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in freight cars, captured in Vyazma boiler Soviet soldiers. Photo on the cover of the German newspaper
Prisoners of Vyazma boiler
Soldiers of the Army Group “North” in the suburbs of Leningrad. The offensive is somewhat delayed and the inhabitants of the city manage to create the necessary fortifications. Also, the heavy tanks KV-1 and KV-2, produced by the Kirov plant
Since September 8, 1941, Leningrad, the second largest city in importance and importance of the USSR, as well as the adjacent territories are surrounded
The norms for issuing bread, the main or only food product, during the first two months of the blockade are reduced by five times. Since November 20, the minimum rate of bread delivery (employees, children and dependents) is 125 grams. Workers engaged in manual labor receive 250 grams of bread a day. In the photo – probably close relatives. It is believed that men suffer hunger worse than women
Some of the workers, not engaged in military production, go to the front. In this photo are workers of the Kirov plant. The fortification line is sometimes only 5 kilometers from important industrial sites, 16 kilometers away. from the Winter Palace
On the ice of the Ladoga Lake, in the circumvention of the positions of the Wehrmacht, the “Road of Life” is laid. Under the attacks of German aircraft, grain is imported into the city. Return flights are evacuating children. Since December 25, 1941, the rates of bread distribution have increased somewhat
Evacuation of Leningrad residents not engaged in defense and production
Finnish soldiers posing with torture Soviet prisoners of war, 1942. During the summer and autumn of 1941 Finland returns the territory lost in the Winter War. Further, the German-Finnish Karelian army continues the offensive, seizes Petrozavodsk and blocks Leningrad from the North. In the occupied territories, the Finns segregate the population on a national basis. Also, all responsible Soviet employees, enterprise managers, newspaper editors, policemen, etc., are sent to concentration camps. Justified hatred Bolshevik regime Finns mixed with longstanding own national aspirations. In a sense, Finland is hardly much better than fascist Germany. Ambitions of this sparsely populated country are constrained not by spiritual ideals, but perhaps only by its technical capabilities. July 30—31, an ally of the USSR, Britain, without declaration of war, inflicts air strikes on Petsamo and Kirkenes. One ship is damaged, two go to the bottom. The Air Force of England is losing 16 aircraft.December 6, 1941 Great Britain declares war on Finland.After the first defeat of the Wehrmacht, in the Battle of Moscow, Finland refuses to conduct active hostilities
German soldiers on the outskirts of Moscow. According to Hitler’s directive, the assault is conducted from September 30, 1941.
Sevastopol, 1941, the first assault, October 30 – November 21
Seamen of Sevastopol. On land, sailors form an elite infantry, fully aware of the value of combat brotherhood, and also accustomed to handling complex technology
Sevastopol, 1941
Sevastopol Air Defense Forces
Outskirts of Sevastopol, autumn 1941
Battleship “Sevastopol” is firing. The first and the second storm of the city of military glory are broken, first of all, thanks to the artillery support of the ships in the bays
Killed the KV-1 tank with dozens of shells, in the town of Venev, Tula region
The defense of Tula, November 1941. The important center of the Soviet defense industry is practically surrounded by German units, but it keeps the siege, and does not allow the Wehrmacht to strike Moscow from the south
December 28, 1941 RKKA and the fleet landed in Kerch, a day later – in Feodosia (Crimea). This operation is quite successful. Occupying Kerch, the German division is evacuated deep into the peninsula, throwing heavy equipme
Subsequent, poorly prepared and indecisive attacks on the fortified positions of the Wehrmacht are merely depleting the mechanized parts of the Red Army.
Killed the tank KV-1. District of the Old Crimea, the limit of advance of the Soviet marines
The erection of fortifications on the streets of the capital
Panic in Moscow, October 16, 1941
To overcome the fear of the Wehrmacht, an exhibition of disabled German military equipment is being organized in the center of Moscow
The battery is 85 mm. anti-aircraft guns in the Park of Culture and Rest. M. Gorky
Moscow, 1941. MiG-3 fighters. The capital is covered with impressive air defense forces, and Hitler’s plan to destroy the city from the air is not carried out
Two hundred thousand civilians and volunteers are mobilizing to help the Soviet Army in Moscow. Almost all of them die in the coming months
American poster in support of Lend-Lease
In November 1941, the first deliveries on lend-lease began. The country of the Soviets receives the first 670 aircraft, about 400 tanks and 3,000 other military cargoes from the United States and Great Britain. In the battle near Moscow, the armored vehicles “Valentine” and “Matilda II” account for approximately 35% of all tanks used by the Red Army. Lend-Lease aircraft, Tomahawks and Hurricanes form 16% of the air defense fleet of the capital of the capital
Moscow, November 1941. BT-7 tanks are sent to the front.
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