Exactly 82 years ago today, One of the bloodiest battles of the eastern front took place in Krasny Bor, St Petersburg. Spanish anti communist volunteers from División Azul (Blue Division) heavily outnumbered held the defensive lines and withheld the Soviet offensive from the siege of Leningrad
It’s reported around 5,000 Spanish and German troops held out against a Soviet offensive of 30,000+
Exactly 82 years ago today, One of the bloodiest battles of the eastern front took place in Krasny Bor, St Petersburg. Spanish anti communist volunteers from División Azul (Blue Division) heavily outnumbered held the defensive lines and withheld the Soviet offensive from the siege of Leningrad
It’s reported around 5,000 Spanish and German troops held out against a Soviet offensive of 30,000+
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