The Great Victory in historic and contemporary perspective
UWI author, historian and political scientist Associate Professor Mehmet Perinçek shared his evaluation on the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
UWI author, historian and political scientist Associate Professor Mehmet Perinçek shared his evaluation on the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
Beginning eight decades ago on 5 December 1941, the Soviet Army's counterattack against the Wehrmacht, principally along the outskirts of Moscow, was a major event in the Second World War and a significant occurrence in modern history.
The USSR's hierarchy was caught unprepared, and unnecessarily so, when Nazi Germany invaded their country eight decades ago on 22 June 1941, in a military offensive titled Operation Barbarossa.