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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > World War II broke out</h1>
In 1939, due to the relatively serious economic crisis at that time, so under the influence of a series of reasons, there was a six-year-long Second World War, in this unprecedented huge war, countless people who originally had happy families, their families became fragmented, and the whole world was seriously affected, from September 1, 1939, when Germany sent an army to attack Poland, until six years later, on September 2, 1945. Representatives of the Japanese side formally signed the Instrument of Surrender on the deck above the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as the end of World War II, and thus came to an end an unprecedented man-caused catastrophe, in which six years of war the entire battlefield spread from the original Europe to Asia.
USS Missouri
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="62" > multiple countries and regions involved</h1>
And from the Atlantic ocean all the way to the Pacific Ocean, before and after a total of sixty countries and regions have been affected by this war, and more than two billion people have been involved in the war, the entire war affected the area also reached twenty-two million square kilometers, after rough statistics, in the Second World War, the world's casualties also had more than ninety million military and civilians, and the economic aspect was at least more than fifty trillion US dollars. It is arguably the largest world war ever fought by mankind, and of the war waged by Germany, Japan, and Italy, the three Axis powers, and a number of servants, the most intense war perhaps between Germany and the Soviet Union, apart from the Asian theater.
Multiple countries and regions are involved
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="63" > the defense of Moscow</h1>
And in these two countries, there is a crucial decisive battle, and the importance of this war is also related to the fate of the entire country of the Soviet Union at that time, this war is also the largest city defense war in the history of war in the history of mankind, in this battle, there are more than a million German troops in the Soviet capital Moscow, the Soviet Union was also once on the verge of the crisis of the capital being captured, it is also in this battle, the German army that swept the battlefield with "blitzkrieg" tactics is famous, The first painful defeat experienced, and since then, their myth of invincibility has been shattered by the Soviet army, so what is the reason for the tragic defeat of the German army with many troops and advanced equipment? How did the Soviets win the war by fighting a Jedi counterattack under attack by a million German troops? And what role did this massive campaign play throughout World War II? Next, let's take a look at the largest city defense war during World War II, the defense of Moscow!
Soviet-German war
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track = "64" > the Soviet and German sides invested a lot of troops and equipment</h1>
In June 1941, the German Fuehrer Hitler launched a war of aggression against the Soviet Union, after which the German army from the north, south and the middle of these three different directions, in the form of "blitzkrieg" began to attack the Soviet Union, by the beginning of August, the German army's central corps captured the military powerhouse known as the "Gateway to Moscow", Smolensk, and this place is only about four hundred kilometers away from Moscow, at this time Moscow has fallen into a more dangerous situation. In September, the German army quickly occupied Minsk and Kiev with a fierce offensive, after which the German army began to formulate a unique battle plan for moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, which was called "Operation Typhoon", when the German army gathered the main forces into the Central Corps, and the total strength of the German army at this time also reached as many as 1.8 million, and it was also equipped with more than 1,700 tanks and more than 14,000 cannons. And more than fourteen hundred aircraft, and the German army sent so many troops and equipment, also intended to take Moscow in one fell swoop, and for this "typhoon plan", the German Fuehrer was also very confident, and he even very arrogantly preached that the next place for the German army to attack was Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union.
Smolensk
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="65" > moscow's importance to the Soviet Union</h1>
In addition, they planned to capture Moscow on the eve of the arrival of winter and completely wipe moscow from the earth, so why did the German Fuehrer attach so much importance to Moscow in the Soviet Union during that period? The main reason for this is the particularity of Moscow, which is not only the capital of the Soviet Union, but also the largest city in the Soviet Union, with a population of more than four million people, and the Kremlin, which represents the supreme leader of the Soviet Union at that time, and the highest center of power in the Soviet Union, so Moscow also has a very important significance in politics, Moscow is not only the political center of the entire Soviet Union, but also the largest industrialized city in the Soviet Union. In addition, Moscow, as the capital of the Soviet Union, is also a vital transportation hub, the central city of the Soviet Union where railways, roads and air traffic are integrated, and it is also a port with five seas in the Soviet Union, an important location for water transport, and for such a collection of the economy, culture, politics of the whole country, Transportation and other aspects of the core city of the Soviet Union, and such an important city, if it is to be captured by the German army in one fell swoop, then the Soviet Union will lose more than just a city.
Moscow
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="66" > German general Guderian</h1>
What the Soviet Union lost would be the faith and hope of the whole country and the people, so, in response to this great crisis against the German army preparing to attack Moscow, the Soviet side initially gathered the strength of seventy-five divisions, totaling about 1.25 million people, including nearly a thousand tanks, more than 7,600 cannons, and more than 670 aircraft, and then the Soviet side deployed this army of more than one million to a depth of about three hundred kilometers west of Moscow. And in a ladder of combination of multiple defensive fronts to meet the German army, in the face of this important decisive battle related to the national security of the Soviet Union, the German army is also not reserved, from the beginning is a very fierce attack, and their armored armed forces attack is particularly strong, as one of the three famous German generals at that time Guderian, this person is the founder of the German army "blitzkrieg" during the Second World War, and also advocates the German army to carry out "tank warfare" and "armor warfare" He was also known as the "father of the armored army" of the German army at that time, and he was also one of the most famous generals of the German army during the Second World War, and in this battle, it was Guderian who led the tank unit, so their strengths were also played out and the progress was very rapid.
Guderian
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="67" > Soviet military scientist Zhukov</h1>
By October 7, the German army's plan to encircle Moscow had come to an end, and the encirclement of more than a million people would soon be closed, and the German fuehrer at that time thought that he would soon capture moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, and he was excited to eat, and immediately issued an order, if the German army fought against the Soviet army in Moscow, and the Soviet army surrendered, then the German army could not accept the surrender of the Soviet army in Moscow, even if it was an active surrender. Until the capture of Moscow, in the face of the german army's huge and very strong attack, and the Soviet Union at this time did not have the right person to command the battle, forced by helplessness, the leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin, can only let the Soviet military scientist Zhukov command this battle, and Zhukov, who has excellent military command ability, will also turn the tide in this important battle, save Moscow, and even save the entire Soviet Union! On October 10, 1941, Zhukov came to the combat headquarters of the Soviet army, Zhukov arrived at the headquarters without rest, and immediately began to study the deployment of the Soviet army, he continued to deepen the defense at Moscow, this method also succeeded in hindering the pace of the German army's offensive in a short time, and on October 13, Zhukov issued an order to let the Soviet army in the west abandon the more important defensive town of Kaluga, and let the army retreat backwards to shorten the entire defense line. Thus strengthening the defensive front, which is now deployed.
Zhukov
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="68" > the Moscow crisis worsened</h1>
After this, Zhukov managed to mobilize fourteen infantry divisions in the Soviet Union, sixteen tank brigades, more than forty artillery regiments, and in a very short period of time, re-established four army groups, at the same time, Zhukov deployed the most experienced generals of the time to the defensive front to defend the German army mainly, to the main parts of the Soviet capital Moscow, although the military formations deployed by Zhukov at that time were to a certain extent, Hindered the speed of the German army marching towards Moscow, but looking at the overall front situation, the German army was still gradually advancing towards the capital of the Soviet Union, that is, Moscow, and by the middle of October, the German army had completed about two-thirds of the way to moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, and the pincer offensive previously formulated by the German army was also obviously effective, and the German army had captured Moscow more smoothly. Their leader also ordered the German Second Panzer Army, the Fourth Panzer Army, and the Fourth Army to encircle Moscow in all directions. At this time, in the eyes of the German leaders, Moscow at this time was already the turtle in the urn of the German army, and the crisis that Moscow was in was getting bigger and bigger, and it was gradually becoming more dangerous.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="69" Stalin mobilized the inhabitants of Moscow ></h1>
On October 16, the then Soviet Defense Council had already decided to abandon Moscow and relocate the Supreme Government of the SOVIET Union to Kubyshev. But some officials of the Soviet Union at that time, after hearing about this matter, for some reason, made them mistakenly think that moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union at that time, would soon be invaded by the German army, so they took the lead in escaping from the city of Moscow with their luggage and property, and this situation was seen by the residents of Moscow at that time, which also directly led to a huge panic among the residents of Moscow, and the leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin, was also very angry after seeing this situation, and he tried to stabilize the mood of the residents. And to stabilize and improve the morale of the Soviet soldiers, he decided to lead by example, and then Stalin not only decided to stick to the city of Moscow, but also on the seventh of November, when the German million troops came to moscow, he also held a huge ceremony in moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the October Revolution, on the basis of which Stalin also expressed his own will, that is, the firm determination to live with Moscow, Stalin in addition to inspiring the people and soldiers in the spiritual aspect, It also made full use of the people's own strength to transform the now precarious city of Moscow into a very strong military fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Gubyshev
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="70" > the Muscovite military and civilians to prepare for the war</h1>
By October 20, in order to maintain order, and at the same time, stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, in order to maintain order, and at the same time, ensure that there was no infiltration of German troops into Moscow, so that the whole city of Moscow was under martial law at all times, and at the same time, he also used his own card in this war concerning the peril of the Soviet Union, that is, the "militia" of the Soviet Union, which had created the strategy of "reserve for all the people" since the establishment of the Soviet Union on December 30, 1922. Although these militias come from different trades and have different jobs, when the Soviet Union ushers in a major war, they can immediately give up their work, in a very short period of time, build the fortifications in the positions, and quickly enter the state of combat, as the saying goes, raise troops for a thousand days, Stalin believes that this is the best time to use the Soviet "militia", so before the war began, all the residents of Moscow who could fight were mobilized After that, they formed a total of twenty-five militia combat teams, a total of twelve thousand troops, in addition to the residents also built more than a hundred street fighting groups, as well as hundreds of anti-tank groups, in order to entangle the enemy in the streets after the German army invaded the city, and for this reason more than six hundred thousand people participated.
Stalin
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="71" > the two sides fought fiercely</h1>
And they also built several circular fortifications around Moscow, and among them, by the strength of women and children alone, they built trenches of about seven hundred kilometers, and more than 3,800 fire points, and the time came to November 15, 1941, on the battlefield of Moscow, the Soviet and German armies of nearly three million troops began a fierce battle, because the German army wanted to quickly take the city of Moscow, so the German army did not retain, and at the beginning it was fierce. So when the battle first began, the war situation soon entered a white-hot stage, in this vast Moscow battlefield, the Soviet army and the German army were killed in the red eye, the soldiers on the front line roared, with grenades in their hands rushed to the enemy tanks and died with them, while the rest of the machine guns and rifles were also crazy strafing, and even sometimes accidentally injured their own people, some soldiers ran out of ammunition, and began a white-knife battle of life and death, the soldiers of the Soviet union and Germany not only attacked the enemy with rifle buts and stones. They will even tear their teeth at enemies. For a time, many of the corpses on the battlefield were incomplete, and the frozen glacier had turned into bright red blood, but because the German side occupied a greater advantage in strength and equipment, although the Soviet army had stubbornly resisted, it still did not resist the fierce offensive of the German army.
Soviet-German war
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="72" > the German combat effectiveness declined</h1>
The German army in the south also successfully tore open a large hole in the defense line of the Soviet army, the sword blade pointed directly at Moscow, on November 27, the German army captured Eastra, and this place is only about twenty-four kilometers away from Moscow, and the German soldiers here have even seen the top of the Kremlin with the help of telescopes, but at this time the German army encountered an important challenge, that is, the weather at that time, because the distance between the fronts pulled by the German army was too long. Therefore, there are great difficulties in the subsequent supply problem, so they want to fight a quick decision, and the German soldiers are physically and mentally exhausted after many consecutive battles, and there is also the spread of disease among German soldiers caused by the cold weather, so by this time, the combat effectiveness of the German army has declined, but at this time Moscow is close at hand, and the German Fuehrer is also very unwilling, so in the period from November 16 to December 5, The Germans launched a frenzied attack on Moscow, and even rushed to the outskirts of Moscow for a time, but in the end they were repelled by the Soviet army, and the German army also paid more than 700 tanks and 15.5 million casualties in order to break through the gates of Moscow, which also led to a serious shortage of German troops for a time.
Kremlin
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="73" > Zhukov commented</h1>
At that time, there were only twenty or thirty people left in the company level, so the blitzkrieg planned by the German army was declared a failure, at the same time, the Soviet army in order to eliminate the effective strength of the German army, so Zhukov put forward a proposal, he suggested that the Soviet army could take advantage of this to carry out a tentative attack, to further expand the results of this time, but Stalin felt a little radical for Zhukov's idea, although the Soviet army had a million troops, but the German army was no less than himself. And at this time the German army suddenly slowed down its offensive, whether this is a problem within the German army, or whether they specially exposed "flaws" to lure Soviet soldiers to the bait, this is still an unknown, the situation on the battlefield changes all the time, and the fate of the Soviet army of nearly a million troops, at this moment, is tied to this order, and Zhukov's proposal is undoubtedly very bold, even crazy, at first Stalin did not agree with this opinion, but in order to be able to defend Moscow, to defend the Soviet Union So he decided to believe in Zhukov's military judgment, so Stalin did not revise Zhukov's submission, but signed his name on it and agreed to the plan. After several tentative counter-offensives by the Soviet army, they found that the German army did not specifically expose "flaws" to lure them, but really reached the point of exhaustion.
The German Blitzkrieg failed
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="74" > the Soviet army to take advantage of the victory</h1>
So by this time, the Soviet army began a real all-out counterattack, on December 5, 1941, the Soviet army from the north of Kalinin, and the south of The Yelets, the broad battlefield, launched a very strong counterattack towards the German army, and the German army after the previous battle, it was already the end of the crossbow, in the face of the very fierce counterattack of the Soviet army, the German army was also defeated all the way, retreating to the west, and by December 16, The Soviet army had driven the German army out of the Kalinin, Yelets and Kling regions, and by this time the first stage of the Soviet army's counteroffensive against the German army had achieved great results, and when the German leaders knew the situation of the German army on the front line, they were also very angry, so they immediately dismissed Brauchitsch, who was then the commander-in-chief of the German army, and then named himself commander-in-chief of the army, and after becoming the commander,he issued an order. That is to order the German army on the front line not to retreat one step back, to fight until the last soldier, until the last bullet was fired, but his order, in the end, not only did not reverse the whole situation, but also revealed flaws, allowing the Soviet army to find the best opportunity for a counter-offensive, although the German army was fierce on the battlefield, but they had reached the final limit, and by January 1942, the Soviet army had driven the weakened German army far to the west.
The Germans retreated
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="75" > this battle laid the groundwork for a turning point in World War II</h1>
At this time, the Soviet Union also recovered all the lost Kling, Kalinin and other places, and liberated more than 10,000 settlements. Then, as the Germans ushered in the follow-up reinforcements, the counterattack began again, at which time the Soviet counterattack was also hindered, so the Soviet side also issued an order, ordering the Soviet army to turn to the defense and withdraw to the army fighting on the outside, and at this point, the Battle of Moscow was over. This battle was also the first time that the German fascists suffered such a tragic defeat in the Second World War, the Soviet side paid a price of about 730,000 casualties, and the German army paid the price of about half a million casualties and a large amount of military equipment, this battle also broke the myth of the German army's so-called invincibility at that time, and at the same time successfully turned Moscow around, and also effectively encouraged the determination of the anti-fascist struggle in the world at that time, laying the foundation for the turning point of the Second World War. The above is all the content of this issue, if you have anything you want to say, welcome to leave a comment in the comment area below!
In this battle, the Soviet Union almost lost the country, a million German soldiers approached the city, how did the Soviet army fight back?