Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East
Season 1 • Episode 14: The Rzhev ‘Meat-Grinder’ • Watch with subtitles
Episode 14: The Rzhev ‘Meat-Grinder’
May 5, 2014 • 50 min
The German conquests of 1941 left Hitler’s troops perilously close to the Soviet capital, Moscow. Around Rzhev terrible fighting raged as the Red Army attacked again and again to drive back the invader. Soviet troops, who suffered appalling casualties, grimly referred to these battles as ‘the Rzhev meat-grinder’.
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