Battle of Kiev 1941 – The Red Army in Ukraine

The Battle of Kiev 1941

Painting in the Museum of the Great Patriotic War – Jan Smith 2011
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Sixty years ago today, on September 26th, 1941, nearly a million Soviet troops lost the First Battle of Kiev to the combined German Army Group South and Army Group Center.  They outnumbered the Germans nearly two to one, but Soviet defense tactics were still extremely primitive and no match against German armor.

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