Operation Barbarossa
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While World War II (WWII) progressively diminishes in importance for many in the United States, the Great Patriotic War, in Russian parlance, continues to weigh heavily on many of Washington’s primary competitors and heretofore staunchest allies. One only has to view the visitors’ stand at this year’s May 9th Victory Day parade in Moscow to
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Lost in the glow of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings at Normandy, the 83rd commemoration on 22 June of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, codename Operation Barbarossa, went virtually unnoticed in the United States. While much credit for defeating the Nazi war machine is understandably given to the American, British, and
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