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The Mongols overrun much of eastern Europe in the first half of the 13th century. They won all major battles and subdued local chiefdoms. Then, they get the mesage their Khan dies someplace in Siberia and they all have to return home to bury him and choose another. Thus Europe is saved. What...

To me, the most intriquing thing about Barbarossa is how the Russians allowed to be handed a blow like that. Stalin seemed genuinly surprised with the attack, even though it was in the cards. Papers across the world wrote that Hitler was massing an army of 3 milion men against the Russian...

I am mostly interested about the outcome of german victory at Stlingrad, but also if anyone is happy to talk about strategy of the very battle and the Operation Blue, it's fine. Ideally, for the Germans, there should have been no battle. The blueprints were to bomb the city into rubble and sweep...