German plans to defeat Western Allied landing
20.02.2024
The Third Reich's manpower reserves was reaching its end as 1944 began which is now eight decades ago.
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Western Allied preparations to land in France
25.10.2023
By the latter stages of 1943, which is now 80 years ago, it was becoming clear to the regime in Nazi Germany that the Western Allies were going to attempt a major amphibious landing in 1944, probably in northern France, with the goals of driving
Axis position weakens in North Africa, part II
27.07.2023
On 21 June 1942 the Axis divisions in North Africa, consisting of German and Italian forces, finally completed the capture of Tobruk in the far north-east of Libya, inflicting a decisive defeat there on the Allies made up of British, South Afric
Axis position weakens in North Africa, part I
12.07.2023
Eight decades ago it was not only in Russia and the Asia-Pacific areas, during the middle years of the Second World War (1942–43), that witnessed the decisive decline in the strength of the Axis powers, principally Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan a
Devastation of the Nazi-Soviet War
28.04.2022
Among the Second World War's great tragedies, and which has often been overlooked in Western historiography, is the damage inflicted by the German armed forces on the Soviet Union and its people, the worst of it in 1941 and 1942.
Did the weather contribute to the Wehrmacht's defeat?
05.04.2022
A sometimes overlooked factor which influenced the Nazi-Soviet War is the effects of the weather, chiefly the rain, ice and snow, the type of conditions for which the Russian or Soviet climate was famous for.
Nazi aggression and the Blitzkrieg's military imbalance
29.03.2022
The Germans learned more from defeat in the First World War than the Allies had learned from victory.
Overview of Nazi-Soviet War in early 1942
02.02.2022
By the beginning of 1942 Adolf Hitler had led Nazi Germany into a desperate situation, from which there was probably no escape.
Red Army Winter Campaign 80 years ago, Part II
13.01.2022
Six weeks into the Soviet Army's Winter Campaign, on 15 January 1942 Adolf Hitler at last agreed that German Army Group Centre could make a gradual, fighting withdrawal to a straighter and shorter line slightly further west of Moscow.
The Red Army's Winter Campaign 80 years ago
06.01.2022
Beginning eight decades ago on 5 December 1941, the Soviet Army's counterattack against the Wehrmacht, principally along the outskirts of Moscow, was a major event in the Second World War and a significant occurrence in modern history.
