Word: govorov
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Self-Acceleration. In the far north, Marshal Govorov woke up the sector above Lake Peipus with an attack which overran Narva, which the Germans had held since Govorov drove them back from Leningrad. This action extended the active front to a reach of 800 miles from the Carpathians to the Gulf of Finland. The stretch had been excruciating for the Germans. It was possible that the Soviet high command had not originally intended to stretch it so fast, to keep so much of it in motion at one time, but-always quick to exploit an unexpected weakness-had been encouraged...
Collapse of the Shutters. The great offensive in White Russia reduced the Finnish campaign, which had started last fortnight, to the status of a side show. Nevertheless Marshal Leonid Govorov went right on with his methodical, heavy-handed clearing of Russia's right flank...
Surprise. General Leonid Govorov's blow last week caught the Finns and their German allies by surprise. In next-door Sweden, observers predicted Finland's collapse within three months, voiced doubt that Nazi General Eduard Dietl would rush his nine divisions from the north to help the hard-pressed Finns...
...formidable array of Red generalship that faced the Germans: Konev, Malinovsky and Zhukov in the south; Rokossovsky and Bagramian further north; Popov, Meretskov and the liberator of Leningrad, Leonid Govorov, poised for attack on the Baltic countries...
Other armies, possibly sparkplugged by Rokossovsky's forces, might launch a drive to Warsaw along the north fringe of the Pripet. Meanwhile Govorov and Meretskov could help things along with a westward reach for the Baltic...