Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) cruisers sailing out of Vladivostok were extremely successful while conducting raids in the Sea of Japan. They sank transports loaded with desperately needed Japanese Army 11" siege guns as well as nearly a regiments worth of IJA infantry which were loaded in troop transports.
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Yes , on the Eastern Front the Germans lost the struggle against the Russians for the city of Stalingrad ; the Russians went on to Berlin winning the war against the Germans .
The Battle of Berlin, when the Russians (Soviets) entered the city.
The battle for the city on the Volga river began July 17, 1942 and ended in a German defeat Feb. 2, 1943 and from there the Russians went on the win the war against the Germans .
Tha battle of Berlin took place simply because it was the Russians final blow to the German Reich so that they could end the war once and for all.
Geography had little to do with it, it was the Russian winters that did the Germans in, they weren't prepared to fight in minus temperatures, but the Russians were, so they were able to push them back
His people wanted no part in the war. The first battle they took place in the Russian army was devastated.
No, since they didn't have any.
The Battle of Stalingrad (August 23, 1942 and February 2, 1943) marked the furthermost Eastern point the Nazi army reached on the Eastern Front . After the battle the Russians could not be stopped on their way to Germany's capitol of Berlin marking the end of war for the Russians and Germans both .
The Battle of Berlin when the Russians were bombarding Berlin and Hitler called all boys ages 8-60 into service for their "Fuhrer". and of course the Russians won and Eisenhower saw the transition from Fachism, and the Nazi government to a Reoublic and Democracy
The Russians had an estimated 478,741 men who were killed during the battle .
The Battle of Stalingrad, after many months of fighting, was drawing to an end. The Russians had been beat back to the bank of the river Volga. At the last minute, the Russians sent in massive amounts of reinforcements. these reinforcement trapped the Germans, who then surrendered eventually. This was a major turning point in the war.