Operation Typhoon involved over three million men on both sides of the eastern front. Such a figure is hard to comprehend and the truth is, even as an historian, it’s easy to lose sight of the human dimension in this war. That was brought home to me last year during a trip to Russia and the battlefield of Viaz’ma.
Read MoreLaunched in October 1941, Hitler’s Operation Typhoon had a simple objective: capture Moscow and knock the Soviet Union out of the war. Operation Typhoon is an incisive, groundbreaking account of Germany’s drive to capture Moscow.
Read MoreAmidst a sea of titles on World War II and the German army, David Stahel discusses why a careful study on this German campaign in the eastern theater raises new questions about the war we think we know.
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