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What was Operation Barbarossa (1941)?

Introduction Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa; Russian: Операция Барбаросса, romanised: Operatsiya Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday 22 June 1941, during World War II. It was the largest and costliest land offensive in human history, with around 10 million combatants taking… Read More

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Oh no you won’t!

“Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!” Nikita Khrushchev (1894 to 1971) Nikita Khrushchev, in full Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, was the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-64) and premier of the Soviet Union (1958-64) whose policy of de-Stalinisation had widespread repercussions throughout… Read More

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Statistics: One in a Million…

Joseph Stalin (1)

“A single death is a tragedy, a million is just a statistic.” Joseph Stalin (1878 to 1953) Joseph Stalin, Russian in full Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, original name (Georgian) Ioseb Dzhugashvili, secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922 to 1953) and premier of the Soviet state (1941 to 1953), who for a quarter… Read More

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The Soundest Strategy…

“The soundest strategy in war is to postpone operations until the moral disintegration of the enemy renders the delivery of the mortal blow both possible and easy.” Lenin (1870 to 1924) Lenin, original name Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (and also known as Vladimir Lenin or Vladimir Ilich Lenin), was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political… Read More