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How fierce was the Battle of Kiev? 50 Soviet divisions were annihilated by the Germans, and the massacre lasted for half a month

When it comes to war, people will think of the word "cruelty", indeed, in the long river of history in the world, there have been many, no matter what the cause of the war, the ultimate victims are ordinary people, it is true that no one wants to break out war, but some people with malicious intentions want to gain benefits, the invaded country will naturally not allow other countries to invade their own interests, so they will fight hard and swear to defend the national territory to the death.

How fierce was the Battle of Kiev? 50 Soviet divisions were annihilated by the Germans, and the massacre lasted for half a month

We know that World War II was the largest world war in thousands of years. Germany, Japan and other fascist countries have frantically invaded many countries in order to satisfy their respective ambitions and desires. Japan invaded more than a dozen countries on the Asian battlefield, and on the other side, Germany also swept through the Countries of Europe, and finally it was very arrogant to call out the Soviet Union. Hitler sent millions of troops, a large number of fighters, tanks, to try to use lightning tactics to take the Soviet Union.

How fierce was the Battle of Kiev? 50 Soviet divisions were annihilated by the Germans, and the massacre lasted for half a month

Due to various reasons and confusion of various intelligence information, the Soviet Union did not know the time of the German invasion, and when it was too late to know, the German army had already hit the doorstep. The Nazi German army invaded the Soviet Union 600 kilometers in only 18 days, because the German raid made the Soviet Union too late to make strategic arrangements, coupled with the large number of German troops, so the Soviet Union would fall into a situation of defeat and heavy losses at the beginning.

How fierce was the Battle of Kiev? 50 Soviet divisions were annihilated by the Germans, and the massacre lasted for half a month

The Soviet response was extremely panicked, and there was no time to react in the face of the rapid German offensive. At that time, there were more than a thousand fighters on the ground, which did not play a role at all, and even 800 of them were blown up by several German guns without taking off. Because the Soviet Union did not have a clear grasp of the situation on the front line, it issued many wrong orders.

How fierce was the Battle of Kiev? 50 Soviet divisions were annihilated by the Germans, and the massacre lasted for half a month

At that time, the number of Soviet reinforcements could not withstand the German offensive at all, and the Soviet Union could only choose to die, but the effect was not ideal, and soon soviet soldiers and German troops launched a fierce Battle of Kiev. Kiev was located in Ukraine, and because it was a plain, there was little to defend, but the Germans were still able to take many places in the Soviet Union as quickly as possible.

How fierce was the Battle of Kiev? 50 Soviet divisions were annihilated by the Germans, and the massacre lasted for half a month

Faced with the encirclement formed by the German army in Kiev, the Soviet Union could only stubbornly resist and at the same time strive to contact the troops to the east, and the powerful German fire offensive made the Soviet soldiers have a dead heart and buy time for their companions as much as possible.

How fierce was the Battle of Kiev? 50 Soviet divisions were annihilated by the Germans, and the massacre lasted for half a month

However, the German army did not have a soft heart, and quickly used the advantage of firepower to capture every place in the encirclement, where the Soviet Union had exhausted the mountains and rivers, but still insisted on the final struggle with the German army, and finally the Soviet Union was defeated. In the Kiev War, 50 Soviet divisions were wiped out by the German formation, in addition, the German army also launched a half-month massacre, everywhere the blood flowed, can be described as inhumane, and finally the Soviet Union died more than 190,000 people and was captured 650,000.

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