Joseph Stalin's letter to General Kirill Meretskov says, "Dear Kirill Afanasyevich. The case I am charging you with is historic. You understand that Leningrad's liberation is highly important. I would like the upcoming offensive at the Volkhov Front not to turn into small clashes but to become a single powerful strike on the enemy. I am sure that you'll try to make this offiensive a single powerful strike on the enemy breaking all plans of Nazi invaders. I wish you success. J. Stalin. 29.12.41"
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 29.12.1941
- Date published: 01.09.2004
- Author: RIA Novosti
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: 89-7155, 35 mm film
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