[Homer_J_Simpson]

Nikopol is Yielded – 2-3
2,000,000 in Old Czarist Capital Vow to Defend City to the Last – 3
‘Orange’ Protest Annoys Nazis in the Netherlands – 3
Leningrad Line Dented by Finns – 4
German is Held Here as a Spy for Nazis – 4
Nazis Say Crisis Looms in Russia – 5-6
Nazis Will Hold French Hostages; Officer is Slain – 6-7
Board to Guard New Thai Border – 7
The International Situation – 7
Norwegian Boats Vanish; Thought Going to Britain – 7
For Flat 10% Tax at Income Source – 8
President Extends Army Service to 18 Months of Amended Law – 8
Vichy will Reform Price Control Plan – 9
Germany Orders Sleighs for Winter War on Reds – 9
Stauning Denounces Occupying of Iceland – 9
Petain Rule Praised by French Pretender – 9
Our Fleet Alert in Perilous Night – 10
Hitler Vitamin Plan is Nazi War Factor – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 11-13
R.A.F. Again Raids Syracuse Harbor – 13
R.A.F. Raids Shipping in English Channel – 13

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/aug41/f23aug41.htm

Germans strike south from Smolensk

Saturday, August 23, 1941 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... German Panzer Group 2 and 2nd Army from Army Group Center begin attacks south to link up east of Kiev with the forces of Army Group South. Most of the German generals are opposed to this move and would prefer to maintain the drive toward Moscow but Hitler insists on this change in strategy.

In the North Atlantic... The German merchant cruiser Orion returns from its cruise and arrives in the Gironde Estuary. The cruise has lasted 510 days and six ships of 39,000 tons have been sunk, as well as seven more in company with the raider Komet.

[CougarGA7]

• Ribbentrop concedes to the Japanese ambassador in Berlin that the war against the Soviet Union might last into 1942.

• Voroshilov assigns the 48th Army to the Northern Front and ordered it to defend the approaches to Leningrad.