What activity in 1941 led to the deaths of over 17,000 civilians?
Pripyat Marshes massacres
Battle of Moscow
Blitzkrieg tactics
Battle of Leningrad
Answer
The Pripyat Marshes massacres, responsible for the deaths of over 17,000 civilians, occurred in 1941 as a result of the Babi Yar massacre carried out by German troops during World War II. The Jewish population of Kyiv and surrounding areas was rounded up and systematically executed in a ravine known as Babi Yar. It stands as one of the largest single massacres of the Holocaust.
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