With the Third Battle of Kharkov back in German hands, Field Marshal Manstein delivered one final, stunning blow to the Red ...

William J. Astore ([email protected]), a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF) and TomDispatch regular, teaches history at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. "Why do people have a fixation with the ...

In the summer of 1941, the German war machine seemed unstoppable. Soviet armies collapsed, prisoners were taken by the hundreds of thousands, and victory looked imminent. This is the story of the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Hitler’s hesitation in ordering the attack gave the Russians time to prepare that made it nearly impossible for the Germans to achieve a decisive victory. His losing ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: It was hardly irrational for the Germans to believe that the Soviet Union might collapse from the multiple blows the invasion would inflict. Even by the standards of ...

Historian James Holland and his team attempt to walk 22 miles wearing 60 pounds of equipment just as the Nazi army did in the blitzkrieg sieges of WWII. But can they do it without the aid of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a dimly lit room in the Museum of Gdańsk, visitors are confronted with two-dozen portraits that are lined up ...