Operation Barbarossa: June 22, 1941

Just wanted to note that today is the 75th “Anniversary” of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

This was one of the pivotal events of the twentieth century.  While the “net effect” was two of the most reprehensible dictatorships the world has ever seen tearing at each other, at a tragic cost of their own populations, it also shifted the balance of power in the global struggle against Fascism. 

Without the Red Army, the Allies would have had a much harder struggle to defeat Nazi Germany (The American War in the Pacific was never in “Doubt”, it was a matter of American Resolve).

A simple Google search will bring up several informative web sites and articles, I just wanted to note the date.

Allied Victory in World War II is one of the basic foundations of our liberal society, without it we would be living in a VERY different world.