Map of the former Soviet Union Which countries were in the Soviet Union? ... Its territory was subsequently conquered by Nazi Germany in 1941, before being retaken by the Soviets in 1944–1945.

In this prelude to Operation Barbarossa, Kings and Generals explores how Hitler and the German High Command prepared to ...

As the Nazi armies advanced into the Soviet Union in 1941, backed with overwhelming air support, catching up with the Luftwaffe in terms of aviation technology became crucial for the USSR – but ...

The day the hostilities broke out, on June 22, 1941, the Soviet Air Force lost a massive number of 1,200 aircraft, ... All this was also created in the Soviet Union on a just-in-time basis.

Operation Barbarossa was the codename for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II. ... June 22, 1941: Invasion of the Soviet Union. Ralf Bosen. 06/20/2021 June 20, 2021.

On June 22, 1941, Germany launched its attack on the Soviet Union. Advertisement In the first five months of the invasion, German forces inflicted one catastrophic defeat after another on the Red ...

On 14 June 1941, the Soviet Union deported 10,000 people from Estonia to Siberia, among them over 7,000 women, children and the elderly.

Roots of war. On 22 June 1941, some three million soldiers of Germany and her allies began an attack on the Soviet Union. This war was supposed to be over in a matter of months, but it lasted for ...