Key battles in WW1/WW2

Operation Barbarossa (North)

In Operation barbarossa, the main goal was to invade the Soviet union and take most of its European lands before the on set of winter. And take all the important industries and major cities including its capital, Moscow. However the second largest city in the USSR was the city of Leningrad. Germany needed to take the city to make sure that it would not allow a large Soviet mobilisation. But to get there they needed to get through the Baltic states which were Soviet states. So lets see how they got through the Baltic states.

During the midst of 1941 in the peak of summer, the German high command were ramming through the Soviet lines with limited resistance because they were moving so fast that they couldn't prepare themselves to defend. But Panzer divisions including some of the newest heavy tanks known as the brutal Tiger I had thick armour and a powerful cannon on its turret. And as they advanced through they needed to go through the Baltics to both ensure no resistance into Leningrad and also securing the Baltic sea for its Naval operations especially the U-Boats. They began the operation by sending men if Army group North to attack the defences of Baltic Soviet troops. They rammed through once again but they were halted a good handful of times because of Soviet preparations and also the poor infrastructure of destroyed towns and villages reduced to rubble. But still they held their own and cut off the Red army to the east and forced them to evacuate the mainland.

Then they stationed on the Baltic islands of Estonia. However the Germans were just behind them and sooner then they expected, the Germans had already landed on the islands of Estonia. The Soviets didnt have the time to prepare defences or retreat to safety and they were pressured and pushed into the sea which then forced them to surrender. Which now meant that all Soviet resistance in the Baltic region had been neutralised. And allowed them to pave the way into Northern Soviet territory. Which would then result in the Seige of Leningrad lasting a brutal 3 long years and be one of the largest civilian losses in world history...