Moscow hero city Djennet Murzaxanova 1847

presumably, in the 12th century, and became the capital in

the 16th century.
Moscow is the capital of our Motherland.

developed a plan for operation Typhoon to capture the capital

of the Soviet Union and army group Center was concentrated near Moscow (about 1,800 thousand people, 1,700 tanks, 1,390 aircraft and other military equipment), the Soviet leadership declared Moscow under siege and began to take measures to strengthen the troops and strengthen the defense of the capital.

formations of people who are not subject to conscription on

mobilization; 450 thousand people, mostly women and teenagers, worked near Moscow on the construction of defensive structures.

women and teenagers, worked near Moscow on the construction of

defensive structures

Muscovites dig anti-tank trenches

to defend itself.

Army units was held on red square, dedicated to the

24th anniversary of the October revolution of 1917. the soldiers went Straight from the parade to the front.

The parade on red square

troops suffered huge losses: 514,338 people-irretrievable losses and 143,941 people-sanitary

and this is without taking into account the losses of the people's militia, fighter battalions, NKVD formations and partisans.

Defense of Moscow

command imposed a "war of attrition" on the enemy (when

the "last battalion" is thrown into battle to decide the outcome of the battle). But if during the battle all the reserves of the German command were exhausted, the Soviet command managed to save the main forces (from the strategic reserves, only the 1st Shock army and the 20th army were put into battle).

Defense of Moscow

wrote down his CV as follows: The offensive on Moscow

failed. All the sacrifices and efforts of our valiant troops were in vain. We suffered a serious defeat, which, due to the stubbornness of the high command, led to fatal consequences in the coming weeks. There was a crisis in the German offensive, and the strength and morale of the German army were broken.

Defense of Moscow

which the Red Army defeated the enemy and drove them

100-250 km away from Moscow. More than 900,000 Soviet soldiers and officers died in the battle for Moscow.

Offensive

a decisive military and political event of the first year

of the great Patriotic war and the first major defeat of Nazi Germany since the beginning of world war II . Near Moscow, the plan for a lightning war against the USSR was thwarted and the myth of the invincibility of the German army was dispelled.

Offensive

General G. K. Zhukov, who led the military operations, was

shown. The victory at Moscow raised the morale of the army and the entire people of the Soviet Union, strengthening the belief in victory over the enemy

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov

dedicated to the battle of Moscow : the memorial ensemble

on the Volokolamsk highway "Feat 28", dedicated to 28 Panfilov heroes-soldiers of General I. V. Panfilov's division. We will remember the harsh autumn, the Screech of tanks and the gleam of bayonets, and in our hearts will live twenty-eight of your bravest sons. The words of one of Panfilov's men, Vasily Klochkov, uttered by him during the battle became famous: Russia is Great, and there is nowhere to retreat — Moscow is behind.

Monument to Panfilov defenders of Moscow

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