80 years ago, the Red Army launched Operation Iskra, which brought an end to Leningrad’s hell. Saint Petersburg, then Leningrad, was the scene of one of the bloodiest and most tragic episodes of the Second World War.
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Operation Uranus: The Day Nazis were Smashed and the Soviet Union Began Taking the Upper Hand in WW2
Berlin didn’t expect Moscow’s maneuver, which came at roughly the midpoint of the five-month long Battle of Stalingrad.
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How World War 2 Happened | Vladimir Putin
Some European leaders colluded with Hitler. Speech delivered by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), held in Moscow on Dec. 20, 2019. Putin spoke about the pre-history of World War 2 and invited the participants to tour a especially organized exhibit of archive materials on the conflict.
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Xi & Putin Warn Against History Distortions
Mainstream accounts of our history are already distorted and we are only beginning to learn the real story. Presently, there are also flagrant attempts to discredit the almost unilateral contribution of the Russians to the downfall of the Nazi expansionist regime late in the 1930s and onward.
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