But Leningrad also has powerful concentrations of fighting power, and with the population's iron will resist, as seen from the example of Odessa, where, with the aid of the entire population, the city has continued to hold out for several weeks, Leningrad will prove a hard nut to crack.
The weather, as the Germams are significantly begunning to complain. Las been exceptionally bad for early September. The fighting south and south-west of Leningrad is, however, continuing on an unprecedented scale. The importance of the excellent Russian equipment is typified by the smashing attacks delivered from the Leningrad sector at newly established German aerodromes, and the powerful blows struck against the Germans by the Baltic Fleet. Most striking of all, however, is the conviction with which not only the ordinary people—who have little to go by—but the people in high authority and members of the High Command speak of the imminent German failure to capture Leningrad.
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