The Archive · 1941

Greatest Massed Battle in History

The black arrows in the above map indicate the directions in which the German forces are moving, according to German claims which are for the most part unconfirmed by other sources.

Latest Nazi claims state that both Lwow and Minsk have been occupied, and that two Soviet armies Gre encircled in the Byelostok sector. In the north, the Finns and Germans have opened an attack on the Karelian Isthmus which the Red Army claims to have thrown back.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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