Folly of War. Why did the Nazis Fail to Defeat the Soviet Union?
By Shane Quinn – July 14, 2021 As the First World War was erupting from late summer 1914, the great
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Adolf Hitler
Operation Barbarossa: Myths and Reality
By Jacques R. Pauwels – Jun 22, 2021 Eighty years ago, June 22, 1941: Hitler launches Operation Barbarossa, the attack
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Nazi Germany Prepares to Attack Russia—Analyzing Hitler’s Access to Oil Sources
By Shane Quinn – Jun 17, 2021 On 3 June 1941 a meeting of the Soviet Supreme Military Council was
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Operation Barbarossa: Did Stalin Expect Hitler to Invade? Part II
By Shane Quinn – Jun 10, 2021 After the failed November 1940 discussions in Berlin, of the Soviet Union’s foreign
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Operation Barbarossa: Did Stalin Expect Hitler to Invade? Part I
By Shane Quinn – May 27, 2021 In attacking eastwards from June 1941 the Nazis intended to annex the Ukraine,
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Operation Barbarossa: The Causes of its Failure
By Shane Quinn – May 13, 2021 Operation Barbarossa, whose 80th anniversary falls next month, was the largest military operation
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The Ludendorff Dictatorsdip’s Colonial Actions in Europe
By Shane Quinn – Nov 26, 2020 Shortly before midday on 9 November 1923, around 3,000 far-right insurgents began marching
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75 Years on: The Germans Launch Their Final Major Attacks of the War
By Shane Quinn – March 5, 2020 Seventy-five years ago, on 6 March 1945, the Third Reich launched what was
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