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June 1941 |
Blitzkrieg Rips through Eastern fronts, including the Baltic States (Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania) |
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September 1941 |
Operation Barbarossa 632,000 deaths as part of the Siege of Leningrad over 872 days. |
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October 1941 |
Battle of Moscow The Soviets were outnumbered, but their counter offensive + a harsh winter meant Germans failed. |
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Spring 1942 |
Stalingrad Offensive Soviet Triumph in 1943 750,000 Nazis KMW (killed, missing or wounded) Just over half this amount of Soviets KMW. |
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July 1943 |
Battle of the Kursk T34 500,000 Nazi deaths Last major Nazi offensive. |
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January 1945 / May 1945 |
Soviets invade Germany, and in May Germany surrenders. |
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How many soviet citizen deaths occurred? |
28 million, which was 1/7 of pre war population |
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By 1945 how many Soviet soldiers had been taken captive? |
6 million. They were worked to death, murdered or starved/frozen to death. |
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German invaders during the war destroyed: __/3 of Soviet Property __% of steel and rendered __ million people homeless |
2/3 of Soviet Property 60% of steel 25 million people homeless. |
