26 Jun 1941
Latvia
Latvia
- German 56th Panzer Corps reached Daugava River (Western Dvina); 8th Panzer Division and 3rd Motorized Division established bridgehead near Daugavpils, Latvia. ww2dbase [Operation Barbarossa | Daugavpils | CPC]
29 Jun 1941
Latvia
Latvia
- Colonel General Vasily Kuznetsov was ordered by Semyon Timoshenko to maintain pressure on the German bridgehead on the Daugava River (Western Dvina) near Daugavpils, Latvia. Kuznetsov would use all his reserves to mount a counterattack that would be repulsed by the Germans. ww2dbase [Operation Barbarossa | Vasily Kuznetsov | Daugavpils | CPC]
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