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OPERATION BARBAROSSA

5 BATTLE OF UMAN A Wehrmacht lookout gazes
at a burning bridge over the
UMAN, WESTERN UKRAINE: 15 JULY – 8 AUGUST 1941 Dniepr during the battle of Kiev
Another large encirclement offensive sees Axis forces victorious
(including troops from Germany, Slovakia and Romania). The
Soviets are routed with 200,000 of its 300,000 troops captured or
killed. After crushing the Soviets, Axis troops move towards Kiev.
6 BATTLE OF KIEV

KIEV, UKRAINE: 23 AUGUST – 26 SEPTEMBER 1941
Following on from the Battle of Uman, a huge mass of Axis forces
surrounds the city of Kiev (the largest encirclement in history).
Poor tactical decisions lead to an unprecedented loss of life for "POOR TACTICAL DECISIONS LEAD TO AN
the Soviets (over 700,000 were killed or captured).
UNPRECEDENTED LOSS OF LIFE FOR THE SOVIETS
(OVER 700,000 WERE KILLED OR CAPTURED)"

THE ASSAULT ON MOSCOW BEGINS
SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 1941, MOSCOW
GERMAN OIL RESERVES
RUN LOW
JULY 1942, MOSCOW
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MOSCOW

RUSSIAN COUNTERATTACK BEGINS
6 DECEMBER 1941, MOSCOW

MOSCOW-VOLGA
CANAL CAPTURED
DECEMBER 1941, JUST OUTSIDE MOSCOW Above: Kiev lies in ruins after Above: German engineers build
prolonged bombing from both a pontoon bridge the Dniepr
German and Soviet aircraft River at Kiev in less than a day
FIRST LINE OF MOSCOW
DEFENCES DESTROYED RUSSIA
2 OCTOBER 1941 VYAZMA, SMOLENSK
OBLAST, WEST OF MOSCOW

The citizens of Moscow were organised into
work teams and set about constructing miles
of anti-tank defences around the city

Anti-aircraft guns guard the
skies of Leningrad from enemy
from airborne threats

7 SIEGE OF LENINGRAD
ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA: 8 SEPTEMBER 1941 – 27 JANUARY 1944
In one of the largest, longest and bloodiest sieges in the history of modern
warfare, Axis forces bludgeon their way to the Soviet city of Leningrad/
Stalingrad and begin a long war of attrition that eventually sees the siege
lifted by the Soviets Images: Alamy, FreeVectorMaps.com, Getty
8 BATTLE OF MOSCOW
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: 2 OCTOBER 1941 – 7 JANUARY 1942
One of the key turning points in the Red Army ght against the faltering
Axis war machine, the Soviets ght a bloody battle to prevent the capital
from falling and eventually drive the Germans out.

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