Scorched Earth, Northern Front, Murmansk, Soviet Union 1941 Chaldej about this photo: 'Hitler had said: 'Murmansk must be taken. ' He wanted to prevent the British from supporting the Soviet Union. Murmansk was bombed for a year. On June 22, 1942, Hitler gave the order to burn Murmansk down for good. The city consisted primarily of wooden houses. 350, 000 incendiary bombs were dropped for a day
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Scorched Earth, Northern Front, Murmansk, Soviet Union 1941 Chaldej about this photo: 'Hitler had said: 'Murmansk must be taken. ' He wanted to prevent the British from supporting the Soviet Union. Murmansk was bombed for a year. On June 22, 1942, Hitler gave the order to burn Murmansk down for good. The city consisted primarily of wooden houses. 350, 000 incendiary bombs were dropped for a day

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Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jewgeni Chaldej / Sammlung E.Volland & H.Krimmer

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