Once and For All: 80 Years Since Soviet Troops Liberated Lugansk From Nazis
Once and For All: 80 Years Since Soviet Troops Liberated Lugansk From Nazis
Sputnik International
February 1943 marked a crucial point of the Second World War: Soviet forces won the historic battle of Stalingrad and started a major offensive, with the Red... 14.02.2023, Sputnik International
Donbass had been suffering under Nazi occupation for more than half a year, and yet Russian people knew that the enemy would be defeated, and the liberation of Lugansk on 18 February marked when the tide began to turn.The battles between Soviet and German forces in the region were exhausting, and it took the Red Army until September 1943 to liberate Donbass. However, the people of Donetsk, Lugansk and other cities showed their resilience - just as the Donbass was to 70 years later, refusing to surrender to neo-Nazis and fighting until the region was reunited with Russia once more.
February 1943 marked a crucial point of the Second World War: Soviet forces won the historic battle of Stalingrad and started a major offensive, with the Red Army retaking one city after another. One of them was Lugansk (then-called Voroshilovgrad), liberated on 18 February.
Donbass had been suffering under Nazi occupation for more than half a year, and yet Russian people knew that the enemy would be defeated, and the liberation of Lugansk on 18 February marked when the tide began to turn.
The battles between Soviet and German forces in the region were exhausting, and it took the Red Army until September 1943 to liberate Donbass. However, the people of Donetsk, Lugansk and other cities showed their resilience - just as the Donbass was to 70 years later, refusing to surrender to neo-Nazis and fighting until the region was reunited with Russia once more.
Alexei Yeremenko, junior political officer of the 18th Army's 220th regiment, rousing his soldiers to join the attack at the village of Khorosheye near Lugansk. Yeremenko died in that very battle but this picture of him was to become one of the Second World War's most iconic images.
People in the village of Donets greet soviet servicemen liberating the land from the Nazis, as the Red Army moves towards Kharkov.
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