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1,418 days in hell: Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War in pictures
Published time: May 09, 2014 23:13
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Soldiers place Soviet banners over the Brandenburg Gate. (RIA Novosti)
On May 9, Russia celebrates the defeat of the Nazi forces in the Great Patriotic War (WWII), which cost the country over 26 million of lives. RT looks back at the most significant events of the bloodiest war in the history of humanity.
The Great Patriotic War began at 4 am on June 22, 1941, when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union, breaking the 1939 Non-Aggression Treaty.
Women crying. June 23, 1941, Kiev, Ukraine. Photo by K. Lishko. (RIA Novosti)
On the first day of the, the Hitler Army bombed Sevastopol, Kiev, Zhitomir, Kaunas and other cities. The Soviet Union lost about 1,200 aircraft: 300 were destroyed in aerial battles and 900 were eliminated on the ground.
Soviet children during a Nazi air-strike on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus. 24.06.1941. Photo by Yaroslavtsev. (RIA Novosti)
The Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR issued a decree on mobilization, beginning June 23, of all the enlisted citizens born between 1905 and 1918. In total, The Red Army conscripted over 34 million people during the war, with 850,000 from Moscow alone.
Enlisting in the Army. Recruits entering Voroshilov Barracks in Moscow. June 23, 1941. Photo by Anatoly Garanin. (RIA Novosti)
Moving further to the East, Nazi troops eliminated thousands of Soviet towns, villages, plants, factories, cultural and historic monuments. Only in Belarus, over 200 towns and 9,200 villages were burnt or destroyed.
A mother is sheltering her child during the shelling, Krasnaya Sloboda village, Bryansk region. Photo by Anatoly Garanin, 30.07.1941. (RIA Novosti)
The Battle for Moscow – which lasted from late autumn of 1941 to mid-spring of 1942 - marked the first major defeat of Nazi Germany in WWII. “When I am asked what event in the war impressed me most, I always say: the Battle of Moscow,” Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov wrote in his memoirs.
A battle on Moscow outskirts in October, 1941. Photo by Anatoly Garanin. (RIA Novosti)
The Soviet victory in the fight for Moscow was of moral and strategic importance. Both sides suffered tremendous losses: the USSR lost 1.8 million people while the German Wehrmacht – over 580,000.
Iconic WWII photo, “The death of a soldier”, taken during the Kerch offensive. Crimea. 30.05.1942. Photo by Anatoly Garanin. (RIA Novosti)
By late September 1941, Nazi troops had taken control over Smolensk, Kiev, started a siege of Leningrad and approached Crimea.
One of the most famous WWII photos “Battalion Commander” depicts a person who was killed seconds after the photo was taken. 12.07.1942, by Max Alpert. (RIA Novosti)
For Hitler, capturing the peninsula on the Black Sea, Crimea was strategically important to prevent Soviet air raids on Romanian oil fields and get access to the Caucasus region.
Soldiers attacking. 01.11.1941. Photo by Dmitry Baltermants. (RIA Novosti)
Published time: May 09, 2014 23:13
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Soldiers place Soviet banners over the Brandenburg Gate. (RIA Novosti)
On May 9, Russia celebrates the defeat of the Nazi forces in the Great Patriotic War (WWII), which cost the country over 26 million of lives. RT looks back at the most significant events of the bloodiest war in the history of humanity.
The Great Patriotic War began at 4 am on June 22, 1941, when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union, breaking the 1939 Non-Aggression Treaty.
Women crying. June 23, 1941, Kiev, Ukraine. Photo by K. Lishko. (RIA Novosti)
On the first day of the, the Hitler Army bombed Sevastopol, Kiev, Zhitomir, Kaunas and other cities. The Soviet Union lost about 1,200 aircraft: 300 were destroyed in aerial battles and 900 were eliminated on the ground.
Soviet children during a Nazi air-strike on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus. 24.06.1941. Photo by Yaroslavtsev. (RIA Novosti)
The Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR issued a decree on mobilization, beginning June 23, of all the enlisted citizens born between 1905 and 1918. In total, The Red Army conscripted over 34 million people during the war, with 850,000 from Moscow alone.
Enlisting in the Army. Recruits entering Voroshilov Barracks in Moscow. June 23, 1941. Photo by Anatoly Garanin. (RIA Novosti)
Moving further to the East, Nazi troops eliminated thousands of Soviet towns, villages, plants, factories, cultural and historic monuments. Only in Belarus, over 200 towns and 9,200 villages were burnt or destroyed.
A mother is sheltering her child during the shelling, Krasnaya Sloboda village, Bryansk region. Photo by Anatoly Garanin, 30.07.1941. (RIA Novosti)
The Battle for Moscow – which lasted from late autumn of 1941 to mid-spring of 1942 - marked the first major defeat of Nazi Germany in WWII. “When I am asked what event in the war impressed me most, I always say: the Battle of Moscow,” Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov wrote in his memoirs.
A battle on Moscow outskirts in October, 1941. Photo by Anatoly Garanin. (RIA Novosti)
The Soviet victory in the fight for Moscow was of moral and strategic importance. Both sides suffered tremendous losses: the USSR lost 1.8 million people while the German Wehrmacht – over 580,000.
Iconic WWII photo, “The death of a soldier”, taken during the Kerch offensive. Crimea. 30.05.1942. Photo by Anatoly Garanin. (RIA Novosti)
By late September 1941, Nazi troops had taken control over Smolensk, Kiev, started a siege of Leningrad and approached Crimea.
One of the most famous WWII photos “Battalion Commander” depicts a person who was killed seconds after the photo was taken. 12.07.1942, by Max Alpert. (RIA Novosti)
For Hitler, capturing the peninsula on the Black Sea, Crimea was strategically important to prevent Soviet air raids on Romanian oil fields and get access to the Caucasus region.
Soldiers attacking. 01.11.1941. Photo by Dmitry Baltermants. (RIA Novosti)
