Add to ORKGWe have only to kick in the door and thewhole rotten structure will cometumbling down."Hitler's well-known comment, made on the eveof the invasion of the Soviet Union was, by thesummer of 1943, sounding ominously hollow.When, in the early hours of 22 June 1941,Germany and her allies had unleashed OperationBarbarossa, the codename for the invasion of theSoviet Union, success looked like a foregoneconclusion as the panzers tore across the vast, opensteppes. By the end of November 1941 Leningradand Sebastopol (base of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet)were under siege, the Ukraine and the Baltic Stateswere occupied, and Moscow itself was in thefrontline. In theory the vast bulk of the SovietUnion's Army and Air Force had been destroyed
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrate...
Controversy over causes and the moment of failure Fall “Barbarossa”On June 22nd, 1941 Ge...
In 1941 during the Second World War, Hitler began Operation Barbarossa, in which he invaded the Sovi...
The Battle of Kursk 60 years ago in what is today the independent republic of the Ukraine was, from ...
Operation Zitadelle (Citadel), the German attack on the Kursk salient on 5 July 1943, constituted th...
From 1939 to 1941, circumstances handed the Wehrmacht a perfect opportunity to fight Bewegungskrieg:...
The battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 was a pivotal battle of World War II. The defeat at Kursk ...
As of July 1940, the European phase of what would ultimately become the Second World War had been un...
The German Sixth Army had driven the Soviet 62nd Army back through the streets of Stalingrad, and by...
In the current climate it’s easy to become pessimistic. Some contend the Russia’s invasion of Ukrain...
The attack against the Soviet Union was ideologically motivated, but the timing owed a great deal to...
Dilemma -- Decision -- Onslaught -- Whirlwind -- Reckoning -- All or nothing -- Total war -- Scorche...
The second half of 1941 has become a major focus in the writing of the history of the Nazi-Soviet Wa...
Proceeding 200 days and nights the Battle of Stalingrad became a turning point in the Great Patrioti...
In the article the author analyses how the largest battle of the Great Patriotic War and the second ...
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrate...
Controversy over causes and the moment of failure Fall “Barbarossa”On June 22nd, 1941 Ge...
In 1941 during the Second World War, Hitler began Operation Barbarossa, in which he invaded the Sovi...
The Battle of Kursk 60 years ago in what is today the independent republic of the Ukraine was, from ...
Operation Zitadelle (Citadel), the German attack on the Kursk salient on 5 July 1943, constituted th...
From 1939 to 1941, circumstances handed the Wehrmacht a perfect opportunity to fight Bewegungskrieg:...
The battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 was a pivotal battle of World War II. The defeat at Kursk ...
As of July 1940, the European phase of what would ultimately become the Second World War had been un...
The German Sixth Army had driven the Soviet 62nd Army back through the streets of Stalingrad, and by...
In the current climate it’s easy to become pessimistic. Some contend the Russia’s invasion of Ukrain...
The attack against the Soviet Union was ideologically motivated, but the timing owed a great deal to...
Dilemma -- Decision -- Onslaught -- Whirlwind -- Reckoning -- All or nothing -- Total war -- Scorche...
The second half of 1941 has become a major focus in the writing of the history of the Nazi-Soviet Wa...
Proceeding 200 days and nights the Battle of Stalingrad became a turning point in the Great Patrioti...
In the article the author analyses how the largest battle of the Great Patriotic War and the second ...
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrate...
Controversy over causes and the moment of failure Fall “Barbarossa”On June 22nd, 1941 Ge...
In 1941 during the Second World War, Hitler began Operation Barbarossa, in which he invaded the Sovi...