Spanish soldiers al Russia . Front of Leningrad in winter 1942

Division Azul

On the 10 February 1943, in the outskirts of Leningrad, ocurred the bloodiest encounter in which the Blue Division intervened and the last big battle in which a Spanish Army intervened in Europe: the battle of Krasny Bor, where 5.900 soldiers of the Blue Division faced a total of 4 Soviet divisions (44.000 infantry soldiers) and 2 armoured regiments with more then 100 tanks. the Spanish had almost 4000 casualties, but they managed to stop the Soviet advance, turning the Soviet offensive into a failure and causing between 11.000 and 14.000 casualties to the Red Army. Around 300 Spanish soldiers were taken prisioners by the Soviets.&quot;