 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kusvikira muvhiki yechipiri yaFebruary 1944, mauto maviri aiva kuLeningrad Front akanga ashandisa nhengo dzevarwi chete paaiedza kupinda muEstonia. Mukuru wemauto Leonid A. Govorov weLeningrad Front akarayira 2nd Shock Army kuti ipfuure nepakati pemutsetse wekuzvidzivirira weGerman kuchamhembe nekumaodzanyemba kweNarva guta, fambisa kumberi makiromita makumi mashanu kumadokero uye ramba uchienda kuguta reRakvere. Mauto e2nd Shock army akavhura moto pazvinzvimbo zvese zveGerman musi wa11 Kukadzi, achienderera mberi neHondo yeNarva Bridgehead. 30th Guards Rifle Corps yakabatana nezvikamu zveSoviet zvichiedza kutora chiteshi cheAuvere. Varindi vaiva nepfuti vakakudza musoro webhiriji kusvika kumakiromita gumi nechemberi. Zvakasara zveGermany 227th uye 170th Infantry Divisions zvakadzokera shure. Major General Romantsov akarayira kurwiswa kwekugara kweAuvere neAir Force uye pfuti musi wa13 Kukadzi, ne64th Guard Rifle Division ichitora musha mukurwisa kushamisika. Hafu yekiromita kumadokero kubva pachiteshi cheAuvere, 191st Guard Rifle Regiment yakatema njanji makiromita maviri kubva mumugwagwa mukuru weTallinn, yaive nzira yekupedzisira yekubuda yeArmy Group Narwa, asi yakadzoserwa ne170th Infantry Division uye 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion. 