MAY 9,
2010 - the
Great Patriotic War
The 65th
Victory Day celebration.
http://www.may9.ru/en/
Youtube Play-list:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3E34A90389AF8575
Воин Красной Армии - Спаси!
Red Army
Warrior -
Save (us)!
The Battle of Berlin was the final major offensive of the
European Theatre of
World War II and was designated the
Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the
Soviet Union.
Starting on
16 January 1945, the Red Army breached through the
German front as a result of the VistulaOder
Offensive and rapidly advanced westward as fast as 3040 kilometres a day, through
East Prussia,
Lower Silesia,
East Pomerania, and
Upper Silesia, temporarily halting on a line 60 kilometres east of
Berlin along the
Oder River.
During the offensive, two
Soviet fronts (army groups) attacked Berlin from the east and south, while a third overran
German forces positioned north of Berlin.
The Battle in Berlin lasted from late 20
April 1945 until the morning of 2 May and was one of the bloodiest battles in history.
The first defensive preparations at the outskirts of Berlin were on 20 March, when the newly appointed commander of the
Army Group Vistula,
General Gotthard Heinrici, correctly anticipated that the main Soviet thrust would be made over the Oder River.
Before the main battle in Berlin commenced, the
Soviets managed to encircle the city as a result of the smaller
Battles of the
Seelow Heights and Halbe.
During 20 April 1945, the
1st Belorussian Front led by
Marshal Georgy Zhukov started shelling Berlin's city centre, while Marshal
Ivan Konev's
1st Ukrainian Front had pushed in the north through the last formations of
Army Group Centre.
The German defences were mainly led by
Helmuth Weidling and consisted of several depleted, badly equipped, and disorganised
Wehrmacht and
Waffen-SS divisions, as well as many Volkssturm and
Hitler Youth members.
Within the next days, the Soviets were rapidly advancing through the city and were reaching the city centre, conquering the
Reichstag on 30 April after fierce fighting.
Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_operations_of_the_Red_Army_in_World_War_II
Великая Отечественная война (
1941 - 1945) - История, Фотографии, Плакаты, Личности, Города-герои, Кинохроника, Песни:
http://bigwar.msk.ru/
The Road To
Stalingrad - 1941-1942:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FF5E5E968E8E9A20
Battlefield - The Battle for
Russia:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=716D54E224552220
Battlefield -
Siege of Leningrad:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4E9BA7D4BD005109
Stalingrad 1942-1943:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8416F00B87C7C672
Battlefield Stalingrad +
Death at Stalingrad:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6F6BCCA689B639B7
Summer-Autumn
Campaign 1943
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7C930FD9ADA6D3E6
Battlefield - The Battle of
Kursk:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=69959A38C6A9421C
Osvobozhdenie, Befreiung,
Liberation -
From Kursk to Berlin:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FECF4D8DD0620DC7
The Road To Berlin - 1942-1945:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3057BE3D01B2ADBC
Battlefield - The Battle of Berlin:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A35911FEFB19E6B3
The Battle for Berlin 1945:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B3AC675FE22FFD33
Victory Day in
Europe 1945, 8/9 May:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5D86B15045F4449D
Pobediteli
Soldiers of the
Great War:
http://english.pobediteli.ru/
http://english.pobediteli.ru/flash
.html?
DR=1
THE
GREAT PATRIOTIC
WAR IN PHOTOS:
http://www.vor.ru/55/Photo_Exhibition/Pic_eng.html
MIA:
History: Soviet History: Great Patriotic War:
http://marxists.catbull.com/history//ussr/great-patriotic-war/index
.htm
1st Belorussian Front:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Belorussian_Front
Georgy Zhukov:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Zhukov
2nd Belorussian Front:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Belorussian_Front
Konstantin Rokossovsky:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Rokossovsky
1st Ukrainian Front:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Ukrainian_Front
Ivan Konev:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Konev
1,
100,
000 Soviet personnel who took part in the capture of Berlin from 22 April to 2 May 1945 were awarded with the
Medal For the
Capture of Berlin.
Music + sound -
Shostakovich:
Symphony No. 10 II (
Allegro).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC-pqRMasPQ
Anthem of the USSR 1944
Levitan -
Soviet Army occupied Berlin
http://www.sovmusic.ru/english/index
.php
Yuri Levitan: a legendary announcer:
http://www.ruvr.ru/09/download_eng.html
YURI LEVITAN - THE
VOICE OF VICTORY:
http://www.vor.ru/
English/
Victory/vict_08.html
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- published: 20 Sep 2010
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