Category: Russia

Northern Eurasia 1941

Operation Barbarossa

In the early hours of June 22, Germany...

Southern Asia 1941

Syria-Lebanon Campaign

The Vichy French in Syria and Lebanon not only...

Southern Asia 1941

Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June...

Europe 1941

Operation Barbarossa

In the early hours of June 22, Hitler launched...

Northern Eurasia 1941

Fall of the Ukraine

At the end of July, Hitler decided to halt the...

the Arctic 1941

Operation Silver Fox

On June 22, Germany invaded the Soviet Union,...

South America 1941

Ecuadorian-Peruvian War

In July 1941, while the eyes of the world were...

Europe 1941

Battle of Moscow

In August and September, the Germans swept...

Northern Eurasia 1941

Battle of Moscow

In October, the Germans resumed their march on...

Asia Pacific 1941

Eve of Pearl Harbor

Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June, but...

North America 1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Over the course of 1941, US President Franklin...

Australasia 1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor

The rise of Japanese power had worried...

Europe 1942

The War Expands

Beginning in December, a Russian counterattack...

Northern Eurasia 1942

Winter Counter-offensive

On December 5, Soviet reinforcements from...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1942

Operation Ironclad

In December 1941 Japan entered World War II by...