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Watch Hitler’s road to Moscow begin as Germany underestimates the Soviet Union in 1940

In December 1940, Germany’s high command moved from loose thinking to serious invasion planning against the Soviet Union, ...
The National Interest

Would East Germany’s S-200 Vega Systems Have Kept NATO at Bay in WWIII?

No major combat incidents occurred in the GDR, but the S-200 system’s presence deterred potential aggressors, aligning with Warsaw Pact exercises and Soviet oversight. East Germany was at the ...
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Kursk. Was it really a Soviet triumph or Germany’s last missed chance?

Kursk is remembered as one of the Soviet Union’s greatest victories, but the battle was far more complicated than the legend ...
The National Interest

East Germany’s Army Drew from the Wehrmacht—in Style, Not Substance

The core differences between the East German “National People’s Army” (NVA) and the Nazi German Wehrmacht that came before it were doctrinal in nature. Despite having a handful of outward similarities ...