The tide turned #ThisDayInHistory in 1941 at the #BattleOfMoscow with a massive counterattack under #GeorgyZhukov using reinforcements brought from Siberia. The German advance during #OperationBarbarossa, its invasion of the #USSR, was broken here, all hope of quick victory lost.

Blitzkrieg Fades Fast - James Holland on Lex

#germanadvance #smolensk #germanarmy #operationbarbarossa

@GreenFire

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...To me, another convential war is the wrong basis. This is, indeed, a "special military operation," in contrast to the one in #Ukraine.

Also, the up to 2 mn Gazans are a fraction of #OperationBarbarossa in WWII:

"Nearly sixteen million Soviet civilians and over 1,500 large factories were moved to areas in the middle or eastern part of the country by the end of 1941.[1]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_in_the_Soviet_Union

What is more, I only heard and read about the IDF giving notice to Gazans...

Evacuation in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

Two German soldiers try to spot any signs of the enemy before giving the signal to advance in to a village on the Eastern Front 1941 #operationbarbarossa #barbarossa #easternfront #wehrmacht #heer #sovietunion
A German soldier receives a letter from a loved one during the early stages of Operation Barbarossa - Eastern Front 1941 #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #worldatwar #secondworldwar #conflict #history #worldwartwopictures #war #worldwar2pictures #historyofwar #historyofwarfare #easternfront #lettersfromhome #barbarossa #operationbarbarossa
German soldiers fan out as they advance through a corn field during the early stages of Operation Barbarossa - Soviet Union, June 1941 #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #worldatwar #secondworldwar #conflict #history #worldwartwopictures #war #worldwar2pictures #historyofwar #historyofwarfare #operationbarbarossa #barbarossa #sovietunion
German soldiers during house to house fighting in Rostov, a major rail junction in southern Russia - exact date unknown. The city fell to the First Panzer Army on 21st Nov 1941 but was retaken a week later after a fierce Soviet counterattack. This was the first serious German setback during Operation Barbarossa and led to the resignation of Field Marshal von Rundstedt #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #worldatwar #secondworldwar #conflict #history #rostov #sovietunion #operationbarbarossa #wehrmacht
German soldiers observe as their tanks advance in to Soviet territory during the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa - June 1941 #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #worldatwar #secondworldwar #conflict #history #worldwartwopictures #war #worldwar2pictures #easternfront #sovietunion #operationbarbarossa #wehrmacht
German soldiers in charge of provisions for the infantry divisions take a break - date and location unknown, though it is thought that it could be the early stages of Operation Barbarossa #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #worldatwar #secondworldwar #conflict #history #worldwartwopictures #war #worldwar2pictures #historyofwar #historyofwarfare #wehrmacht #barbarossa #easternfront #operationbarbarossa