Ground, Air and Sea Warfare in Eastern Europe from the end of the 1939 Polsih Campaign to the End of the Stalingrad Campaign Feb, 1943. Includes combat in the Balkans. Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:24:07 +0000 Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:24:07 +0000 WWII Forums http://ww2f.com/forums/eastern-europe-october-1939-to-february-1943.45/ Sun, 15 Jan 2023 01:16:49 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/the-all-but-forgotten-battles-of-operation-barbarossa.77514/ http://ww2f.com/threads/the-all-but-forgotten-battles-of-operation-barbarossa.77514/ invalid@example.com (evilroddy) evilroddy
The All But Forgotten Battles of Operation Barbarossa.]]> 10 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:32:01 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/russian-ww2-interesting-stats-and-facts.4245/ http://ww2f.com/threads/russian-ww2-interesting-stats-and-facts.4245/ invalid@example.com (Kai-Petri) Kai-Petri
Russian WW2 interesting stats and facts]]> 685 Sun, 19 Dec 2021 19:51:25 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/pavel-rychagov.76442/ http://ww2f.com/threads/pavel-rychagov.76442/ invalid@example.com (Kai-Petri) Kai-Petri Pavel Vasilievich Rychagov (Russian: Павел Васильевич Рычагов; 2 January 1911 – 28 October 1941)[1] was the Commander of the Soviet Air Forces (VVS) for a brief time from 28 August 1940 to 14 April 1941.[2]...

Pavel Rychagov]]> Sun, 05 Dec 2021 11:55:35 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/paulus-flanks-at-stalingrad.4313/ http://ww2f.com/threads/paulus-flanks-at-stalingrad.4313/ invalid@example.com (Daniel Jones) Daniel Jones
Cheers,
Daniel]]> 5 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 11:54:14 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/end-of-the-polish-army-in-poland.76196/ http://ww2f.com/threads/end-of-the-polish-army-in-poland.76196/ invalid@example.com (Kai-Petri) Kai-Petri
Battlegroup under General Franciszek Kleeberg surrenders after a 4-day battle around Kock;last major Polish Unit in the field.

Franciszek Kleeberg (1 February 1888, Tarnopol – 5 April 1941 near Dresden) was a Polish general. He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army before joining the...

End of the Polish Army in Poland]]> Sun, 03 Oct 2021 23:50:10 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/were-the-objectives-of-the-case-blue-flawed.45324/ http://ww2f.com/threads/were-the-objectives-of-the-case-blue-flawed.45324/ invalid@example.com (Tamino) Tamino
Were the Objectives of the Case Blue Flawed?]]> 44 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 04:52:14 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/zhukovs-tactic.14209/ http://ww2f.com/threads/zhukovs-tactic.14209/ invalid@example.com (Sturmkreuz) Sturmkreuz
1) German Army attacks the first Russian Defense Line



2) The German Army attacks the first Russian Defense Line, when the German Army attacks, they 'retreat' and go next defense line



3) Then they retreat to the next Russian...

Zhukov's Tactic]]> 32 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 04:20:43 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/battles-of-rzhev.29648/ http://ww2f.com/threads/battles-of-rzhev.29648/ invalid@example.com (Not One Step Back) Not One Step Back
what campaigns were there?
when were they?
nature of fighting?]]> 5 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 14:39:31 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/the-great-patriotic-war-1939-1943.70816/ http://ww2f.com/threads/the-great-patriotic-war-1939-1943.70816/ invalid@example.com (Comrade General) Comrade General Life the Red Army: 1939-1940

In 1939 the age for conscription in the Soviet Union was nineteen. The newest harvest of new recruits, born at the close of the Russian Civil War, was enlisted that September. Conscription was part of life. Unlike during the Empire, however, new recruits more commonly passed reading tests and identified their political leaders. The very best conscripts joined the rifle divisions of the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs, the...

The Great Patriotic War: 1939-1943]]> 322 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 02:26:54 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/how-long-to-plan-and-execute-a-major-maneuver.75550/ http://ww2f.com/threads/how-long-to-plan-and-execute-a-major-maneuver.75550/ invalid@example.com (the_diego) the_diego
Last how long before the opponent mounts a counter-attack?]]> 3 Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:25:08 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/sevastopol.4232/ http://ww2f.com/threads/sevastopol.4232/ invalid@example.com (CrazyD) CrazyD
Anyone have...

Sevastopol...]]> 57 Wed, 13 Jan 2021 23:44:37 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/red-army-summer-disaster-of-1941-why.29860/ http://ww2f.com/threads/red-army-summer-disaster-of-1941-why.29860/ invalid@example.com (Artema) Artema Soviet (=communist) historical science used to give to answers (both deceptive):
1) Stalin believed that Hitler wouldn't attack.
2) German army had overpowering superiority in people and weaponry.

New Russian science has much more interesting and realistic explanations, and I shall write about it, but I also would ask my dear colleagues to be so kind and write their opinions first.]]> 47 Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:19:31 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/operation-fredericus-1942.4340/ http://ww2f.com/threads/operation-fredericus-1942.4340/ invalid@example.com (Kai-Petri) Kai-Petri
The Great Battle South of Kharkov - Operation Fredericus
17th May 1942

Before the Summer Campaign had taken place, 6th Army of Paulus and
1st Panzer Army of Kleist had captured the Sovjet Balakleya-Izyum
salient near Kharkov. 1250 tanks and 2026 gunswere destroyed.
The Soviets losing 239.000 men as prisoner alone and the Germans gaining
a valuable area from which to begin the new offensive. The Soviets launched
an attack towards Kharkov on the 12th May 1942,...

Operation Fredericus 1942]]> 10 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:30:57 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/the-ribbentrop-pact-1939.4288/ http://ww2f.com/threads/the-ribbentrop-pact-1939.4288/ invalid@example.com (Kai-Petri) Kai-Petri
From Dmitri Vologonov´s Stalin 1989

In August 1939 the British and the French military mission icluded names like Drax, barnett, Heywood, Doumenc, Valin and Vuillaume.

Admiral Drax was recently made Naval Adjutant to the King and held the Tsarist Order of St Stanislav.Doumenc would become member of french Supreme Defence in...

The "Ribbentrop" pact 1939]]> 16 Sat, 29 Aug 2020 07:08:59 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/kiev-a-error.4356/ http://ww2f.com/threads/kiev-a-error.4356/ invalid@example.com (Richard) Richard
Was this the first big error in 1941?
poor judgement?]]> 23 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:27:09 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/death-of-the-6th-army-at-stalingrad.74694/ http://ww2f.com/threads/death-of-the-6th-army-at-stalingrad.74694/ invalid@example.com (Class of '42) Class of '42
View attachment 33691 View attachment 33693 View attachment 33694 View attachment 33696 View attachment 33697 View attachment 33698 View attachment 33699 View attachment 33700 View attachment 33702]]> 32 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 17:06:37 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/add-a-caption.74640/ http://ww2f.com/threads/add-a-caption.74640/ invalid@example.com (Class of '42) Class of '42 View attachment 33581
"Look Major you have captured Stalin's son..der Füher wants a plane load of vodka and some hot Russian women in exchange for him".]]> 3 Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:21:07 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/operation-mars-controversy-zhukov%C2%B4s-greaterst-defeat.54081/ http://ww2f.com/threads/operation-mars-controversy-zhukov%C2%B4s-greaterst-defeat.54081/ invalid@example.com (Bundesluftwaffe) Bundesluftwaffe
There were 2 opinions about the OP:

a) It was only a diversionary op. to distract Germans from Op. Uranus (Stalingrad) also to prevent moving of reserves south.
B) Mainly D. Glantz claims that it wasn´t diversionary in the first place but only as a side effect, as Zhukov was obsessed with destroying AG Center (esp. Models 9th army). You can read his book about it. it is...

Operation Mars controversy - Zhukov´s greaterst defeat ??]]> 28 Sat, 29 Dec 2018 02:27:07 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/italian-involvement-on-the-eastern-front.4330/ http://ww2f.com/threads/italian-involvement-on-the-eastern-front.4330/ invalid@example.com (Maverik) Maverik
Can you help me? What was the Italian involvement on the Eastern Front, throughout the War. Where did they fight? what was their record like, I have read lots about the Romanians and the Germans poor opinion of them was this the same for any Italian Units that fought on the Eastern Front?

Thanks in advance]]> 16 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 13:22:09 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/stalingrad-christmas-poem.71878/ http://ww2f.com/threads/stalingrad-christmas-poem.71878/ invalid@example.com (Hecke) Hecke Its an original christmas poem written in stalingrad december 6,1942 by georg beck,wich is still missing since today:

Here is what he wrote:
Christmas time, O feast of joy
My heart is lifted with such happy memories,
When the pealing of the bells in celebration
Heralds its coming everywhere.
How glorious it always was
In our dear home with you, our loved ones,
How different it is this year,
The enemy intrudes on our peace....

Stalingrad Christmas poem]]> 7