On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany tore up the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact signed with the Soviet Union, and together with several of its major servant states, gathered a total of more than 5 million troops, as well as a large number of aircraft (4900), warships (190), artillery (47000), tanks (3700), etc., launched a surprise attack on the Soviet Union in three directions, and the Soviet-German War broke out.
The Soviet-German War was the largest, most deadly and most tragic war of world war II, and the Defense of Moscow was one of the most important battles in this war. The Battle of Moscow was the general term for a series of defensive and offensive campaigns fought by the Soviet Union against the German forces attacking Moscow from September 30, 1941 to January 7, 1942.
How fierce was the defensive battle in Moscow? After reading this set of data, netizens: worthy of the fighting nation] Although the defense of Moscow ended in the victory of the Soviet army, the Soviet Union also paid an unbearable and painful price. How fierce was the defense of Moscow? After reading these data, many netizens can't help but sigh: it is worthy of being a fighting nation!
In the defense of Moscow, the German side gathered about 1 million troops, more than 10,000 artillery pieces, more than 1,000 tanks and more than 600 aircraft, while the Soviet side gathered more than 1.2 million troops, more than 7,000 artillery pieces, more than 700 tanks, and thousands of aircraft.
In the early stage of the battle, the Soviet army was defeated due to insufficient preparation, and in the Battle of Bryansk alone, most of the Bryansk group of the Soviet Red Army was annihilated, of which 580,000 were captured by the Germans, and only more than 80,000 people successfully broke through.
After such a huge defeat, the fighting nation not only did not fear, but the soldiers and civilians guarding Moscow even released the harsh words of desperate battle: "Where the enemy is, we will annihilate them!" We will fight for Lenin on Red Square and will never let the Nazis tarnish Lenin's mausoleum. ”
In order to defend Moscow, more than 600,000 Muscovite citizens were mobilized (women accounted for three-quarters), and they built three lines of defense around the city in three days. What is even more incredible is that in a very short period of time, women and children alone have excavated more than 3 million cubic meters of dirt, built 700 kilometers of anti-tank trenches, and more than 3,800 fire points.
At the end of November 1941, 1.1 million Soviet troops launched a counter-offensive against 1.7 million German troops (the war was constantly replenished, the previous strength was at the beginning of the campaign), due to the climate, the German front was too long and other reasons, the Soviet army won the final victory, but also broke the Myth of the German "Blitzkrieg Invincible".
Of course, both sides also paid a terrible price for this, in terms of casualties, the German casualties were more than 580,000, and the Soviet side suffered about 650,000 casualties. In addition, many important cities in the Soviet Union were devastated, and other losses were immeasurable.