Gen. Alexandr Batluk 201st Rifle Division – Maj. Gen. Vyacheslav Yakutovich 256th Rifle Division – Maj. Gen. Anatoli Koziyev Total: 28,000 infantrymen, 518 pieces of artillery, 174 tanks and 44 self-propelled guns Separate Corps and Divisions (possibly subordinated to one of the above-mentioned Armies): 8th Estonian Rifle Corps – Lt. Gen. Lembit Pärn 11th Rifle Division 43rd Rifle Division 98th Rifle Division 123rd Rifle Division 189th Rifle Division 206th Rifle Division German Against the Soviet forces, a few tired German regiments without any reserve troops stood at their positions, battered by the Soviet artillery. The commander of the Army Detachment "Narwa", General der Infanterie Anton Grasser, assessed the German capacity as insufficient against the Soviet attack. While sufficient in ammunition and machine-guns, the combat morale of the Germanic volunteers was under heavy pressure while the spirit of some Estonian troops had already been severely damaged, in Grasser's opinion. However, the following combat proved the opposite. The small number of German Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers and shortage of aircraft fuel gave the Soviets massive air superiority. Grasser's conclusion was short: Leaving diplomatic formulation aside, Grasser announced that without immediate reinforcements, the Soviets would inevitably break through the Tannenberg Line on 29 June. Such reinforcements were beyond the capacities of Army Group North. The commander of the Army Group, Ferdinand Schörner, had repeatedly called Adolf Hitler's attention to the fact that virtually no division consisting of Germans was left at the Tannenberg Line, which was threatening to collapse. These calls had no effect, as Hitler's response remained to stand or die. The German order of battle (as of 28 July 1944) was: Army Detachment Narwa – General of the Infantry Anton Grasser III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps – SS-Gruppenführer Felix Steiner SS Division Nordland – SS-Brigadeführer Joachim Ziegler SS Panzergenadier Regiment 23 Norge – SS-Obersturmbannführer Fritz Knöchlein SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 24 Danmark 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) – SS-Brigadeführer Franz Augsberger Waffen Grenadier Regiment 45 – Waffen-Obersturmbannführer Harald Riipalu Waffen Grenadier Regiment 46 Waffen Grenadier Regiment 47 Artillery Regiment 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Netherlands – SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner 4th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment De Ruyter 5th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonien – SS-Sturmbannführer Léon Degrelle 6th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Langemarck - SS-Sturmbannführer Conrad Schellong 227th Infantry Division - Generalmajor der Reserve Maximilian Wengler 113th Security Regiment XXVI Army Corps – General der Infanterie Anton Grasser 11th Infantry Division