In June 1941, Nazi Germany launched the largest land invasion in history against the Soviet Union. Hitler believed the Red Army would collapse quickly—but he severely underestimated Soviet resilience ...

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 ...

On June 22, 1944, exactly three years after Germany invaded the Soviet Union, 2.4 million Red Army soldiers launched ...

During the nearly forty-eight-hour standoff, the KV-2 had survived eight 50mm direct hits. When most military history buffs think of Soviet tanks during World War II, chances are they think of the ...

The war between Germany and the Soviet Union officially began in late June 1941, although the threat of conflict had loomed since the early 1930s. Germany and the USSR launched... Here’s What You Need ...