Both the Soviet Red Army and German Army Group North suffered heavy casualties during winter fighting in 1943-1944.   More »

By Pat McTaggart

The smell of victory was in the air as the forces of Field Marshal Fedor von Bock’s Army Group Center continued to drive deep into the Ukraine during the final week of June 1941. To most of the young soldiers of the army group it seemed that this   More »

German Panzers under General Heinz Guderian captured the Ukraine in 1941.   More »

A pivotal engagement during the bitter Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland had far reaching consequences.   More »

One of the greatest art treasures of Imperial Russia disappeared with the Nazis and has yet to be found.   More »

Hitlers 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union nearly succeeded until a counterattack, combined with a brutal winter led to ultimate victory for the USSR.   More »

Like the Allied Sherman Tanks, Tiger Tanks and other German armored units were a benefit and an impediment during the Battle of the Bulge.   More »

Waffen SS General Felix Steiner was an able commander who refused to sacrifice his troops needlessly.   More »

As World War II turned against Hitler, he became desperate to develop weapons that might turn the tide. Some of the technologically advanced systems proved to be devastating.   More »

To Soviet citizens rushing to escape the 1941 German invasion, the far-off, exotic Uzbek city of Tashkent represented survival and safety—and a journey filled with danger and hardship.   More »