Showing posts with label Barbarossa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barbarossa. Show all posts
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1942 - German forces were getting ready to attack Stalingrad. The Russians, already devastated by the power of the Blitzkrieg during Operation Barbarossa, had to make a stand especially as the city was named after the Russian leader, Joseph Stalin.
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1940 - Adolf Hitler signed a secret directive ordering preparations for a Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Operation "Barbarossa" was launched in June 1941.
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