Nazi Germany led the largest-ever ground invasion force in an attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 that unleashed a brutal conflict that cost the lives of millions of people. 1 This photo -- of German ...

On this day, June 22: Several key incidents took place on this day, June 22, and continue to impact our lives. In 1983, the day witnessed the historic ‘Hand of God’ goal by iconic footballer Diego ...

Author’s Note: The June 1941 German invasion of Russia was called Operation Barbarossa, in which 3,000 men of the Einsatzgruppen planned to seek out and destroy the 5,000,000 Jews in Russia and end ...

In the summer of 1941, as Operation Barbarossa thundered across the Soviet border, massive armored forces collided in western Ukraine near Brody. Thousands of tanks clashed in chaotic, poorly ...

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 ...

Introduction -- Politics 1940-1941. Europe in July 1940 ; Hitler's ideology and strategy ; The monstrous scheme : a Greater Germanic empire ; Stalin's ideology and strategy -- The eve of war. The ...

Key Point: A delayed invasion would have been a gift to the Soviets. One of the most momentous decisions in history was Adolf Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. Operation ...

'Brutal Reality of Eastern Front Exposed by Lost German Diaries' On 22 June 1941, Hitler's Germany launched ‘Operation Barbarossa’, the attack of the Soviet Union, the largest invasion in military ...

Key point: The Red Army in June of 1941 was caught terribly off-balance, still reeling and reorganizing from Stalin’s purges. One of the most momentous decisions in history was Adolf Hitler’s invasion ...