Battle of Narva (1944)

Battle of Narva
Part of the Eastern Front (World War II)
Soldiers defending the Estonian bank of the Narva River, with the fortress of Ivangorod on the opposite side.
Date 2 February – 10 August 1944 Location Narva, Estonia 59°23′N 28°12′E / 59.383°N 28.200°E / 59.383; 28.200Coordinates: 59°23′N 28°12′E / 59.383°N 28.200°E / 59.383; 28.200 Result German defensive victory
Belligerents
Germany Estonian conscript, auxiliary police and border guard forces	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Johannes Frießner Felix Steiner	Leonid Govorov Ivan Fedyuninsky
Units involved
III SS (Germanic) Panzer Corps 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland XXVI Army Corps XXXXIII Army Corps Eastern sector, coastal defence	2nd Shock Army 8th Army 59th Army 8th Estonian Rifle Corps 14th Rifle Corps
Strength
123,541 personnel 32 tanks 137 aircraft	200,000 personnel 2500 guns 100 tanks 800 aircraft
Casualties and losses
14,000 dead or missing 54,000 wounded or sick 68,000 casualties	100,000 dead or missing 380,000 wounded or sick 300 tanks 230 aircraft 480,000 casualties

Germany

The Battle of Narva was a military campaign between the German Army Detachment "Narwa" and the Soviet Leningrad Front fought for possession of the strategically important Narva Isthmus on 2 February – 10 August 1944 during World War II.

The campaign took place in the northern section of the Eastern Front and consisted of two major phases: the Battle for Narva Bridgehead (February to July 1944) and the Battle of Tannenberg Line (July–August 1944). The Soviet Kingisepp–Gdov Offensive and Narva Offensives (15–28 February, 1–4 March and 18–24 March) were part of the Red Army Winter Spring Campaign of 1944. Following Joseph Stalin's "Broad Front" strategy, these battles coincided with the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive (December 1943 – April 1944) and the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive (July–August 1944). A number of foreign volunteers and local Estonian conscripts participated in the battle as part of the German forces. By giving its support to the illegal German conscription call, the underground National Committee of the Republic of Estonia had hoped to recreate a national army and restore the independence of the country.

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