
Battle Between Soviets and Nazis
The Dzerzhinsky Square in the strategic Soviet city of Kharkov was engulfed in flames and smoke. It was the third time it had turned into a battle zone since 1941. The elite Waffen SS Panzer Corps had surrounded the city to take it back, with the Panzer Grenadiers engaging the Soviet defenders in ruthless house-to-house combat. But the resistance was stiff, and Soviet snipers were picking up any enemy soldier on sight. As grenades flew above buildings and the bursts of relentless machine-gun fire covered the scene, the German soldiers had to stay low and wait for the Panzers to come in and eliminate the last stronghold of Red Army resistance in a city that could prove a significant difference in the tide of the war…
Credit Dark Skies