Today's Snapshot will be
Two Bridges Too Far . Welcome all!
The event starts at 3 pm EST, 20.00 GMT.
BackgroundOn 20. 6. 1944 Ltn. Col. Kuhlmey's dive bombing group came with 33 Stukas, 50 Focke-Wulf 190 A-6s and eight Focke-Wulf 190 Jabos to help Finnish during Soviet's Great Offensive on summer 1944. And they wrecked havoc on the Karelian isthmus. The German reinforcements attacked against Soviet supply routes and tanks. The famous bridges of Tali-Ihantala were destroyed daily, often several times a day, making it hard to Russians bring supplies and reinforcements forward to their Tali-Ihantala bridgehead.
The Russians were constantly building new bridges, but whenever they got one almost ready, a Stuka came and blew it to pieces. It took a long time to get troops across. And there was always a traffic jam waiting on the other side. Russian experienced fighter pilots tried to clear the Tali-Ihanta's sky from those sharp bombers, but the mission was not so easy...
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