Leningrad Front
Saludos Jorge
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ww2incolor.com/gallery/colorizations/32103/leningrad-front
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ww2incolor.com/gallery/colorizations/32103/leningrad-front
Fine photo and thanks for posting it. What does your caption mean?
I believe it’s Spanish (Portuguese?) for ‘Greetings Jorge’. <br /><br />
Not the most descriptive caption, that’s for sure…
Hello Schuultz , As far as I know are soldiers who participated in the Battle of Krasny Bor (FEB 43) and may be Spanish volunteers of the Division Azul
On the 10 February 1943, in the outskirts of Leningrad, ocurred the bloodiest encounter in which the Blue Division intervened and the last big battle in which a Spanish Army intervened in Europe: the battle of Krasny Bor, where 5.900 soldiers of the Blue Division faced a total of 4 Soviet divisions (44.000 infantry soldiers) and 2 armoured regiments with more then 100 tanks. the Spanish had almost 4000 casualties, but they managed to stop the Soviet advance, turning the Soviet offensive into a failure and causing between 11.000 and 14.000 casualties to the Red Army. Around 300 Spanish soldiers were taken prisioners by the Soviets
Saludos Jorge
Barcelona (SPAIN)