Tag Archives: Wolfsschanze

This week in the War, 2–8 February 1942: Death of Fritz Todt

Posted on February 6, 2014 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, on Sunday 8 February 1942, Reichsminister Fritz Todt was killed when the plane flying him back to Berlin crashed while taking off from the airstrip at Hitler’s Wolfsschanze headquarters in East Prussia. Todt had been … Continue reading →

Posted in World War II | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on This week in the War, 2–8 February 1942: Death of Fritz Todt

This week in the War, 16–22 June 1941: Barbarossa!

Posted on June 19, 2013 by secondbysecond

On 22 June 1941, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa. Over three and a half million troops with 3,600 tanks and 2,700 planes invaded the Soviet Union on a front that extended from the Baltic coast to the shores of the Black … Continue reading →

Posted in World War II | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on This week in the War, 16–22 June 1941: Barbarossa!