All in order. Win the war

Issue of KV-1 tanks on the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant unimaginably expanded since 1941. A new huge tank-building combine is sometimes called “Tankograd”

After a fairly successful Moscow battle, Stalin cheers up and again ceases to listen to anyone’s advice. The Supreme Commander believes that 1942 is the year of “the final rout of the German fascist troops.” As a continuation of the battle near Moscow, on January 8, the Rzhev-Vyazma operation starts – the general offensive of Soviet troops on the enemy’s well-prepared positions, without concentration of forces and assets in certain directions

Soviet soldiers on the front line. Rzhev-Vyazma operation

The Vyazma landing operation is carried out by the Red Army in several stages, from January 18 to February 28, 1942. The main goal is the disabling of railways and highways. Paratroopers, with a total of 10 thousand, are usually dispersed over a large area, lose some of the equipment, but still gather, and begin to perform a combat mission. Later, the survivors of the fierce and, at least somehow, successful battles, fighters join forces with cavalrymen on the rear of the Wehrmacht. Further, they break through the front from within and exit into the location of the main forces of the Red Army

Vyazemsky landing operation. Briefing of personnel

German troops near Vyazma. In the center of the photo – the T-4 tank of the first issues with short-barreled 75 mm. tool. Such a cannon is effective in infantry shooting (it is easier to adjust the range of the fragmentation of a fragmentation projectile), but, of course, is ineffective in dealing with heavily armored targets