Sowing the Wind: The First Soviet-German Military Pact and the Origins of World War II

Sowing the Wind: The First Soviet-German Military Pact and the Origins of World War II

Before dawn on June 22, 1941, German bombers began to rain destruction down on a swath of Soviet cities from Leningrad to Sevastopol. It was the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, the largest military operation in the history of the world.

Was the Russian Military a Steamroller? From World War II to Today

Was the Russian Military a Steamroller? From World War II to Today

Joseph Stalin supposedly claimed that " quantity has a quality all its own," justifying a cannon-fodder mentality and immense casualties. The problem is, Stalin never actually said that, but it fits our stereotype about the Russian military so neatly that everyone believes he did.