Forget Stalingrad: The Battle of Moscow Was World War II s First Major Turning Point
When German armies invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Hitler thought victory would be quick and easy. It was neither.
Here s What You Need to Know: After 1941, the Germans would never again threaten Moscow.
Many consider the Battle of Moscow in late 1941 to be the first turning point of World War II on the Eastern Front. Some even consider the battle for Moscow as the only opportunity for the Germans to prevail in the East. By the middle of 1942, the Soviets had organized enough troops under arms that the Germans could not hope for anything better than a negotiated peace.
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Eighty years ago this week Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, launching the most decisive clash of the Second World War. JONATHAN DIMBLEBY, author of a new book on the campaign, explains what was at stake