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Eastern Front #28 The End of the First Year
Last time we spoke about the continued Soviet counteroffensive. The Red Army, under Zhukov and Rokossovsky, resisted heavy German pressure toward Moscow and Rostov, while STAVKA reshuffled commands to sustain pressure and tie down Army Group Center. A new Volkhov Front under Meretskov was instructed to break through the western Volkhov river line and encircle German forces around Leningrad. In Leningrad, the siege deepened as famine worsened. Food rationing collapsed to near starvation, cannibalism emerged in extreme cases, and NKVD records documented thousands of cannibalism arrests, though…
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