First German Air Raid on Moscow
21st July 1941: Strong anti-aircraft defences confound the raiders
Hitler had ordered that both Moscow and Leningrad be razed to the ground by bombers so that the Germans would not be feeding their populations over the winter. He was obviously confident that they would be occupy…
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