Why the Spanish Blue Division SHOCKED Soviet Troops in Leningrad

We’ve been taught that Spain stayed completely neutral during World War II. But the archives tell a much different story.
In 1943, deep in the trenches of the Eastern Front, 5,600 Spanish volunteers found themselves staring down a massive Soviet offensive. They were supposed to be completely wiped out. Instead, they fixed their bayonets...
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:20 The Dictator’s Dilemma
4:34 A Crusade of Volunteers
6:27 The Iron March
8:13 The White Hell of Volkhov
9:43 The Move to Leningrad
11:59 Black Wednesday
13:08 The Separation
14:27 The Strongpoints
16:23 The Butcher's Bill
18:10 The Political Retreat
18:54 The Die-Hards and the Bunker
20:25 Ambassador in Hell
21:46 The Ghost Ship
22:41 The Verdict of History

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