Stalin congratulated the troops on the 27th anniversary of the Red Army

For 40 days of offensive in January - February 1945, the Soviet troops drove the Germans out of 300 cities, captured up to a hundred military factories producing tanks, aircraft, weapons and ammunition, occupied more than 2,400 railroad stations, mastered the network of railroads stretching more than 15 thousand km, according to Stalin's order in honor of the 27th anniversary of the Red Army. It is published by the newspaper Izvestia.

"In January of this year, the Red Army hit the enemy with an unprecedented blow on the entire front from the Baltic to the Carpathians. It cracked for 1,200 kilometers powerful defense of the Germans, which they had been creating for a number of years. During the offensive the Red Army quickly and skillfully pushed the enemy far to the west. The Soviet troops with hard fighting advanced from the borders of East Prussia to the lower reaches of the Vistula", - the edition quotes his words.

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In a short period of time, the Germans lost more than 350 thousand soldiers and officers as prisoners and at least 800 thousand killed. During the same period the Red Army destroyed and captured about 3 thousand German airplanes, more than 4.5 thousand tanks and self-propelled guns and at least 12 thousand guns.

The material was published as part of Izvestia'sspecial project "80 Days to Victory".

All Izvestia articles from the Great Patriotic War can be found in the electronic archive.