The high water mark of 'Operation Barbarossa'.

On December 2, 1941, Wehrmacht forces reached this point 22 km. from the Kremlin. Legend has it that German officers could see. through their binoculars, the Kremlin domes in Moscow. The Germans were driven back the next day. This high point of 'Operation Barbarossa' is now marked with three giant Czech Hedgehogs. (It should be noted that both Ouzonico and Nikitacou marked this spot in 2005. I felt that it is important and interesting enough to be revived in the current forum).


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow#:~:text=Just%20northwest%20of%20Moscow%2C%20the,capital%20through%20their%20field%20glasses.


Mark Felton has produced a video on the topic.







en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_hedgehog


The high water mark of Operation Barbarossa..kmz (1.31 KB)

Also I think a good idea to "reload" old GE stuffz (also layered ones) in the interest of updated, public kmz files, available for download. - Thanks for the good work on this! ( ;

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Here I link my post about some upcoming events from the Eastern front in 1943.:

Requiem for an Army (The tragedy of the 2. Hungarian Army at Don-Bend, Voronezh front - WWII., 1943. I.-II. * Operation Saturn, and disaster)

I checked with Frank about re-loading old posts with new information.  He approves as long as original posters are cited. This should be no problem/

hedgehog .. clearly means  "tanktrap" . in this case, giant larger than life  tank trap,something of a sculpture monument.


Its all downhill from that place to the centre of Moscow. Elevations drop from 190 metres to 130 metres, but its all continuously  downhill. No rise inbetween...  so its not as clear as looking across a valley. But  with the bell tower at 81 metres above ground, its seems to be right that you can see it and identify it  from that site, 22km away. 

At the coast here, I could see  buildings 35 km distant,, with their rectangular shapes with naked eye just a bit vague to be sure,  and confirm   shape and colour sequence  as being the beach  apartments at the city CBD with binoculars.

Thanks for the information.  Dr. Felton could not see the towers but much has changed over the years.  Hedgehog is a British term for a small animal covered with sharp quills. To we North Americans they are like small porcupines!

For sure.  The term "hedgehog" has also been used for the multiple spigot mortars used as shipboard anti-submarine mortars:

    

...and that was an effective weapon!