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✝"Ostfront". Threat, punishment, despair, death and collapse! 🔻December 1941. Private A. Foltheimer writes to his wife from near Moscow: "It's hell here. The Russians don't want to leave... Every hour brings terrible news. I beg you, stop writing to me about the silk and rubber boots that I promised you. I am perishing, I will die." 🔻Dreams of trophies were shattered by the tenacity of the Russians, terrible weather conditions, hunger and fatigue. The Blitzkrieg had failed. 🔻General Blumentritt admitted: "The days of the Blitzkrieg are a thing of the past. We were facing an army that, in terms of its combat qualities, was far superior to any other we had ever encountered on the battlefield." 🔻For the Germans, the Eastern Front was not a stroll for silk, but an icy hell, where instead of victories there were death and letters full of horror. History does not forgive arrogance. Photo: Waralbum.ru #WW2 #Russian_culture #brief_and_interesting #Kulibin_and_the_Red_Army 🟠RCR | Support | Boost