The #Soviets launched a massive counterattack involving thousands of tanks. The numbers were staggering: nearly 3,500 #Soviet tanks faced around 800 #German ones.

In the early days of Operation Barbarossa, #Nazi #Germany advanced rapidly into the depths of #Ukraine. But in June 1941, near the town of Dubno, the #Wehrmacht encountered unexpected resistance.

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Check out Enemy at the Gates (2001) — a gripping film based on real events during the battle, focusing on the sniper duel between Vasily Zaitsev and a German marksman.

🔗 IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt0215...

This tragic event was depicted in the 2021 Danish film The Bombardment (original title: Skyggen i mit øje ), which portrays the bombing from the perspectives of both the children and the pilots involved.
🎬 IMDb – The Bombardment (2021)

#History #Military On March 21, 1945, the British Royal Air Force carried out an airstrike in Copenhagen as part of Operation Carthage. The goal was to destroy the Gestapo headquarters in the Shell House, where Danish resistance members were imprisoned and important documents were kept. +++

During World War II, Nazi Germany established secret weather stations in the Arctic, including in Greenland. These stations played a critical but often forgotten role in the war effort.
Weather data was essential for German +++

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