This German-army failure to defeat Soviet forces marked a crucial turning point in the war.

Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. This was codenamed Operation Barbarossa. This meant Germany was now fighting a war on two fronts, against Britain in the west and the Soviet Union in ...

oversaw the Soviet Union’s transformation into an industrialised socialist state. By the time Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa in 1941, the USSR had undergone mass collectivisation and ...

When Adolf Hitler launched his surprise Blitzkrieg - codenamed Barbarossa - on the Soviet Union in June 1941 ... The first Arctic convoy, codenamed Operation 'Dervish', set out from Hvalfjord ...

The last great push of Operation Barbarossa began on Nov 15th ... By the end of the Soviet offensives, Moscow was saved, but at what cost? Moscow '42 is two games in one. Following on from ...