Category: history
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[Sharing] 48 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
With just 48 days to go until the anniversary of the Red Army’s victory, on this day fierce battles raged on the outskirts of Heiligenbeil, cutting off the enemy’s retreat routes as part of a broader Soviet East Prussian offensive [end] Related March 21, 2025: 49 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik March 20, 2025: 50…
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[Sharing] 49 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day, 80 years ago, the Red Army relentlessly advanced, tightening the encirclement around Danzig while bracing for the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation in the Altdamm area. In a desperate bid to stave off the impending collapse of the Nazi regime, Hitler attempted to reshuffle his senior military brass [end] Related March 20, 2025:…
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[Sharing] 50 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day, 80 years ago, the Soviet Army continued its successful offensive operations, forcing the Wehrmacht to abandon Altdamm in Poland [end] Related March 19, 2025: 51 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik March 18, 2025: 52 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik March 17, 2025: 53 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik March 16, 2025: 54…
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[Sharing] 51 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
The Red Army divided the Altdamm group of forces in two on March 19, 1945, as it continued its successful offensive operations. In the meantime, the Soviet Union’s Western allies persisted in independent talks with the Nazi high command to set up the local surrender of Wehrmacht soldiers in Italy [end] Related March 18, 2025:…
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[Sharing] 52 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
Kolberg, which had been designated a Festung—a fortified village under a no-surrender order that required special permission to surrender—was taken over by the Red Army on this day eight decades ago. In the meantime, fighting continued in Koenigsberg’s southwest suburbs [end] Related March 17, 2025: 53 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik March 16, 2025: 54…
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[Sharing] 53 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
In the beleaguered Nazi stronghold city of Breslau (Wroclaw), the Red Army engaged in intense, house-by-house and street-by-street combat with German forces until they reached the last ring of fortifications in the Altdamm bridgehead 80 years ago today [end] Related March 16, 2025: 54 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik March 15, 2025: 55 Days to…
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[Sharing] 54 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
Eighty years ago today, the Red Army began the Vienna Operation, which led to the liberation of Austria’s capital and western Hungary. In the meantime, intense fighting was going on close to Altdamm and southwest of Koenigsberg [end] Related March 15, 2025: 55 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik March 14, 2025: 56 Days to Victory…
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[Sharing] 55 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day 80 years ago, the Red Army launched the Upper Silesian offensive. Meanwhile, Soviet troops split the Eastern Prussian group of Nazi German forces into two parts. In Hungary’s Lake Balaton region, the Nazis shifted to the defensive after ten days of intense battles [end] Related March 14, 2025: 56 Days to Victory…
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[Sharing] 56 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day 80 years ago, the Red Army resumed its offensive near Koenigsberg, while in Czechoslovakia, Nazi forces lost Zvolen, a key transport hub. Meanwhile, Soviet troops continued crushing Nazi resistance in Hungary’s Lake Balaton region, preventing the German military from reaching the Danube [end] Related March 13, 2025: 57 Days to Victory Day…
Nicolas Cinquini 