many casualties. (britannica.com)
The Nazis had pushed to the gates of the Soviet Union’s capital, but had lost partially from their arrogance and their lack of understanding of the Soviet geography and winter. Their campaigns would lead to the death of 4,300,000 Germans and 10,600,000 Soviets one of the greatest loss of human life in history. The grand plans of Hitler fell apart and with it his ambition of world domination died on the eastern front like so many of his men.
The Nazis had pushed to the gates of the Soviet Union’s capital, but had lost partially from their arrogance and their lack of understanding of the Soviet geography and winter. Their campaigns would lead to the death of 4,300,000 Germans and 10,600,000 Soviets one of the greatest loss of human life in history. The grand plans of Hitler fell apart and with it his ambition of world domination died on the eastern front like so many of his men.