Old photos of World War II The thrilling Battle of Moscow

Mondo Military Updated on 2024-02-15

Dmitri Baltermants, born in Poland, joined the Soviet Red Army at the beginning of the war as a journalist for the newspaper Izvestia. His troops were sent to the Crimea, where photographers witnessed the complete defeat and retreat of the Soviet troops. He successfully escaped the siege and went to the capital Moscow to photograph the old ** of the defense of Moscow.

In 1941, during an assault battle, the Soviet Red Army launched a charge.

Grief", one of Dmitry Baltmants' most famous World War II **.

In 1941, during the Battle of Moscow, Soviet civilians dug anti-tank trenches.

In August 1941, Nazi troops defeated the Soviets almost everywhere. While the troops retreated to the east, the Soviets tried to harvest as much as possible to avoid famine. In this **, the anti-aircraft artillery is on intense alert, allowing the farmers to harvest their crops and complete their work.

In 1941, during the Battle of Moscow, the Soviet Red Army engaged the enemy in close quarters, throwing grenades.

A military parade on Red Square in Moscow on November 7, 1941.

It is hard to imagine the desperate situation in the Soviet Union in November 1941, when German troops were heading for the capital, Moscow, and the battle of Moscow was about to begin. Stalin decided, as he had done a few years earlier, to continue the military parade of the October Revolution on Red Square on November 7. This move greatly boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers defending the city, and the Soviet soldiers finally won the defense of Moscow, announcing the shattering of Hitler's myth of "invincibility in blitzkrieg".

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