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(2) Nevsky Pyatachok

Nevsky Pyatachok is the name of bridgehead south-east of Leningrad. It is two-and-a-half kilometers long, 700 meters wide, and is sandwiched between the River Neva and what was the German frontline. It was here the Soviet army managed to puncture the Nazi blockade, but it came at the cost of 200,000 lives. The Soviets held one side of the river, and they would cross under heavy enemy bombing. Those that survived would climb up the river bank, only to be met by more German gunfire. Very few spent more than three days here, the ground was covered with corpses, but still the troops kept coming.