19 August 1941
East Karelia: Group O begins attempting a breakthrough in Aittojoki towards Suojärvi.
11. Division attacks from Hyrsylä to Tsalkki.
Northern Finland: German 36.AK restarts its offensive on the east side of Salla.
Finnish daily losses: 224
Finnish soldier walking past a burning building in Kiviniemi.
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20 August 1941
Ladoga Karelia: Fighting ends on the southeast side of Sortavala. The remaining Russian forces withraw from the Rautalahti encirclement over Lake Ladoga to Valamo and Leningrad Front.
Karelian Ishthmus: Russian forces are ordered to withdraw to the Viipuri - River Vuoksi - Pyhäjärvi line.
Hitler orders Waldemar Erfurth to inform the Finns, that Hitler wishes them to surround Leningrad from the north.
After talking with Mannerheim, Erfurth informs to Berlin that Finland is reluctant to take part in the attack on Leningrad.
Finnish daily losses: 183
