SKIP CONTENT ABOUT US CONTACT GUIDELINES ADVERTISING MAGAZINE BLOGS TOPICS REGIONS FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS ROUNDTABLE SIGN IN REGISTER ISSUE OUT NOW LOG IN SEARCH THE BUZZ THE BATTLE RUSSIA MILITARY WORLD WAR II MICHAEL PECK OCTOBER 1941 THE SECOND WORLD WAR KNIFE WAR CHINA NORTH SOON AMERICA THE ONLY REALLY MATTER CENTRAL RUSSIA OPERATION BARBAROSSA THE GERMAN INVASION OF THE SOVIET UNION BEGUN ENCIRCLEMENT ALMOST CASUALTIES HUGE DISORGANIZED SOVIET ARMIES ADVANCED MILES OPERATION TYPHOON OFFENSIVE THE SOVIET CAPITAL THE GERMANS DESPERATION BREEDS INDEED GERMANY THE WAR THE EAST NEWSREELS VAST COLUMNS BEWILDERED SOVIET PRISONERS IMAGE OF GERMAN INVINCIBILITY THE WEHRMACHT DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS ALLIES COMMITTED SUFFERED OR 15 PERCENT THE INVASION PANZERS SWEEPING 500 MILES DEEP LEFT TRAIL THE RUSSIAN NUMBER TRUCK RAILROADS SUPPLY ARTERIES EASTERN RUSSIAN RAILROAD TRACKS WIDER TRAINS MOVE FORWARD REPAIR CREWS LOGISTICS LEAVING TROOPS SHORT AMMUNITION FUEL THE SOVIETS OFFICER CORPS DECIMATED GENERALS POLITICALLY TOADIES THE RED ARMY CAUGHT BY SURPRISE FRANCE SIX WEEKS FALLING BACK ON ENDLESS STREAM FRESH DIVISION POORLY TRAINED SHOULD UNDERSTAND POUNDING KEEP BOXING MATCH BARELY FIELD SOLDIERS THOUSAND TANKS MULTIPLE LINES WOMEN AND CHILDREN MUSTER MORE THAN A THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THE PLAN ALREADY PINCER OPERATIONS SURROUND DESTROY ARMIES FRONT ROLL ARMS THE ENEMY INFANTRY CAUGHT UP ARMOR REACHED PROPER GOOD STRIKE FORCE PROBABLY COUNTRY NEITHER CONDITION PROVE INITIAL PHASE TYPHOON CAPTURED VYAZMA RAIN MELTING SNOW FELL WITH THEM THE INFAMOUS RASPUTITSA SEASON TURNED LANDSCAPE QUAGMIRE VEHICLES HAD TO SWEATING WHOSE BOOTS DISAPPEARED GLUTINOUS THE COMBAT COUNTERATTACK GERMAN FORCES EXHAUSTED ARMED ARMORED TEUTONIC WEAPONS MATTERS WIDE GAVE IN THE MUD RETAINED THE SKILL LEADERSHIP THE BEST ARMY IN THE WORLD ADVANCE LEADING STALIN ORDER EVACUATION GOVERNMENT MOSCOW CHOOSING THE MOVE BREATH EARLY NOVEMBER THE WEATHER FREEZING SOLID FOOTING THE END RECONNAISSANCE UNITS SO CLOSE THE TOWERS LAST SHOW FULL PAGE VIEW DISCUSSION THREAD MORE STORIES HOW TO WIN AFGHANISTAN THE UNITED STATES POLITICAL APPROACH DANA ROHRABACHER DONALD TRUMP DANGEROUS SOUTH CHINA SEA GREATER RISKS LOOM THE HORIZON TRUMP MEDIA ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRESIDENTS THE PRESS AMERICAN TRADITION DANIEL MCCARTHY FACE CORNUCOPIA GLOBAL THREATS TABLE OF CONTENTS DIGITAL EDITION NEWSLETTER POPULAR REASON AIR FORCE NEEDS UPGRADE FAST LETHAL MISSILE NATO FEAR COMING SOON AIRCRAFT CARRIER ARMS RACE SECRET WEAPON THE BALTICS CRUSH THE SKY SMART SNEAKY GETTING STRONGER SUPER MISSILE DOMINATE THE LAND THE FUTURE THE REAL THUCYDIDES TRAP RED AND BLUE GO TO ACCESS TWITTER FACEBOOK YOUTUBE RSS FEED PRESS ROOM JOBS INTERNSHIPS HOME MAGAZINE SECURITY SOCIETY ECONOMICS POLITICS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AFRICA AMERICAS ASIA EURASIA EUROPE MIDDLE EAST OCEANIA THE NATIONAL INTEREST ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRIVACY POLICY TERMS CONDITIONS