Pictured is the military parade on Moscow's Red Square
The Soviet-German war in World War 2 caused a painful blow to the Soviet Union at that time, but with the tenacious will to fight, the Soviet Union successfully crushed the German attempt to destroy the Soviet Union with blitzkrieg, and the key battle was the Battle of Moscow, which ended the situation in which the German army marched forward in Operation Barbarossa, smashed the conspiracy of the German army to take Moscow in one fell swoop and force the Soviet Union to surrender, and was the first major military victory won by the Soviet army against the German army in the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, which is worth remembering forever by Russia and all mankind.
The picture shows the defense of Moscow
The effective blitzkrieg tactics of the German army caused heavy losses to the Soviet army at the beginning of the war, when Germany believed that although it had an advantage in military strength and preparation, the Soviet Union was rich in products and great war potential, and it was necessary to use blitzkrieg to force the country to surrender before the Soviet Union reacted, so the German army formulated the Barbarossa plan, trying to launch an operation on June 22, using the superiority of German soldiers' combat strength and blitzkrieg tactics to break through to the city of Moscow in September, and occupy Moscow in one fell swoop before winter came. Forcing the Soviet Union to surrender, the initial progress of Operation Barbarossa was in line with the expectations of the German army, and the unprepared Soviet army collapsed at a touch, unable to organize an effective defense, and the German Army Group Center, which was responsible for the attack, soon broke through to the outskirts of Moscow.
Pictured is the Battle of Moscow
However, the development of events later deviated from the expectations of the German army, because the Action was dragged down by the Soviet Army in the Battle of Kiev and other battles, and the German units such as Army Group North, which was supposed to converge with Army Group Center under Moscow, did not arrive as scheduled, resulting in the actual strength of the German army attacking Moscow far lower than expected, in order to complete the task, Bork, Guderian and other German generals tried to launch an attack alone, but because the stubborn resistance of the Soviet Army did not succeed, they were forced to postpone the timetable for attacking Moscow until the arrival of the harsh winter of the Soviet Union Then the German retribution came: before the war began, the German army arrogantly believed that it could crush the Soviet Union before winter came, so it did not prepare enough cold protection materials, resulting in the front-line German army suffering painful losses due to the cold after the arrival of the cave, a large number of German soldiers were not combat attrition, and many weapons and equipment were frozen to no use.
The Soviet army has a wealth of experience in dealing with the harsh winter, taking advantage of the opportunity of the German army being delayed, the Soviet army gathered 1.1 million troops from all over the country to protect the capital in two months, so that the balance of war fell to the Soviet side, on November 7, 1941, the Soviet army held the famous Red Square military parade, tens of thousands of Soviet troops were inspected in Red Square, and then directly rushed to the front line to prepare for the battle, and the troops who came to protect the capital were also well equipped with strict defense equipment.
The picture shows the red square military parade
From November to December 1941, the German 38th division launched several rounds of onslaught on Moscow, but under the stubborn resistance of the Soviet army, none of them succeeded, and it is said that the German motorized grenadiers raided the suburbs only 8 kilometers from the center of Moscow, and the German commanders could even see the red star on the Kremlin through the telescope, but after that the German army never took a step forward, and in January of the following year, the well-prepared Soviet army took the initiative to launch a major counterattack. Repelling the fleeing German army 350 kilometers away from Moscow, it successfully crushed the German offensive attempt, inflicting losses of up to 500,000 people on the German army and reversing the course of the war.