German counterattacks annihilated the bridgeheads to the north of Narva and reduced the bridgehead south of the town, stabilizing the front until July 1944. Subsequent attempts to expand the Soviet toehold failed. Soviet units established a number of bridgeheads on the western bank of the river in February, while the Germans maintained a bridgehead on the eastern bank. ДЄs a continuation of the LeningradвЂ“Novgorod Offensive of January 1944, the Soviet Estonian operation pushed the front westward to the Narva River, aiming to destroy 'Narwa' and thrust deep into Estonia. 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. A number of foreign volunteers and local Estonian conscripts participated in the battle as part of the German forces with Army Group North. Following Joseph Stalin's 'Broad Front' strategy, these battles coincided with the DnieperвЂ“Carpathian Offensive (December 1943 вЂ“ April 1944) and the LvovвЂ“Sandomierz Offensive (JulyвЂ“August 1944). The Soviet KingiseppвЂ“Gdov Offensive and Narva Offensives ( 15вЂ“28 February, 1вЂ“4 March and 18вЂ“24 March) were part of the Red Army Winter Spring Campaign of 1944. The battle 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 (JulyвЂ“August 1944). The Battle of Narva was a World War II military campaign, lasting from 2 February to 10 August 1944, in which the German Army Detachment 'Narwa' and the Soviet Leningrad Front fought for possession of the strategically important Narva Isthmus. The 'cost of nearly 500,000 men' is confirmed in the book Battle in the Baltics 1944вЂ“1945 by I. Deducting the losses in the operations of the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive conducted elsewhere, the casualties in the battles in Finland and in the Baltic Offensive, Laar totals the numbers of Soviet losses in the Battle of Narva at approximately 100,000 dead or missing and 380,000 wounded or sick. Paulman, stating in his Ot Narvy do Syrve that the 2nd Shock Army lost over 30,000 troops at the Narva bridgeheads during February. This is in accordance with the estimation of F. The share of the battles around Narva is unknown but considering the length of the operation, Laar accounts roughly half of the documented 56,564 dead or missing and the 170,876 wounded or sick in the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive for the Battle of Narva. According to the data of the Stavka, the total casualties of the Leningrad Front in 1944 were 665,827 men, 145,102 of them dead or missing.

^ Mart Laar in his book SinimГ¤ed 1944: II maailmasГµja lahingud Kirde-Eestis has presented an indirect account of Soviet casualties for the battles.

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