The Eastern Front: Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kurs... -
Hitler and his generals expected a quick collapse. However, as the German columns stretched toward Moscow, they were slowed by the "Rasputitsa" (the season of mud) and eventually the brutal Russian winter.
At the gates of Moscow in December 1941, the Soviet Union launched a massive counter-offensive, proving for the first time that the German war machine was not invincible. Stalingrad (1942–1943): The Turning Point The Eastern Front: Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kurs...
While the German 6th Army was bogged down in the city, Soviet forces launched a massive pincer movement, encircling 300,000 Axis troops. Hitler and his generals expected a quick collapse
