Word: demyansk
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...northern retreat began in the Demyansk swamps south of Lake Ilmen, where Marshal Semion Timoshenko climaxed an offensive with a great breakthrough (TIME, March 8). For 18 months the Germans had clung doggedly to the western part of the swamp area. In the warm months these marshlands form one of the best natural barriers in Russia. Last year this barrier served the Germans; this year it will serve the Red Army and hamper any German counteroffensive in the north. Winter's freeze made the swamps passable, and Timoshenko used the waning weeks of winter to smash through so fast...
LONDON--A special Russian communique said tonight that the Red Army on the northern front had liquidated the German garrison at Demyansk, in the Lake limen area, and had freed it and 302 other localities...
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