Stalin's Ten Blows

Stalin's ten blows (Also Stalin's ten victories, Ten victories of the Red Army, rus. Десять сталинских ударов) is a term for ten successful strategic offensives conducted by the Red Army in 1944. The Soviet offensives drove the Axis forces back from positions held near Leningrad, Belarus, and Ukraine to Poland and Central Europe.

Stalin's ten blows
  • Leningrad
  • Dnieper–Carpathian
  • Crimea/Odessa
  • Vyborg–Petrozavodsk
  • Belorussia
  • Lvov–Sandomierz
  • Jassy–Kishinev
  • Baltic
  • Petsamo–Kirkenes
  • Budapest/Belgrade

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