How the USSR almost lost the war in 1942 (PHOTOS) : comparem

German forces had broken through to the Caucasus, threatening to seize the Soviet Union’s largest oil fields. The loss of the “black blood” so vital for the war effort could have completely paralyzed the Red Army.

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