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Germany’s final, final assault on the capital of the USSR in November 1941.\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Map 1: The Battle of Moscow, November 1941.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Map 2: The bigger picture.\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Source: U.S. Army archives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soviets fighting back during “offensive weather”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rasputitsa: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Defense of Moscow: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Women militia training in Moscow, fall 1941:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New T-34 tanks roll off the assembly line, 1941<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soviet air power: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Yakovlev Yak fighter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ilyushin Il-2 in flight near Moscow, December 1941<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Winter <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Abandoned German vehicles in the snow, on the highway from Volokolamsk to Moscow, December 1941:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wrecked Panzer III, December 1941:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Germany’s final, final assault on the capital of the USSR in November 1941.\u00a0 Map 1: The Battle of Moscow, November 1941. 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