No Spanish ships or ports were safe when dread pirate Barbarossa, ally of the powerful Ottoman Empire, sailed the high seas. Hayreddin’s brother Oruç was the first to be known as Barbarossa. His ...

When Germany launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, they expected a rapid victory—but instead encountered the Soviet T-34 tank, a machine unlike anything they’d seen. Everyday anti-tank guns ...

June 22nd marks the 70th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union -- the biggest military adventure in history, which led directly to the downfall of Adolf ...

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Barbarossa: Siege Lord (2009) Director: Renzo Martinelli Entertainment grade: E History grade: C Frederick I Barbarossa was King of Germany and later Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1155-1190.

Operation Barbarossa didn’t end with the opening strikes - it only grew more violent. Romanian pilots remained deeply involved as the air war intensified across the Eastern Front. Flying a mix of ...

Nazi Germany led the largest-ever ground invasion force in an attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 that unleashed a brutal conflict that cost the lives of millions of people. 1 This photo -- of German ...

Operation Barbarossa was Hitler’s megalomaniac undoing – can any historian do it justice? Julian Evans writes about books and writers, and was previously the literary editor of British Esquire. His ...