184:
2180:Sexual violence
2179:
2172:
2163:
2156:
2149:
2140:
2133:
2126:
2119:
2112:
2103:
2094:
2087:
2080:
2073:
2066:
2059:
2050:
2043:
2036:
2029:
2016:
2009:
2002:
1995:
1986:
1979:
1972:
1965:
1958:
1949:
1940:
1933:
1926:
1919:
1910:
1903:
1898:Greek Civil War
1896:
1889:
1882:
1875:
1868:
1861:
1854:
1841:
1834:
1825:
1818:
1811:
1802:
1795:
1788:
1781:
1772:
1765:
1758:
1749:
1742:
1735:
1728:
1723:South-East Asia
1721:
1714:
1707:
1694:
1687:
1680:
1673:
1666:
1659:
1652:
1645:
1636:
1629:
1622:
1615:
1608:
1601:
1594:
1587:
1582:Military awards
1580:
1571:
1564:
1557:
1548:
1541:
1534:
1527:
1520:
1513:
1506:
1499:
1492:
1485:
1476:
1469:
1449:
1442:
1435:
1426:
1419:
1412:
1407:
1398:
1391:
1384:
1376:
1371:
1341:
1340:
1333:
1332:
1328:
1321:
1320:
1316:
1305:
1301:
1294:
1293:
1289:
1278:
1271:
1264:
1263:
1259:
1245:
1238:
1231:
1230:
1226:
1215:
1192:
1187:
1178:
1172:J.J. Fedorowicz
1169:
1165:
1154:
1143:
1132:
1103:
1087:
1086:
1075:
1062:
1055:
1037:
1033:
1024:
1022:
1013:(in Estonian).
1009:Jaan Kuningas.
1007:
1003:
998:
993:
987:
963:coastal battery
951:Gulf of Finland
946:
910:
905:
890:, supported by
888:Field Divisions
870:
840:
817:
808:
783:
771:Panzergrenadier
749:Panzergrenadier
738:Panzergrenadier
720:
699:
697:Combat activity
694:
686:Main articles:
684:
650:. Army General
626:and the German
624:Leningrad Front
616:
611:
516:
511:
509:
479:
474:
451:
446:
444:
442:
412:
407:
221:
211:
209:
168:
166:
164:
147:Georg Lindemann
127:
115:
93:
53:
26:Battle of Narva
17:
12:
11:
5:
4707:
4697:
4696:
4691:
4686:
4681:
4676:
4671:
4666:
4664:1944 in Russia
4661:
4656:
4651:
4646:
4629:
4628:
4626:
4625:
4618:
4611:
4594:
4591:
4590:
4587:
4586:
4584:
4583:
4582:
4581:
4574:
4567:
4553:
4552:
4551:
4537:
4534:South Sakhalin
4530:
4529:
4528:
4514:
4507:
4500:
4493:
4486:
4485:
4484:
4470:
4463:
4456:
4449:
4442:
4435:
4428:
4421:
4414:
4407:
4400:
4393:
4386:
4379:
4371:
4369:
4363:
4362:
4360:
4359:
4352:
4351:
4350:
4334:
4327:
4326:
4325:
4311:
4304:
4297:
4290:
4283:
4274:
4265:
4258:
4249:
4242:
4235:
4228:
4219:
4212:
4205:
4198:
4191:
4184:
4177:
4168:
4161:
4152:
4143:
4134:
4127:
4120:
4109:
4099:
4097:
4091:
4090:
4088:
4087:
4080:
4079:
4078:
4071:
4057:
4050:
4043:
4036:
4029:
4028:
4027:
4013:
4006:
3997:
3990:
3983:
3976:
3969:
3962:
3959:Battle of Attu
3955:
3948:
3940:
3938:
3932:
3931:
3929:
3928:
3921:
3912:
3905:
3898:
3889:
3882:
3875:
3868:
3859:
3858:
3857:
3850:
3836:
3829:
3822:
3815:
3808:
3801:
3794:
3787:
3780:
3773:
3765:
3763:
3757:
3756:
3754:
3753:
3746:
3739:
3732:
3725:
3718:
3711:
3708:Battle of Guam
3704:
3697:
3690:
3683:
3676:
3669:
3662:
3655:
3648:
3641:
3634:
3631:Battle of Kiev
3627:
3620:
3606:
3605:
3604:
3590:
3583:
3576:
3569:
3562:
3561:
3560:
3546:
3539:
3532:
3524:
3522:
3516:
3515:
3513:
3512:
3503:
3496:
3489:
3482:
3475:
3468:
3461:
3454:
3447:
3440:
3433:
3426:
3419:
3412:
3405:
3398:
3391:
3384:
3376:
3374:
3368:
3367:
3365:
3364:
3357:
3350:
3343:
3336:
3329:
3322:
3314:
3312:
3306:
3305:
3303:
3302:
3301:
3300:
3293:
3286:
3279:
3272:
3258:
3257:
3256:
3249:
3235:
3234:
3233:
3218:
3216:
3207:
3201:
3200:
3197:
3196:
3194:
3193:
3186:
3179:
3178:
3177:
3170:
3158:
3157:
3156:
3142:
3135:
3134:
3133:
3130:United Kingdom
3126:
3119:
3118:
3117:
3098:
3090:
3088:
3082:
3081:
3079:
3078:
3071:
3070:
3069:
3062:
3050:
3043:
3036:
3029:
3022:
3015:
3008:
3001:
2994:
2987:
2980:
2973:
2966:
2959:
2952:
2951:
2950:
2943:
2929:
2922:
2915:
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