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80th Anniversary of World War 2: September 1941

In September 1941, German military forces were successful in the Ukraine and Crimea, while to the north the city of Leningrad was besieged, and preparations were made to attack Moscow. The Japanese…

80th Anniversary of World War 2: August 1941

In August 1941, German forces continued to advance towards Kiev in the Ukraine and Leningrad on the Baltic Sea. While senior German commanders proposed a concerted assault on Moscow, the German leader…

80th Anniversary of World War 2: July 1941

In July 1941, the invading German forces enjoyed almost complete success over the Soviet Union’s Red Army across a broad front stretching from the Baltic States to the Ukraine. The events of…

80th Anniversary of World War 2: June 1941

In June 1941, German military planning was firmly focused Operation Barbarossa, the impending invasion of the Soviet Union. With the defeat of British, Commonwealth and Greek forces on Crete, Nazi Germany and…
German bombers fly over Nazi invasion vehicles

80th Anniversary of World War 2: May 1941

In May 1941 the German leader Adolf Hitler and his military commanders prepared for the invasion of the Soviet Union. In the west, the German airforce’s sustained blitz against the United Kingdom…

80th Anniversary of World War 2: April 1941

In April 1941, while allied forces enjoyed military successes against Italian forces in Abyssinia, Somalia and East Africa and against Imperial Japanese troops in China, Germany remained the dominant military power in…
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