Maxim Gorky Fortresses
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Armoured Coastal Batteries #30 and #35, commonly known in English as Maxim Gorky I and Maxim Gorky II, were coastal batteries used by the Soviet Union during the Crimean Campaign of World War II. The
Destroyed gun turret of fort Maxim Gorky I
Maxim Gorky I Today
Entrance to fort Maxim Gorky II
Crimean campaign
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The Crimean campaign was conducted by the Axis as part of Operation Barbarossa during World War II. The invading force was led by Germany with support from Romania and Italy, while the Soviet Union to
Soviet POWs in Axis-occupied Crimea, 6 November 1941
German Panzer IV tank and soldiers in the Crimea, 1942.