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In June 1941, Nazi Germany launched the biggest invasion in history against the Soviet Union. This video walks you through ...

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 ...

When Russian President Vladimir Putin says it was the Soviet Union, not the Western allies, that defeated Nazism and “saved the entire world,” he can point to this date, June 22, as a pivotal moment ...

Rund 3,3 Millionen deutsche Soldaten mit fast 3.650 Panzern und Sturmgeschützen, rund 600.000 Kraftfahrzeugen und etwa 3.000 Flugzeugen treten am 22. Juni 1941 zum Angriff auf die Sowjetunion an. Eine ...

June 22 1941. The first day of Operation Barbarossa begins as Adolf Hitler’s German armies invade Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union with the largest force on the longest front ever seen in human ...

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 ...

Für Adolf Hitler ist die Sache klar. Bereits in den 1920er Jahren schreibt er in "Mein Kampf", dass für das deutsche Volk im Osten "Lebensraum" gesucht werden müsse. 1937 enthüllt er in einer ...

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 ...

Oswald "Ossi" zu Münster (1917-2003) entstammte einem alten Adelsgeschlecht. Dem jungen Grafen gelangen während des Zweiten Weltkrieges hindurch sehenswerte Fotos, die seine Tochter nun posthum im ...