By Pat McTaggart
Colonel General Walter Model was a rising star in the German Army in early 1943. The son of a music teacher, Model was born on January 24, 1891, in Genthin, Saxony-Anhalt. In 1909, he joined the Kaiser’s army as an officer candidate, but the harsh training almost made   More »

Using speed and daring, Panzer leader Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz achieved multiple victories on the Eastern Front in World War II.   More »

A Russian artist showed the world his perspective of Germany’s brutal invasion of the Soviet Union.   More »

During Operation Frantic on the Eastern Front, American bombers used Soviet bases for shuttle runs against the Axis targets.   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 »

In 1943, the Soviet Red Army repulsed a brutal Nazi offensive to recapture the capital of Ukraine.   More »