The Great Patriotic War

* On 22 June 1941, Adolf Hitler's armies invaded the Soviet Union, touching off one of the most destructive military campaigns in history. This document provides a history of the Nazi-Soviet war, or as it is known in Russia, the Great Patriotic War.

[1.0] Stalin's Terror

• [1.1] THE RISE OF JOSEF STALIN
  
• [1.2] THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER
  
• [1.3] STALIN'S PURGES
  

[2.0] A Friendship Of Thieves

• [2.1] WAR & SHADOWS OF WAR
  
• [2.2] THE NAZI-SOVIET NONAGGRESSION PACT
  
• [2.3] BATTLE OF KHALKIN GOL
  
• [2.4] WORLD WAR II BEGINS / THE WINTER WAR
  
• [2.5] THE THIEVES FALL OUT
  
• [2.6] HITLER PLOTS AGAINST THE USSR
  

[3.0] The German Invasion Of The USSR

• [3.1] THE EVE OF THE INVASION
  
• [3.2] BARBAROSSA BEGINS / THE FALL OF MINSK
  
• [3.3] STALIN AGAINST THE ROPES / THE FALL OF SMOLENSK
  

[4.0] The USSR Under Siege

• [4.1] THE WEST REACTS
  
• [4.2] THE ANGLO-SOVIET OCCUPATION OF IRAN
  
• [4.3] THE INVASION SLOWS / THE CAPTURE OF KIEV
  
• [4.4] LENINGRAD ISOLATED
  

[5.0] The Soviets Stand Fast

• [5.1] THE BATTLE FOR MOSCOW
  
• [5.2] THE AGONY OF LENINGRAD
  
• [5.3] COUNTERSTROKE
  
• [5.4] AMERICA ENTERS THE WAR
  

[6.0] The German Occupation Of The USSR

• [6.1] THE NAZI TERROR
  
• [6.2] THE GERMAN MASTERS
  
• [6.3] THE WAR IN THE REAR
  
• [6.4] THE PEOPLE'S WAR
  
• [6.5] ALLIED ASSISTANCE
  

[7.0] Germans Resurgent

• [7.1] SOVIET FUMBLINGS / OPERATION FREDERICUS
  
• [7.2] MOLOTOV IN THE WEST
  
• [7.3] PLAN BLUE
  
• [7.4] THE FALL OF SEVASTOPOL
  
• [7.5] CALM BEFORE THE STORM
  
• [7.6] RED ARMY STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES
  
• [7.7] THE GERMANS DRIVE EAST
  

[8.0] The Battle For Stalingrad (1)

• [8.1] STALINGRAD BRACES FOR THE DEFENSE
  
• [8.2] CHURCHILL VISITS MOSCOW
  
• [8.3] THE GERMANS ENTER STALINGRAD
  
• [8.4] THE STRUGGLE IN THE RUINS: SEPTEMBER 1942
  
• [8.5] THE STRUGGLE IN THE RUINS: OCTOBER 1942
  
• [8.6] THE STRUGGLE IN THE RUINS: NOVEMBER 1942
  

[9.0] The Battle For Stalingrad (2)

• [9.1] OPERATION URANUS / OPERATION MARS
  
• [9.2] OPERATION WINTER STORM
  
• [9.3] PAULUS SURRENDERS
  
• [9.4] STALINGRAD: THE AFTERMATH
  
• [9.5] SOVIETS RESURGENT
  

[10.0] Operation Citadel

• [10.1] THE ALLIES GAIN THE INITIATIVE / UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
  
• [10.2] THE KATYN REVELATIONS
  
• [10.3] PREPARING FOR BATTLE
  
• [10.4] THE BATTLE OF THE KURSK SALIENT
  

[11.0] The Germans Fall Back

• [11.1] THE RECAPTURE OF BELGOROD, OREL, & KHARKOV
  
• [11.2] TO THE DNIEPER
  
• [11.3] THE RECAPTURE OF KIEV
  
• [11.4] THE TEHRAN CONFERENCE
  

[12.0] The Three Blows

• [12.1] THE THREE BLOWS: THE RELIEF OF LENINGRAD
  
• [12.2] THE THREE BLOWS: THE BATTLE OF THE CHERKASSY POCKET
  
• [12.3] THE THREE BLOWS: THE RECONQUEST OF THE CRIMEA
  
• [12.4] STALIN'S TERROR RETURNS
  

[13.0] Driving Out The Fascists

• [13.1] OPERATION BAGRATION / THE SECOND FRONT
  
• [13.2] OPERATION FRANTIC: THE SHUTTLE BOMBING MISSIONS
  
• [13.3] THE WARSAW UPRISING
  

[14.0] The Hour Before Midnight

• [14.1] QUIET BEFORE THE STORM / LAST GASP IN THE ARDENNES
  
• [14.2] ACROSS THE VISTULA, ON TO THE ODER
  
• [14.3] RED VENGEANCE
  
• [14.4] THE YALTA CONFERENCE
  

[15.0] On To Berlin

• [15.1] PREPARING FOR THE ENDGAME
  
• [15.2] STALIN'S FINAL OFFENSIVE
  
• [15.3] HITLER ON THE ROPES
  
• [15.4] ENCIRCLING BERLIN / MEETING ON THE ELBE
  

[16.0] The Fall Of The Reich

• [16.1] THE STRUGGLE FOR BERLIN
  
• [16.2] THE DEATH OF ADOLF HITLER
  
• [16.3] THE FALL OF BERLIN
  
• [16.4] GERMANY SURRENDERS / OPERATION UNTHINKABLE
  
• [16.5] RESTORING ORDER
  
• [16.6] DAY OF RECKONING
  

[17.0] The Iron Curtain Falls

• [17.1] STALIN'S PEACE
  
• [17.2] THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE
  
• [17.3] STALIN'S WAR AGAINST JAPAN
  
• [17.4] RECONSTRUCTION & REPRESSION
  
• [17.5] THE COLD WAR BEGINS / DEATH OF STALIN
  
• [17.6] COMMENTS, SOURCES, & REVISION HISTORY