Sunday, June 22, 2014

Operation Bagration

On June 22, 1944, three years to the day since Axis forces invaded the Soviet Union, the Red Army launched the biggest counterattack of the war, crushing the German Army Group Center.

The offensive was named after prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration, hero of Borodino.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

1941? A typo?

CubuCoko said...

Indeed it was; fixed it. Thanks!