When Germany launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, they expected a rapid victory—but instead encountered the Soviet ...

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 ...

In the thunderous dawn of Operatio Barbarossa, the German armies surged into the Soviet Union, confident in the might of ...

The Second World War began on 1 September 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland,[...] ...

A Holy Roman emperor between 1155 and 1190, Frederick Barbarossa ruled a vast domain that included northern Italy and what has become modern-day Germany. Barbarossa (1122-90) ruled for so long and ...