Word: volkhov
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Zigzag Line. In all their efforts the Russians scored heavily in behalf of a major need: several important rail centers were again in or nearly in Russian hands. The threat against the highly strategic rail link between Murmansk on the Arctic coast and Leningrad was allayed. Control of the Volkhov River would mean possession of four-fifths of the Moscow-Leningrad railroad. Already recaptured was the southbound Moscow-Tula-Orel railroad. If the Germans could be driven out of the Donets Basin and Crimea, Russia could again link up communications important to her war effort-the zigzag lines of rails...
About Leningrad, Red banners moved forward too. Russian troops regained points along the Moscow-Leningrad highway, went on to cross the Volkhov River and seize Volkhov itself. They said an offensive for the relief of Leningrad was under...