Prospekt of the 25th of October, Leningrad. July 1942 / Nevsky prospekt, St. Petersburg.
Prospekt of the 25th of October, Leningrad. July 1942 / Nevsky prospekt, St. Petersburg.
A column of German POWs being marched along the main street of Leningrad.
In the end of July 1942 the freshly appointed commander of the Leningrad Front General Govorov conducted 2 minor operations which slightly improved the overall situation along the frontline which remsined static for nearly 10 months. A small German bridgehead near Kolpino was liquidated in Yam-Izhora and a couple of square kilometers of suburbs were liberated in Uritzk and Staro-Panovo at the southwestern edge of the frontline. The latter operation came as a complete surprise for the Germans, resulting in several dozen prisoners. And yet the city's future was one once again looking bleak and uncertain as German armies were surging relentlessly and unstoppably towards Stalingrad, while the overambitious attempt to lift the siege resulted in about 100 000 Red Army soldiers killed and captured in the Volkhov cauldron. In order to celebrate the recent minor successes as a small glimmer of hope for the city, this handful of prisoners was marched through the city to demonstrate the survivors that the German army was not superhuman and their soldiers could be defeated and captured.
A column of German POWs being marched along the main street of Leningrad.
In the end of July 1942 the freshly appointed commander of the Leningrad Front General Govorov conducted 2 minor operations which slightly improved the overall situation along the frontline which remsined static for nearly 10 months. A small German bridgehead near Kolpino was liquidated in Yam-Izhora and a couple of square kilometers of suburbs were liberated in Uritzk and Staro-Panovo at the southwestern edge of the frontline. The latter operation came as a complete surprise for the Germans, resulting in several dozen prisoners. And yet the city's future was one once again looking bleak and uncertain as German armies were surging relentlessly and unstoppably towards Stalingrad, while the overambitious attempt to lift the siege resulted in about 100 000 Red Army soldiers killed and captured in the Volkhov cauldron. In order to celebrate the recent minor successes as a small glimmer of hope for the city, this handful of prisoners was marched through the city to demonstrate the survivors that the German army was not superhuman and their soldiers could be defeated and captured.
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