The Great Patriotic War 1943-1945

This year we celebrate the 70 th anniversary. In this war 6.8 million Soviet soldiers were killed, and 4.4 million died in captivity. The Soviet Union lost 26.6 million men and women in total. 1941-1945

Chronology of the Great Patriotic War

The main events in 1941

Defense of the Brest fortress.Defeat of Red Army in Belarus.On July 10 - on October 10 - Smolensk battle.Defeat of Red Army near Kiev.On September 8 - the beginning of the Siege of Leningrad.On October 30 - the beginning of defense of Sevastopol.On September 30 - the beginning of the Moscow battle.

Defense of the Brest fortress. 22 June 1941

Defeat of Red Army in Belarus.

Smolensk battle On July 10 - on

October 10

The beginning of defense of Sevastopol. On October 30

The beginning of the Moscow battle.

On September 30

The beginning of the Siege of Leningrad On September 8

The Siege of Leningrad, was a prolonged military operation undertaken by the German Army Group North against Leningrad the Eastern Front  theatre of World War II. The siege started on 8 September 1941 and finally lifted on 27 January 1944, 872 days after it began. The capture of Leningrad was one of three strategic goals in the German Operation Barbarossa and the main target of Army Group North.

The strategy was motivated by Leningrad's political status as the former capital of Russia and the symbolic capital of the Russian Revolution, its military importance as a main base of the Soviet Baltic Fleet and its industrial strength, housing numerous arms factories

 On 10 July, both Ostrov and Pskov were captured and the 18th Army reached Narva ,from where advance toward Leningrad continued from the Luga River line. This had the effect of creating siege positions from the Gulf of Finland to Lake Ladoga, with the eventual aim of isolating Leningrad from all directions. The Finnish Army was then expected to advance along the eastern shore of Lake Ladoga

Finland's role in Operation Barbarossa was laid out in Hitler's Directive 21, «The mass of the Finnish army will have the task, in accordance with the advance made by the northern wing of the German armies, of tying up maximum Russian strength by attacking to the west, or on both sides, of Lake Ladoga»

DefenceThe defensive operation to protect the 1,400,000 civilian evacuees was part of the Leningrad counter-siege operations under the command of Andrei Zhdanov, Kliment Voroshilov and Aleksei Kuznetsov.

The two-and-a-half year siege caused the greatest destruction and the largest loss of life ever known in a modern city. The 872 days of the siege caused unparalleled famine in the Leningrad region through disruption of utilities, water, energy and food supplies. This resulted in the deaths of up to 1,500,000 soldiers and civilians and the evacuation of 1,400,000 more, mainly women and children, many of whom died during evacuation due to starvation and bombardment

CASUALTIES AND LOSSES

1,017,881 killed, captured or missing2,418,185 wounded and sickTotal: 3,436,066 casualties

Civilians:642,000 during the siege, 400,000 at evacuations

The main events in 1942.

Lyubansky operation; defeat of the 2nd shock army of the general Vlasov.Defeat of Red Army in the Crimea.Defeat of Red Army near Kharkov.July 28 - Order of the Supreme Commander No. 227On July 17 - the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad. July - the beginning of fight for the Caucasus.On November 19 - the beginning of counterattack of the Soviet Army near Stalingrad.

the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad On July 17

The main events in 1943.On January 12 - break of the Siege of

Leningrad.On February 2, 1943 - capitulation of the

German army near Stalingrad.On July 5 - on August 23 - Kursk fight.

On July 12 - tank battle near Prokhorovkaya.On November 6 - liberation of Kiev.November 28 - Teheran conference.

Kursk fight On July 5 - on August 23

the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad On July 17

The main events in 1944.January - a final lifting the siege from Leningrad.

Mart - an exit of the Soviet Army to frontier of the USSR.

Mai - liberation of the Crimea.On June-29 23 August - Defeat of group of Centre

armies. Liberation of Belarus, part of Lithuania and Latvia. The entry of the Soviet troops on the

territory of Poland.

The main events in 1945.On January 12 on February-3. Liberation of

Poland.4 - February 12 - Yalta conference.

On April 19-25 - an environment of Berlin.On April 25 - a meeting of allies in Torgau.On April 30 - a capture of the Reichstag.

On May 2 - capitulation of the Berlin garrison.On May 5 - anti-fascist revolt in Prague.

On May 8 - capitulation of Germany.May 9 - Victory Day.

Yalta conference4 - February 12

Women in World War II took on a variety of roles from country to country. During World War II, approximately 400,000 U.S. women served with the armed forces and more than 460 — some sources say the figure is closer to 543 — lost their lives as a result of the war, including 16 from enemy fire.

The Soviet Union mobilized women at an early stage of the war, integrating them into the main army units, and not using the "auxiliary" status. Some 800,000 women served, most of whom were in front-line duty units About

300,000 served in anti-aircraft units and performed all functions in the batteries—including firing the guns. A small number were combat flyers in

the Air Force

Liudmyla Mykhailivna Pavlychenko

Liudmyla Mykhailivna Pavlychenko

Marina Mikhailovna Raskova  March 28, 1912 – January 4, 1943) was a famous Soviet navigator. She later became one of over 800,000 women in the military service, founding three female air regiments which would eventually fly over 30,000

sorties in World War II

CanadaIn June 1941, the Canadian Women’s Army Corps was established. The women who enlisted would take overDrivers of light mechanical transport vehiclesCooks in hospitals and messesClerks, typists, and stenographers at camps and training centresTelephone operators and messengersCanteen helpers

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC, GM (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011) served as a British Special Operations Executive agent during the later part of World War II

Capitulation of Germany On May 8

Victory DayOn May 9

The victory won by unprecedented

heroism of the people at the front and the greatest

self-sacrifice in the back

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