1 real historical location · Russia
A Russian war film depicting the defence of Moscow in the winter of 1941-42, when Soviet forces held the German advance at the city's gates — the first major German defeat on the Eastern Front and the end of the myth of Blitzkrieg invincibility.
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A Soviet rifle battalion holds their position on the road to Moscow in November 1941, refusing to retreat against overwhelming German armoured forces — a sto...
In November 1941, German forces reached their closest point to Moscow — approximately 8 km from the city's suburbs at Khimki. The Soviet 16th Army and militia units halted the German advance in brutal fighting around ...
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