The city was the scene of a successful counter-attack by the German Panzer-Grenadier-Division Großdeutschland in the autumn of 1944 and the aftermath of the fighting was the scene of several propaganda photographs in which the name of the city was prominently featured.
The city was the location of a successful counter-attack by the German Panzer-Grenadier-Division Großdeutschland in the autumn of 1944, and the aftermath of the fighting was featured prominently in several propaganda photographs.