Winter War
Savage Struggle for Leningrad
By Blaine TaylorLeningrad was the sacred city of Soviet Communism. The port city on the Neva River, 400 miles northwest of Moscow, began life in 1703 as Petrograd, or St. Read more
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A Tale of Two German Snipers on WWII’s Eastern Front
By Phil ZimmerThe three Soviet T-34 tanks edged forward slowly as the drivers scanned for the concealed Germans that lay ahead. Read more
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Race to the Panther Line: Final Liberation of Leningrad
By Pat MctaggartThe latter half of 1943 had German forces in the east staggering under a series of hammer blows that saw the Soviet Red Army advance hundreds of kilometers westward on the central and southern sectors of the Eastern Front. Read more
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The Demyansk Pocket: Disaster For Germany’s Scandinavian Volunteers
By Henrik LundeOn the surface it may seem odd that men of conquered nations would eagerly sign up to fight for their masters, but that is exactly what happened in Scandinavia in the 1940s. Read more
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Finland on the Eastern Front: Defense of the VKT Line
By Henrik O. LundeIn 1941, Finland joined Nazi Germany in its attack on the Soviet Union, resulting in the third war with its giant eastern neighbor in 23 years. Read more
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Vyacheslav M. Molotov: Steel’s Hammer
By Blaine TaylorThe arrival of Vyacheslav M. Molotov, the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, in Berlin on a rainy November 12, 1940, was a solemn, strained occasion. Read more
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Joseph Stalin’s Paranoid Purge
By John W. Osborn, Jr.Officer corps expect to suffer heavy losses in war. The entire 1914 class of France’s St. Read more
