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...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...
Early last autumn the Red Army regained enough strength to try to free Leningrad. Under General Kiryl Meretskov an army crossed the Volkhov River, drove west against the German corridor running to Schlüsselberg, kept going until the corridor was narrowed to nine miles. On Jan. 11 General Meretskov resumed the offensive. Simultaneously another drive struck east out of Leningrad under Major General Leonid A. Govorov. When the two armies met, seven days later, Leningrad was free...
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