In June of 1941, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. It was to be a “war of annihilation,” a “Vernichtungskrieg,” involving not only the ...

Germany tried twice in the 20th century to conquer Europe and very nearly achieved that goal in World War II. In fact, not ...

The reasons behind Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union are well known, but what about those of the other Axis and non-Axis powers that joined Operation Barbarossa? Six other European armies fought ...

Now it really seems the end is near'. Those were the words of just one desperate German soldier in a letter to his family ...

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Cohen and O’Brien could also have noted that Russia has a long tradition of bungling the opening phase of a war, only to pull together and win in the end—from Operation Barbarossa in 1941 ...

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