LEGO WW2 BATTLE FOR MOSCOW history film PART 2

The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km (370 mi) sector of the Eastern Front during World War II. It took place between October 1941 and January 1942 (Some sources say that the Battle was over in April). The Soviet defensive effort frustrated Hitler&attack on Moscow, the capital and largest city of the Soviet Union. Moscow was one of the primary military and political objectives for Axis forces in their invasion of the Soviet Union. Initially, the Soviet forces conducted a strategic defence of the Moscow Oblast by constructing three defensive belts, deploying newly raised reserve armies, and bringing troops from the Siberian and Far Eastern Military Districts. As the German offensives were halted, a Soviet strategic counter-offensive and smaller-scale offensive operations forced the German armies back to the positions around the cities of Oryol, Vyazma and Vitebsk, and nearly surrounded three German armies. It was a major setback for the Germans, the end of the idea of a fast German victory in the USSR. *** Both German and Soviet casualties during the battle of Moscow have been a subject of debate, as various sources provide somewhat different estimates. Rough est numbers: Germans lost in total about 500 000 soldiers Soviets lost almost 2 000 000 soldiers. Lego stopmotion ww2 with brickarms and brickmania weapons Battle for Moscow - The second world war, Nazis vs Soviets.