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Vengeance of the Red Army

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Vengeance of the Red Army

17th February 1942: A Soviet 'destroyer detachment' picks off German units sheltering in Russian villages

Feb 17, 2022
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Vengeance of the Red Army

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A Red Army patrol.

The Red Army had managed to halt the Germans outside Moscow in December, pushing them back hundreds of miles in places . Morale had been lifted throughout the whole country and suddenly international observers began to believe that a Soviet defeat was not inevitable - but they were very far from achieving a complete reversal.

The Red Ar…

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