No Stepping Back on the Steppes

For more than a year, the Russian Steppes had been home to the bloodiest and hardest-fought battles of the Second World War.  The German onslaught, started on June 22, 1941, had continued largely unchecked for nearly six months, halting in early December just 15 miles from downtown Moscow.  One intrepid German soldier reportedly ripped through [...]

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