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Cemetery for Wehrmacht Soldiers Opens in Smolensk Region
Cemetery for Wehrmacht Soldiers Opens in Smolensk Region
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A German war cemetery was opened on Saturday, August 3, in the town of Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Region. 06.08.2013, Sputnik International
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Cemetery for Wehrmacht Soldiers Opens in Smolensk Region 08:05 GMT 06.08.2013 (Updated: 18:36 GMT 07.05.2023 )
A German war cemetery was opened on Saturday, August 3, in the town of Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Region.
A German war cemetery was opened on Saturday, August 3, in the town of Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Region.
© RIA Novosti . Valery Melnikov / Go to the mediabank A German war cemetery was opened on Saturday, August 3, in the town of Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Region. A German war cemetery was opened on Saturday, August 3, in the town of Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Region.
© RIA Novosti . Valery Melnikov / Go to the mediabank The opening of the cemetery marks the 70th anniversary of the Smolensk Offensive which took place from August 7 to October 2 1943. The opening of the cemetery marks the 70th anniversary of the Smolensk Offensive which took place from August 7 to October 2 1943.
© RIA Novosti . Valery Melnikov / Go to the mediabank The opening ceremony was attended by German Defense Minister Thomas de Mazière (pictured) and Commander-in-chief of Russian Ground Forces Colonel General Vladimir Chirkin. The opening ceremony was attended by German Defense Minister Thomas de Mazière (pictured) and Commander-in-chief of Russian Ground Forces Colonel General Vladimir Chirkin.
© RIA Novosti . Valery Melnikov Seven German divisions were destroyed in the Smolensk operation, and 14 suffered heavy losses.
Seven German divisions were destroyed in the Smolensk operation, and 14 suffered heavy losses.
© RIA Novosti . Valery Melnikov / Go to the mediabank The first German war cemetery was opened in the village of Nizhnyaya Dubrovka, also in the Smolensk Region, in 2003. The first German war cemetery was opened in the village of Nizhnyaya Dubrovka, also in the Smolensk Region, in 2003.
© RIA Novosti . Valery Melnikov “In 20th century our bilateral relations underwent the harshest trials possible,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at the meeting with his German counterpart Thomas de Mazière. “This should serve to warn future generations against senseless bloodshed.” Photo : Opening of a Wehrmacht war cemetery in the Smolensk Region.
“In 20th century our bilateral relations underwent the harshest trials possible,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at the meeting with his German counterpart Thomas de Mazière. “This should serve to warn future generations against senseless bloodshed.” Photo : Opening of a Wehrmacht war cemetery in the Smolensk Region.
© RIA Novosti . Valery Melnikov A relative of a fallen German soldier at the Wehrmacht war cemetery
A relative of a fallen German soldier at the Wehrmacht war cemetery
© RIA Novosti . Valery Melnikov Opening of a Wehrmacht war cemetery in the Smolensk Region.
Opening of a Wehrmacht war cemetery in the Smolensk Region.
© RIA Novosti . Valery Melnikov / Go to the mediabank A relative of a fallen German soldier at the Wehrmacht war cemetery near the town of Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Region. A relative of a fallen German soldier at the Wehrmacht war cemetery near the town of Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Region.
© RIA Novosti . Valery Melnikov Opening of the German war cemetery in the Smolensk Region.
Opening of the German war cemetery in the Smolensk Region.
