Zhukov Strikes Back: How the Red Army Finally Halted Hitler's 1941 Invasion
Zhukov Strikes Back: How the Red Army Finally Halted Hitler's 1941 Invasion Hitler's 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union nearly succeeded until a counterattack, combined with a brutal winter led to ultimate victory for the USSR. Here's What You Need to Know: The Soviets would push the Germans back, but they were far from destroyed. Smolensk Russia, Headquarters, German Army Group Center (AGC), December 3, 1941; Army Group commander, 61-year-old Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock is a troubled man. The day before, he had told his field army commanders who were attacking Moscow that the enemy w...
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