Berlin, July 14.
Although stressing that German armoured forces had broken through the Stalin Line, the High Command today failed to equal the enthusiastic claims of Nazi quarters that Nazi mechanized units had driven 60 miles beyond the "last Soviet fortification in the European area" at almost all points, Grectly outstripping official High Command claims, military and newspaper reports implied now that the Germans had broken through the Stalin Line there was nothing but disorganized masses of men between them and the three key cities of Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev, towards which the Germans were driving.
The newspapers asserted that Nazi armoured divisions had driven far into che Russian lines towards, the three key cities and that German planes were bombing highways and railroads along the line of retreat, and also great masses of reinforcements which had arrived to late.
"According to Plan"
The High Command simply said that the "break through operations on the Eastern front are proceeding according to plan."
The High Command's communique also revealed that "Finnish forces, under the supreme of Field Marshal Baron Gustav von Mannerheim, have taken the offend sive on both sides of Lake Ladoga.
"German destroys sank two outposts vessels of the Srwict Navy."
Crack German armoured forces yesterday swept to points 100 kilometres beyond the Stalin Line after cracking the Soviet fortifications-in-depth system and German military authorities claimed that the Nazi break-through had clinched a German victory in the east.
German Panzer divisions and shock troops now threaten Leningrad as a result of their feat in blasting through the Russian fortified line, while the occupation of Kiev is imminent, according to military, jauthorities.
In addition, there are no further fortifications of importance which might threaten to halt the German thrust across the broad Russian plains to Moscow, The Soviet Red Army was described by these quarters og having been split so effectively that only single battles behind the Stalin Line are expected to take place in the future.
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