On June 22nd, 1941, Germany launched the largest military offensive in history against the Soviet Union. The attack consisted of roughly 3 million German troops, 4,370 tanks, 17,500 artillery pieces (not including Italian, Finnish, and Romanian troops who also took part in the attack), across a front spanning roughly 1,000 miles. Despite the massive numbers, […]
Category: History
The “Pearl Harbor” That Everyone Forgot About
The year was 1940. It had been only a few months after the German takeover of France and the installment of the Vichy puppet government. Facing the very real threat of German invasion, Great Britain was not looking so good. Not only that, but Great Britain was also currently fighting in Egypt against the Italians, […]
What Went Wrong for France?
Many of you know that Germany had succeeded in utterly defeating and taking over France in World War II, a feat they had almost (but not quite) accomplished in World War I. When France fell in June of 1940, the world was absolutely shocked. France, the global superpower who succeeding in defending from the German […]
Why It Is Important to Study History
I always say, “if you aren’t getting anything out of it, then you’re wasting your time.” And it’s true, especially with history. Often times, so many people come up to me and say “history is so boring. Why do we even have to learn it I don’t care what people did before I was born. […]