Month: April 2025
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[Sharing] 22 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day 80 years ago, Soviet troops continued their advancing, consolidating efforts. While surrounded Nazi forces in the Ruhr surrendered in large numbers, the Red Army breached the enemy’s lines at the Neisse River with just 22 days remaining till Victory [end] Related April 16, 2025: 23 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik April 15,…
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[Sharing] 23 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
With just 23 days to go until victory over Nazi Germany, the Red Army began its Berlin offensive operation. A major attack was launched on the Seelow Heights, the German defense line near the river Oder [end] Related April 15, 2025: 24 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik April 14, 2025: 25 Days to Victory Day…
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Flash: a touch of art in this brutish world
The lady is war correspondent Ulyana Strizh, the tank is US. Music in Panzer, Marsch the saga of NATO Panzerkampfwagen in Donbass and Ukraine Related The Atlanticist defeat in Donbass and Ukraine chronicle of a new catastrophic NATO venture December 12, 2023: The Atlanticist counter-offensive the last NATO attempt to avoid defeat in its proxy war…
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[Sharing] 24 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
Just 24 days before the triumph over Nazi Germany, the Red Army achieved a significant milestone by completing the Vienna Strategic Offensive Operation. This successful campaign resulted in the liberation of Hungary and eastern Austria from fascist forces [end] Related April 14, 2025: 25 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik April 13, 2025: 26 Days to…
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[Sharing] 25 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day 80 years ago, Soviet troops continued their advancing, consolidating efforts. Meanwhile, the East Prussian Operation was reaching its climax as the Wehrmacht’s Army Group South became completely encircled by Soviet forces. Nazi Germany was spiraling down towards complete political and military collapse [end] Related April 13, 2025: 26 Days to Victory Day…
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[Sharing] 26 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day, 80 years ago, the Soviet troops liberated Vienna, the capital of Austria, after 7 days of fighting. The city siege was sealed with the bold operation when the Soviet landing force seized control over the bridge in the heart of enemy lines and held it for two days, disrupting the Wehrmacht’s logistics…
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[Sharing] 27 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day eight decades ago, Soviet forces pushed forward, freeing key towns in present-day Slovakia and fighting bloody wars in Austria. As US President Franklin Roosevelt passed away, Vice President Harry Truman, who was well-known for his anti-Soviet beliefs and dislike of diplomacy, took over as president [end] Related April 11, 2025: 28 Days…
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[Sharing] 28 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day 80 years ago, Soviet forces engaged in harsh hostilities with Wehrmacht forces around the Austrian capital of Vienna and continued hammering Nazi troops in the Carpathians. Meanwhile, a rebellion broke out in the Buchenwald concentration camp with prisoners arresting the guards [end] Related April 10, 2025: 29 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik…
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[Sharing] 29 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
Soviet forces took control of the Koenigsberg military installations on this day eight decades ago. Trencin, a strategic bastion in present-day western Slovakia, was evacuated by the Wehrmacht to the southwest. The Red Army moved farther to the west, into Vienna’s western neighborhoods. The Nazis demolished every bridge across the Danube Canal as they fled.…
Nicolas Cinquini 