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The Great Patriotic War

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  • The beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Germany attacked the Soviet Union.

    The beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Germany attacked the Soviet Union.

  • The beginning of the Leningrad Blockade

    The beginning of the Leningrad Blockade
    More about the Leningrad BlockadeThe Leningrad Blockade was a prolonged military operation resulting from the failure of the German Army Group North to capture Leningrad—now known as Saint Petersburg—in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II. It was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history and overwhelmingly the most costly in terms of casualties.

  • The beginning of the Battle of Moscow

    The beginning of the Battle of Moscow
    More about the Battle of MoscowThe Battle of Moscow is the name given by Soviet historians to two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km (370 mi) sector of the Eastern Front during World War II.

  • The beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad

    The beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad
    More about the Battle of StalingradThe Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in southwestern Russia. It was the largest battle on the Eastern Front and was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties. It is among the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, with the higher estimates of combined casualties amounting to nearly two million.

  • The beginning of the Battle of Kursk

    The beginning of the Battle of Kursk
    More about the the Battle of KurskThe Battle of Kursk took place when German and Soviet forces confronted each other on the Eastern Front during World War II in the vicinity of the city of Kursk.It remains both the largest series of armored clashes, including the Battle of Prokhorovka, and the costliest single day of aerial warfare in history. It was the final strategic offensive the Germans were able to mount in the east.

  • The beginning of the Battle of Berlin

    The beginning of the Battle of Berlin
    More about the Battle of BerlinThe Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II.

  • The capitulation of Berlin

    The capitulation of Berlin

  • The capitulation of Germany

    The capitulation of Germany

  • Victory Day

    Victory Day