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Marshal Leonid A. Govorov's Leningrad army, fresh from its triumph over the Finns in Karelia, swept across Estonia. Its left flank drove through from the southern end of Lake Peipus. Its right flank drove through the lake-studded swamps bordering the Gulf of Finland. At a mile-an-hour clip, this force rolled into Tallinn, last but one of the occupied capitals (according to Soviet reckoning) of the Soviet republics...
Down Go the Ships. With Govorov's southern flank cutting toward the coast south of Tallinn, the Nazis took to the sea to escape. Many of the scratch fleet of evacuation ships were sunk by Red Fleet aircraft before they got to sea. The seizure of Tallinn (directly opposite Helsinki) was a great naval victory, for it pave the Red Fleet control of the Gulf of Finland and, after three years' virtual blockade, a chance to operate in the Baltic. The Red Fleet seized the opportunity at once, and landed marines who captured Paldiski, west of Tallinn...
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...