In World War II, the Nazi army invaded the Soviet Union, pushing the Red Army back 25 kilometers to Moscow.
This day in 1944, beginning of the Lapland War, Finland attacked forces of its former ally Nazi-Germany after they agreed to sign the Moscow Armistice, the peace treaty with the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union pressured Finland to take a more active role in pushing the Germans out.
Operation Barbarossa seized about 2 million square kilometers
5 million military prisoners
9 lakh killed
But the Russians did not give up and repulsed the Nazis.
The following year, the Nazis attacked again
This time the target was the coastal, industrial city of the Soviet Union, rather than Moscow
In the north, the old Russian capital, Leningrad, was besieged
In the middle, the industrial city of Stalingrad was attacked
And in the oil-rich Caucasus in the south (present-day Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia), the Nazis once again overthrew Russian troops.
Within a few days, we reached the gates of Stalingrad.
With the conquest of a giant world power like France in just 40 days and the defeat of a joint British-French army, the Nazis were so frightened that the soldiers fled as soon as they heard of their attacks. The Russian army was retreating and Stalingrad saved the last city, west of the Volga River.
It was the center of Russia's military industry and the supply route to Moscow
The defeat of the Russians was the graffiti wall.
But here Stalin issued the famous Order 227.
According to which the Russian army will not retreat even 1 step without fighting.
Anyone who runs will be shot
Stalingrad, then on the banks of the Volga River, had a population of 400,000
The entire population was ordered to stay in the city
The women dug trenches next to the men
Poems were published in the city's newspapers before the fresh troops of the Russian army
There was a text of a poem
"Kill, kill the German
Strike so that tears flow in his house, not in your house
Hit the Germans, hit when you look and where you look. "
This was the beginning of the bloodiest battle in history.
The next day, the Nazi Air Force Luftwaffe began bombing the city
Thousands of tons of bombs were dropped on 2,000 flights in two days
40,000 people died in the bombing.
The city turned into a furnace
But the Russians persevered
Two days later the Nazis attacked the city with their terrible army.
The Russians persisted. The Nazis snatched 50% of the city from the Russians, but the Russians persisted
Did not leave the city
Behind the Russians was the river and in front was the Nazis
The war was going on one by one
The city's railway station was captured 14 times in 3 days by both armies.
Even at one time, the Nazis occupied 90% of the city.
But the Russians persevered in the midst of all this, from summer to winter.
August to November came
On November 19, the famous Russian general Zukov counter-attacked with an army of one million and surrounded the Nazis.
The siege continued for 3 months
And finally, Nazi General Paulis had to surrender
This was the first defeat of the Nazis.
The Nazis never recovered from the defeat, culminating in the Soviet occupation of Berlin.
In this World War, 15% of the Soviet population died.
80% of adult boys died.
Whose effects remain to this day.
Russia's population is shrinking every 20 years
After World War II, the Soviet Union became a superpower at the cost of independence.
No one wanted a war with the Nazis
Neither France nor Russia
But the two had to fight
France surrendered
Russia resisted.
To this day, Russia is awe-inspiring to the world. No matter how much Russia has gone through, the world is afraid of it
Nations define their role in the way the Afghan army and government have surrendered
It shows the real character of the War Lords
These are cowardly people.
There is no concept of the nation nor the value of freedom
You do not get freedom in the shelter of the world and no one saves you
You have to protect yourself.
Whoever comes to your rescue will receive a price.
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