Red Army’s Key 15 Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army's 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicered to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II. In June 1944, the Red Army was routing the enemy in Belarus. The allied powers had opened a second front in Europe, creating an opportunity for an offensive in Ukraine.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army's 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicered to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II. On September 19, 1944, the USSR signed a truce with Finland after a successful operation in Karelia.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army's 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicered to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II. By late October 1944, the Germans had lost all their real allies, except Hungary. Hitler ordered the approaches to Budapest to be fortified. He also ordered a mobilization.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army's 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicered to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II. The Balaton operation was the Wehrmacht's latest attack.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army's 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicered to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II. The Red Army conducted the Baltic Operation from June 22 to July 9, 1941, in response to an offensive launched by the German army.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army's 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicered to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II. Japan's combat operations created a tense international situation and threatened Soviet Far Eastern borders.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army’s 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in World War II.The Red Army's victories in Romania and Bulgaria made it possible to surround the enemy's Carpathian formation and to approach the borders of Yugoslavia and Slovakia.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army’s 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in World War II. Success of the German troops largely depended on Romanian resources, so the Soviet Union had to put an end to the collaboration.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army’s 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in World War II. Bagration Operation, held in the summer of 1944, resulted in the complete destruction of the German Army Group Centre and liberation of Belarus and Eastern Poland.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army's 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicered to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II. On June 10, 1944 joint Karelian and Leningrad Front has begun the liberation of Karelia from Finnish occupants.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army’s 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in World War II. Success of the Odessa Offensive enabled the Red Army to liberate the German-held Crimea in the spring of 1944.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army’s 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in World War II. The Battle of the Dnieper was one of the largest operations in the WWII, involving almost 4 million troops on both sides, about half of which were killed.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army’s 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in World War II. The Leningrad siege, which claimed the lives of more than 600,000 civilians, was one of the most horrific pages of WWII.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army’s 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in World War II. The battle of Kursk was the largest armor clash in history, involving about 2 million people and 6,000 battle tanks.

Rossiya Segodnya presents the Red Army’s 15 Key Battles vs Nazi Germany and Japan, an interactive project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in World War II. The Red Army’s first major strike in that war was Stalingrad, the greatest land battle of all time.