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Defenders of Brest fortress. Painting by P.A. Krivonogov.

P.A. Krivonogov. Defenders of Brest Fortress. 1954. The defense of Brest Fortress was the first major battle of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union launched on 22 June 1941, lasting from 22 to 29 June. The defenders had received no warning of the attack, and the German Heer (army) expected to take Brest on the first day using only infantry and artillery. The defense of the fortress by the Red Army lasted for several days; the defenders lost many men killed and captured and German ground forces took the fortress only after two bombardments by the Luftwaffe.

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Title: Defenders of Brest fortress. Painting by P.A. Krivonogov.

Caption: P.A. Krivonogov. Defenders of Brest Fortress. 1954. The defense of Brest Fortress was the first major battle of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union launched on 22 June 1941, lasting from 22 to 29 June. The defenders had received no warning of the attack, and the German Heer (army) expected to take Brest on the first day using only infantry and artillery. The defense of the fortress by the Red Army lasted for several days; the defenders lost many men killed and captured and German ground forces took the fortress only after two bombardments by the Luftwaffe.

Credit: Album / World History Archive

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Image size: 5738 × 3655 px | 60.0 MB

Print size: 48.6 × 30.9 cm | 2259.1 × 1439.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1941 • 1954 • AXIS • BATTLE • BREST • DEFENCE • DEFENDERS OF BREST FORTRESS • DEFENSE • FORTRESS • GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR • II WORLD WAR • INVASION • OPERATION BARBAROSSA • PYOTR ALEKSANDROVICH KRIVONOGOV • RED ARMY • RUSIA • RUSSIA • SECOND WORLD WAR • SOVIET UNION • UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS • USSR • WAR (WORLD WORLD 2) • WORLD WAR 2 • WORLD WAR II • WORLD WAR TWO • WW II • WWII