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8 hours ago · Background Naming The theme of Barbarossa had long been used by the Nazi Party as part of their political imagery, though this was really a continuation of the glorification of the famous Crusader king by German nationalists since the 19th century. According to a Germanic medieval legend, revived in the 19th century by the nationalistic tropes of German Romanticism, the Holy Roman Emperor ...
- 22 June 1941 – 7 January 1942, (6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
- Axis captured approximately 600,000 square kilometres of Soviet territory but failed to reach the A-A line
- Soviet Victory, Axis operational failure
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8 hours ago · February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1966 – Kristin Otto, German swimmer; ... 1626 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
1 day ago · Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany.Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate the United Kingdom's exit from the Second World War.
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1 day ago · Klaus Otto Nagorsnik, 68, German historian and quiz show contestant (Gefragt – Gejagt). John O'Shea, 83, Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff RFC, British & Irish Lions, national team), pneumonia. Donald Payne Jr., 65, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 2012), heart attack.