Madona Sector, Latvia

BLOCKING ACTION: MADONA SECTOR, LATVIA (22/9/44) The collapse of Army Group Center left AG North stranded in the Baltic states. As AG North withdrew into an enclave on the Courland peninsula. Russian spearheads reached out, attempting to split the Germans and deteat them in detail. The worst crisis came when the 20th Baltic Front smashed the German 10th Corps at Madona; a short dash to Riga and the whole evaouetion from Estonia and Latvia would be intercepted.

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BLOCKING ACTION: MADONA SECTOR, LATVIA (22/9/44) The collapse of Army Group Center left AG North stranded in the Baltic states. As AG North withdrew into an enclave on the Courland peninsula. Russian spearheads reached out, attempting to split the Germans and defeat them in detail. The worst crisis came when the 20th Baltic Front smashed the German 10th Corps at Madona; a short dash to Riga and the whole evacuation from Estonia and Latvia would be intercepted.

Madona, Latvia

The Baltic offensive, also known as the Baltic strategic offensive, was the campaign between the northern Fronts of the Red Army and the German Army Group North in the Baltic States during the autumn of 1944. The result of the series of battles was the isolation and encirclement of the Army Group North in the Courland Pocket and Soviet re-occupation of the Baltic States.

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