Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major turning point in World War II, and is considered the bloodiest battle in recorded human history. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Stalingrad - Background
On 22 June 1941 Germany and its Axis allies invaded the Soviet Union, quickly advancing deep into Soviet territory. Having suffered defea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Stalingrad - Background
On 22 June 1941 Germany and its Axis allies invaded the Soviet Union, quickly advancing deep into Soviet territory. Having suffered defea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Stalingrad - The Battle In The City
Stalin forbade the evacuation of civilians from the city on the premise that their presence would encourage greater resistance from the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Stalingrad - The Battle In The City
Stalin forbade the evacuation of civilians from the city on the premise that their presence would encourage greater resistance from the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev: Encyclopedia - Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev
Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev (Russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич За́йцев) (23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Attrition: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Attrition
A battle of attrition is a military engagement in which neither side has any tactical advantage, so that the only result of the fighting ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volgograd: Encyclopedia - Volgograd
Volgograd ▶ (help·info) (Russian: Волгогра́д) (population: 1,012,000), formerly called Tsaritsyn ▶ (help·info) (Цари�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circumvallation: Encyclopedia - Circumvallation
Circumvallation is a standard military tactic of siege used in ancient and modern warfare. It describes the process of the attacking army...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caspian Flotilla: Encyclopedia - Caspian Flotilla
Caspian Flotilla (Каспийская флотилия in Russian, or Kaspiyskaya flotiliya), the oldest Russian military flotilla, stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle: Encyclopedia - Battle
Generally, a battle is an instance of combat in warfare between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others. Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bob Hoskins: Encyclopedia - Bob Hoskins
Robert William "Bob" Hoskins (born October 26, 1942) is a British actor best known for playing Cockney rough diamonds and gangsters, and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Battle Of Stalingrad: American History Dictionary - Battle Of Stalingrad
Definition and meaning of Battle of Stalingrad:   Battle of Stalingrad This World War II battle of attrition between German a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Call Of Duty 2: Encyclopedia Ii - Call Of Duty 2 - Campaigns
Private Vasili Ivanovich Koslov (Red Army, 13th Guards Division) Battle of Moscow Dec 1941/Battle of Stalingrad, Dec 1942 Battle of Stal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aleksandr Vasilevsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Aleksandr Vasilevsky - Chief Of The General Staff
In April 1942 Vasilievsky succeeded Boris Shaposhnikov as Chief of the General Staff. In this position Vasilievsky's great organisational...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reichskommissariat Kaukasus: Encyclopedia Ii - Reichskommissariat Kaukasus - German Caucasian Campaign
"Kaukasus - hin und zurück" (Caucasus - there and back) was an ironic motto of the German soldiers, when the Caucasus campaign was endin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sturmtiger: Encyclopedia Ii - Sturmtiger - Development
The idea for a heavy infantry support vehicle capable of demolishing heavily defended buildings or fortified areas with a single shot cam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Kursk: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Kursk - Background
In the winter of 1942–1943 the Soviets conclusively won the Battle of Stalingrad. One complete German army had been lost, along with ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Sixth Army: Encyclopedia Ii - German Sixth Army - World War I
Commands of the Sixth Army was given to Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern. During the execution of Plan 17, the army was stationed in the Ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kamenets-podolsky Pocket: Encyclopedia Ii - Kamenets-podolsky Pocket - Freedom
Despite heavy snowfalls, low supplies and the fact that they were completely surrounded, the constant movement of Hube's army meant that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikita Khrushchev: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikita Khrushchev - Great Patriotic War
During World War II, Khrushchev served as a political officer with the equivalent rank of Lieutenant General. In the months following the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Front World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Eastern Front World War Ii - Overview
The war between Germany and the Soviet Union began on 22 June 1941, when Germany invaded the Soviet-occupied portion of Poland, and ended...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Iii Corps: Encyclopedia Ii - German Iii Corps - Iii Panzerkorps History
III Panzerkorps was formed in June 1942 from III. Armeekorps. The Panzerkorps was now attached to Heeresgruppe A, the formation tasked wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stalingrad Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Stalingrad Film - Plot Details
The film begins with the German soldiers enjoying a brief vacation in Italy after their victory in North Africa. They are enjoying themse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Call Of Duty 2: Encyclopedia Ii - Call Of Duty 2 - Multiplayer
The Xbox 360 version can support 8 players per server. On the PC, players can join servers that support as many as 62 players. A number o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Continuation War: Encyclopedia Ii - Continuation War - The End Of The War
Finland began to actively seek a way out of the war after the disastrous German defeat at Stalingrad in January–February 1943. Edwin Li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pavlov's House: Encyclopedia Ii - Pavlov's House - Symbolic Meaning
Supposedly, the Germans took more casualties outside Pavlov's house than they did invading Paris, something that the defenders boasted of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Battles Geographic: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Battles Geographic - Croatia
List of battles geographic - Croatian War of Independence. Battle of Vukovar - 1991 Operation Storm - 1995 ... See also:List of bat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Battles Geographic: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Battles Geographic - Czech Republic
List of battles geographic - Hussite Wars. Battle of Vysehrad - 1419 Battle of Vitkov Hill - 1420 Battle of Lipany - 1434 List of ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Georgy Zhukov: Encyclopedia Ii - Georgy Zhukov - World War Ii
According to his book of memoirs (written after the death of Stalin and during the peak of Nikita Khrushchev's Anti-Stalin campaign), Zhu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volgograd: Encyclopedia Ii - Volgograd - History
Volgograd originated with the foundation in 1589 of the fortress of Tsaritsyn at the confluence of the Tsaritsa and Volga rivers. The for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pavlov's House: Encyclopedia Ii - Pavlov's House - The Building
The house was a four-story building in the city centre of Stalingrad, built parallel to the embankment of the river Volga and overseeing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Call Of Duty 2: Encyclopedia Ii - Call Of Duty 2 - Overview
Call of Duty 2 was designed with the intent to be less linear than its predecessor, with notably more open-ended environments and less sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Caucasus: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Caucasus - Forces And Commanders
Battle of the Caucasus - Red Army. Northern Caucasian Front (Marshal Semyon Budenny) - until September 1942 Transcaucasian Front (Gene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle - Types Of Battle
Battles can be fought on land, sea, or by the modern age, in the air. Naval battles have occurred since before the 5th century BC. Air ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle - Types Of Battle
Battles can be fought on land, sea, or by the modern age, in the air. Naval battles have occurred since before the 5th century BC. Air ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Fifteen Decisive Battles Of The World: Encyclopedia Ii - The Fifteen Decisive Battles Of The World - Point Of View
The book is a product of the Victorian era, and Creasy's descriptions of the battles and their impact on history are from a decidely Euro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battles Of Rzhev: Encyclopedia Ii - Battles Of Rzhev - History
During the Soviet winter counter-offensive of 1941, and the First Rzhev-Vyazma Offensive of January–April, 1942 (one of the bloodiest S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kamenets-podolsky Pocket: Encyclopedia Ii - Kamenets-podolsky Pocket - Attack
In mid-February 1944, the 1st Panzer Army found itself defending the line in the north-western Ukraine. The army had just completed opera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle: Encyclopedia Ii - Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle - Orders Of Battle
Division Stab' Füsilier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle Grenadier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle Panzer-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle Panzer-Aufklärungs-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second Battle Of El Alamein: Encyclopedia Ii - Second Battle Of El Alamein - Axis Plan
With the failure of the Axis Offensive in Alam Halfa, the Axis forces were seriously depleted in their fighting strength. The Army was ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Saturn: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Saturn - Operation Little Saturn: December 1942
The first stage — an attempt to cut off the German Army Group A in the Caucasus — had to be rapidly revised when General Erich von Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle - The Effects Of A Battle
Battles cause both individually and politically affects. The individual effect of a battle is that of a psychological or a physical effec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hero City: Encyclopedia Ii - Hero City - History
The usage of the term "hero-city" is dated to articles in Pravda as early as in 1942. The first official usage of the title is dated by M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle - The Effects Of A Battle
Battles have both personal and political effects. The personal effect of a battle can be a psychological or a physical effect; a psycholo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle: Encyclopedia Ii - Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle - Vitebsk - Narva - Byelorussia
The new division spent the rest of the year forming and training in Southern France. In November, all the divisional units had their numb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle: Encyclopedia Ii - Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle - Early Campaigns
Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle - 60.Infanterie-Division mot. The cadre for the 60.Infanterie-Division came from Gruppe Eberhardt (also kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle - Aerial Battles Throughout History
The most common aerial form of battle is the dog fight. This type of battle can lead to pilots becoming elite. One example of this was th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Velikiye Luki: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Velikiye Luki - Orders Of Battle
Battle of Velikiye Luki - German. Army Group Center Group Chevallerie Velikiye Luki garrison Group Wöhler 8th Panzer Division 20th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii - Major Bombing Campaigns
General: Strategic bombing during World War II Strategic bombing survey for the overall impact of the bombing. Specific: Baedeker raid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle: Encyclopedia Ii - Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle - Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle
After the annihilation of three Feldherrnhalle units in Budapest, plans were made to not only reform the three units, but also for the cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symphony No. 8 Shostakovich: Encyclopedia Ii - Symphony No. 8 Shostakovich - Reception
In a letter to Glikman, the composer parodied the response he expected from the government; I am sure that it will give rise to valuable ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle: Encyclopedia Ii - Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle - Sa Standarte Feldherrnhalle - Concept
While the élite formations of the Waffen SS, Luftwaffe and Heer are well studied, the formations titled Feldherrnhalle, although just as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hero City: Encyclopedia Ii - Hero City - Kiev
The capital of present-day Ukraine became the site of the largest encirclement battle in the summer of 1941. When the Germans commenced t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Middle East Campaign: Encyclopedia Ii - Middle East Campaign - Overview
This campaign included: The British police actions in Palestine. The British suppression of a revolt in what is now Iraq. The short but ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Urban Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Urban Warfare - Cqb
CQB, sometimes CQC, is an acronym for Close Quarters Battle or Close Quarters Combat, and refers to fighting methods within buildings, st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grossdeutschland Division: Encyclopedia Ii - Grossdeutschland Division - Großdeutschland Expands – 1942 – Fall Of Kharkov
While resting and refitting near Orel, the Regiment received the news that it was to become Infanterie-Division Großdeutschland (mot). T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kamenets-podolsky Pocket: Encyclopedia Ii - Kamenets-podolsky Pocket - Encirclement
Both Hube and Manstein realised the danger of encirclement. With the right flank on the Dniester, and the recent Soviet attacks on the le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paintball: Encyclopedia Ii - Paintball - Basic Paintball Games
Paintball - Capture the Flag. The classic schoolyard game, with a paintball twist. Teams start on opposing sides and attempt to acquire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paintball: Encyclopedia Ii - Paintball - Basic Paintball Games
Paintball - Capture the Flag. The classic schoolyard game, with a paintball twist. Teams start on opposing sides and attempt to acquire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle - Characteristics Of Battle
British military historian Sir John Keegan suggested an ideal definition of battle as "something which happens between two armies leading...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lebensraum: Encyclopedia Ii - Lebensraum - Origins
The idea of a Germanic people without sufficient space dates back long before Adolf Hitler brought it to prominence: the term Lebensraum ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second Battle Of El Alamein: Encyclopedia Ii - Second Battle Of El Alamein - Allied Plan
With Operation Lightfoot, Montgomery hoped to cut two corridors through the Axis minefields in the north. Armour would then pass through ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British First Army: Encyclopedia Ii - British First Army - First World War
The British First Army was formed on 26 December 1914 when the corps of the British Expeditionary Force were divided into the First Army ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle - Battle Naming
Battles are almost invariably named after some feature of the battlefield geography, such as the name of a town, forest or river. Occasio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii - Naval Engagements
General: Arctic Convoys (operation Rösselsprung) Second Battle of the Atlantic - the name given to the conflicts in the Atlantic Ocean ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Georgy Zhukov: Encyclopedia Ii - Georgy Zhukov - Prewar Career
Born into a peasant family in Strelkovka, Maloyaroslavets Raion, Kaluga Guberniya (now Zhukovo Raion Kaluga Oblast), Zhukov was apprentic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii - Major Campaigns
List of military engagements of World War II - European Theatre. Blitzkrieg Polish September Campaign (Operation Fall Weiss) - see al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Theatre Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - European Theatre Of World War Ii - The Eastern Front
On June 22, 1941, Germany launched an invasion against the Soviet Union, code-named Operation Barbarossa. The leader of the USSR, Josef S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Kursk: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Kursk - Soviet Counteroffensive
The Soviet counteroffensive at Orel decisively changed the situation. German Ninth Army units had to be redeployed to resist this attack ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Army - History
Romanian Army - During World War I. In 1916, Romania declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary following the initial success of the B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beast Of War: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beast Of War - Plot Summary
The Soviet T-55A is in Afghanistan attacking a village. The tank loses its radio during an attack by the women of the village and manages...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British First Army: Encyclopedia Ii - British First Army - Second World War
The First Army was formed to command the land forces of in Operation Torch, the assault landings in Morocco and Algeria on 8 November 194...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii - Raiding Operations
Small to medium-sized raiding operations were carried out by both Allied and Axis armies during World War II. The modus operandi used inc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military Of Hungary: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Of Hungary - Mid-twentieth Century
During the 1930s and early 1940s, Hungary was totally preoccupied with the idea of regaining the vast territories and huge amount of popu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Chastise: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Chastise - Notes
A 1954 movie, The Dam Busters was made about the raids and was very popular. The PC game Call of Duty features a mission in the British c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Theatre Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - European Theatre Of World War Ii - The Eastern Front
On June 22, 1941, Germany launched an invasion against the Soviet Union, code-named Operation Barbarossa. The leader of the USSR, Josef S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sudden Strike: Encyclopedia Ii - Sudden Strike - Gameplay
The player gets to select his faction to play for such as the Soviets, the Germans or the Allied campaigns featuring over 10 non-linear m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yakovlev Yak-9: Encyclopedia Ii - Yakovlev Yak-9 - Development
Yak-9 represents further development of the successful Yakovlev Yak-7 fighter, taking full advantage of the combat experience with its pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victory Disease: Encyclopedia Ii - Victory Disease - Concept In More Detail
Victory disease is generally used as a term when a series of military victories leads to arrogance or complacency; usually the term is us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vasily Grossman: Encyclopedia Ii - Vasily Grossman - Biography
Born Iosif Solomonovich Grossman in Berdichev, Ukraine into an emancipated Jewish family, he did not receive a traditional Jewish educati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Warfare - Transportation
Industrial warfare - Land. Motorized infantry Mechanized infantry Industrial warfare - Sea. Sealift Industrial warfare - Air. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Warfare - Communications
Industrial warfare - Equipment. Aldis lamp International maritime signal flags ... See also:Industrial warfare, Industrial warfare ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Warfare - Land Warfare
Industrial warfare - Rifles and Artillery. Rifling Industrial warfare - Static Defense. Trench warfare Industrial warfare - Mane...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of World War Ii - 1942
Timeline of World War II - January. 2: Japanese troops occupy Manila. 11: Japanese troops capture Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 12: Japan in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii - Battles
List of military engagements of World War II - 1939. September Campaign Battle of Bzura Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski Battle of Kock B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blitzkrieg: Encyclopedia Ii - Blitzkrieg - Operations In The Second World War
Blitzkrieg - Poland and France 1939–40. Despite the term blitzkrieg being coined during the Polish September Campaign of 1939, histor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blitzkrieg: Encyclopedia Ii - Blitzkrieg - Influence
Blitzkrieg's widest influence was within the Western Allied leadership of the war, some of whom drew inspiration from the Wehrmacht's app...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kamenets-podolsky Pocket: Encyclopedia Ii - Kamenets-podolsky Pocket - Breakout
On 27 March 1944, the lead elements of Hube's army moved west towards the Zbruch river. Simultaneously, the rearguard began a fighting wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - T-34: Encyclopedia Ii - T-34 - Importance
The T-34 was among most important weapon systems in the Red Army in the Second World War[citation needed]. Since the Soviet-German front ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Petre Dumitrescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Petre Dumitrescu - The Beginning Of The End
By this time, the German forces entrapped within Stalingrad were in dire need of assistance, and German High Command transferred many of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Stalingrad - The Battle Opens
The start of Operation Blau had been planned for late May 1942. However, a number of German and Romanian units that were involved in Blau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Stalingrad - The Battle Opens
The start of Operation Blau had been planned for late May 1942. However, a number of German and Romanian units that were involved in Blau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Stalingrad - Soviet Victory
Hitler promoted Paulus to Generalfeldmarschall on January 30, 1943 (the 10th anniversary of Hitler coming to power). Since no German fiel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Stalingrad - The Soviet Counter-attack: Operation Uranus
         German front, 19 November &# ... See also:Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Stalingra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Stalingrad - Soviet Victory
Hitler promoted Paulus to Generalfeldmarschall on January 30, 1943. Since no German field marshal had ever been taken prisoner, Hitler as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Stalingrad - Operation Blau
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Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Stalingrad - Operation Blau
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Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Stalingrad - The Soviet Counter-attack
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Article - American History Sitemap I - B
This is a sitemap for American History - B . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article