The Luftwaffe was also reported to have laid extensive mines around Russian seaports on the Arctic Ocean, the White Sea and the strategic White Sea Canal, The High Command said that 300 Soviet tanks and 19 trains were destroyed in the Jitomir sector yesterday. During aerial operations, 281 Soviet planes were shot down while 90 German planes failed to return, It was claimed that approximately 6,000 Soviet planes have been destroyed in the air and on the ground since start of hostilities, D.N.B. reported that 10,000 Soviet prisoners surrendered on Sunday at various points on the front,—United Press, Japanese Mission to
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