#DateInHistory. #Victory80
#DateInHistory
#Victory80
On April 8, 1944, the Crimean Offensive began, during which the Red Army troops liberated the entire Crimean peninsula from the occupation of Nazi Germany.
Photos of Yevgeny Khaldei, a war correspondent from Donbass:
️ A medical instructor bandages a wounded marine in combat in the Kerch region;
️ A Soviet machine gunner covers an infantry attack in the battles for the liberation of Kerch;
️ Soviet soldiers tear down a swastika from the gates of a factory in liberated Kerch and set up the Soviet flag;
️ Crew of the Soviet 20-mm anti-aircraft cannon on the coast in liberated Kerch.
Source: Telegram "News_of_Donbass"