That Helmet Isn’t the Only War Artifact Embedded in This Russian Forest. The Neva Bridgehead Is a Must See.

When German troops occupied Saint Petersburg during World War II, Russian troops mounted an offensive at the Neva River – and this forest is what’s left.

The majority of the gear represents Russian arms used during WW2, although there are German weapons as well – the area was the staging ground of an important part of the German army’s terrible Siege of Leningrad. 260,000 Soviet troops died trying to reopen land communications with the besieged city of Leningrad, and 160,000 German soldiers died resisting them.

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