Europe 75 years ago today: Soviet Breakthrough (29 Jan 1944) https://buff.ly/2CVSU98 The latter half of 1943 saw the Soviet Red Army push inexorably westwards. By the end of the year they had broken through German defences on the Dnieper and liberated two-thirds of the territory they had lost in the war. In early 1944 they ended the 900 day Siege of Leningrad. #europe #history #welovemaps #map #1940s #1944 #allies #europeanhistory #january #january29 #sovietunion #ussr #thirdreich #ww2 #worldwarii #maps #russianhistory #easternfront #easternfrontww2 #wwii #secondworldwar #worldwar2 #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historynerd #historygeek #nazigermany #redarmy (at Saint Petersburg, Russia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtNbVuHAI_G/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1g76zuglbjohc
