"Hitler's Nemesis" traces the development of the Russian army in reaction to the rise of Hitler, Germanys invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, and the progression of World War II over the following four years. Caught by surprise in 1941, the Red Army teetered on the brink of destruction before[...]
When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, the German Army quickly annihilated a major portion of the Red Army. Yet the Red Army rebounded to successfully defend Moscow in late 1941, defeat the Germans at Stalingrad in 1942 and Kursk in 1943, and deliver the deathblow in Belarus in 1944. Dun[...]
Two weeks after the Americans, British, and Canadians invaded Western Europe on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the Soviet Union launched Operation Bagration on the Eastern Front, its massive attempt to clear German forces from Belarus. In one of the largest military campaigns of all time, involving two millio[...]
This book tells the story of history's largest armoured battle. It provides descriptions of Tigers, Panthers, and T-34s in combat. It is based on declassified Russian documents and captured German records. A significant turning point of World War II, the battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 was the[...]