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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...

Rafer Johnson, once the “World’s Greatest Athlete,” dies at age 86 Rafer Johnson, the winner of the 1960 Olympic decathlon gold medal, died on December 2, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Johnson was the African-American son of Texas farmworkers who rose to become the “World’s Greatest Athlete,” the unofficial title bestowed on the winner of the Olympic decathlon at a time when track and field stars received the adulation that today is bestowed on the professional football and basketball superstars. Johnson embracing C. K. Yang at the conclusion of the decathlon in the Rome Olympi...