When Germany launched Operation Barbarossa in 1941, its armored divisions expected another rapid victory built on blitzkrieg ...

June 22nd marks the 70th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union -- the biggest military adventure in history, which led directly to the downfall of Adolf ...

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One of the most momentous decisions in history was Adolf Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. Operation Barbarossa transformed Nazi Germany's war from a one-front struggle, against ...

Sixty-nine-years ago today, 3.5 million German troops, plus another million from Nazi allies, invaded the USSR. (Geographically, the land now makes up Lithuania, Belarus, eastern Poland, Ukraine, and ...

Hitler then decided to turn his attention to the only other power that threatened his mastery of Europe. At 3:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 22, 152 divisions of German troops numbering 3 million men began ...

Early on June 22, 1941, the largest invasion in the history of warfare kicked off. Millions of Axis troops crossed into the Soviet Union, marking the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. Germans troops ...

Frederick the First, called Barbarossa because of his red beard, was not an easy choice for an Age of Kings campaign. He is certain to be the least well known of the five campaign protagonists.