The author considers the Battle for Moscow’s meaning for world’s historical process as one of Great Patriotic War’s largest combats. The first war years’ events were surveyed in brief. The forces posture before Battle for Moscow, the German and Soviet strategies and the adversaries’ moral and fighting potential were analyzed. The author quotes Western historians confirming Soviet Army’s victory near Moscow’s decisive role in war’s further course and stresses out the importance of this great event’s historical memory preservation.
Keywords: World War II; Soviet people’s Great Patriotic War; tipping point; Battle for Moscow.
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