Word: molnia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...front had waited quietly while up north titanic battles raged. Last week, as Rumania broke with the Axis, the hour, timed with exquisite nicety by the Russians, struck in thunder. From the Carpathians to the Black Sea, the Russians burst forward in their most spectacular and possibly most decisive molnia (Russian version of blitz) of World...
Within a week the Russians had ad vanced 125 miles, overrun 18.500 square miles, recovered all of Bessarabia, killed or captured 300,000 enemy troops. They were less than 60 miles from the Ploesti wells. 80 miles from Bucharest. In addition, their molnia...