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Heavy Red Army tanks crush Finnish defences. These heavy Red Army tanks , bearing Russian infantrymen annihilate Finnish defenses on the northen front of the Soviet Summer offensive . The Russian drive on Finland , which opened on 12th June 1944 , the Summer offensive in White Russia since 23rd June and Allied drives in Italy and France enclose Germany in a constricting circle from which there is no escape except by surrender or death... (KEYSTONE/United Archives / TopFoto/loeschen)