Red Army

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Siege of Leningrad

Examine how Stalin's Red Army defeated Hitler's Fourth and Sixth Armies in the Battle of Stalingrad

Red Army during Operation Barbarossa

Hitler's final days in Berlin, April 1945

Adolf Hitler's death and its impact on Nazi Germany

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Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.

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Also Known As	Krasnaya Armiya
Date	1918 - 1946
Areas Of Involvement	land warfare
Related People	Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky • Mikhail Tukhachevsky

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Siege of Leningrad

Red Army during Operation Barbarossa

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Hitler's final days in Berlin, April 1945

Adolf Hitler's death and its impact on Nazi Germany

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Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.

Pop Quiz: 17 Things to Know About World War II