When Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa in 1941, Germany expected a rapid victory in the East. Instead, the invasion opened ...

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 ...

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.

The notorious pirate Barbarossa, who eventually went on to be an Admiral in the Ottoman Navy, was surprisingly half Greek.

Sixty-nine-years ago today, 3.5 million German troops, plus another million from Nazi allies, invaded the USSR. (Geographically, the land now makes up Lithuania, Belarus, eastern Poland, Ukraine, and ...

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Frederick the First, called Barbarossa because of his red beard, was not an easy choice for an Age of Kings campaign. He is certain to be the least well known of the five campaign protagonists.