The Eastern Front: Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kurs... Now

While the German 6th Army was bogged down in the city, Soviet forces launched a massive pincer movement, encircling 300,000 Axis troops.

Hitler and his generals expected a quick collapse. However, as the German columns stretched toward Moscow, they were slowed by the "Rasputitsa" (the season of mud) and eventually the brutal Russian winter. The Eastern Front: Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kurs...

The Eastern Front remains the bloodiest conflict in human history. It cost the lives of an estimated 27 million Soviet citizens and soldiers and accounted for roughly 80% of all German combat casualties. While the Western Allies provided crucial industrial aid and opened a second front in 1944, the "Great Patriotic War" was primarily won through the sheer endurance and massive mobilization of the Soviet Union. While the German 6th Army was bogged down

At the gates of Moscow in December 1941, the Soviet Union launched a massive counter-offensive, proving for the first time that the German war machine was not invincible. Stalingrad (1942–1943): The Turning Point The Eastern Front remains the bloodiest conflict in