The Germans had some trouble with mud issues during the invasion of the Soviet Union.
The Soviets started to push the Germans back.
There was between 280,000 to 400,000 German casualties.
There was between 650,00 and 1,280,000 Soviet casualties.
Hitler took control and made all military decisions afterwards.
Hitler fired his commander in chief because he did not take over the Soviet Union.
The Siege of Leningrad started in 1941 and was one of the longest and the most destructive sieges in history and one of the most costly in terms of casualties.
The Germans never actually took Leningrad and there were many casualties during this Siege.
Erwin Rommel was the Desert Fox.
The British General was Bernard Montgomery-Monty and he was in charge of Africa.
The US general was George Patton.
Sicily was very mountainous and very hard to fight in.
The Tuskegee Institute was a college that trained african americans to be pilots and be able to fly.
Dwight Eisenhower was the "headmaster" over in Europe.
June 6, 1944 D-Day happened. Operation Overlord was it's codename.
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