While it was admitted that the Germans had broken through many outlying Russian defence positions, authorities here affirmed that the Nazis have not succeeded in piercing the main Stalin Line, although fighting was going on, especially east of Minsk.
Tt would be wrong to assume that the Russians who remained in German pockets in several districts, including Grodno and Rovno, did so intentionally in order to emulate British strategy in North Africa, where a foothold was retained at Tobruk in order to menace the German rear, The Russians in these pockets were cornered, but instead of retreating or surrendering, they stayed in their positions and' fought the Germans from the rear, repeatedly cutting off the German spearheads from the main Nazi army.
Reliable circles said that even the German mechanized divisions so far had failed to break through the Ukrainian front.
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