Saturday, January 12, 2019

A special day in Russian history

On this day, January 12, 1945 the Red Army began the Vistula/Oder offensive, the final attack against Germany. Soviet forces outnumbered the German Army 11 to one.

Zhukov's troops travelled 500 kilometres in 14 days.

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