The German Army is the German people under arms' was the proud boast which had guided and inspired the soldiers of that Army since the creation of the Empire in 1871. As a declaration of faith it was as true under Hitler as it had been under the Kaisers.
In early 1943 the German Army in southern Russia was on the verge of a complete collapse. Beginning in November, 1942 the Russians launched a series of successful offensives that drove the Germans back for hundreds of kilometers and cost them hundreds of
Throughout much of the Cold War, Iraq had been an ally of the Soviet Union and there was a history of friction between it and the United States of America. The US was concerned with Iraq's position on IsraeliPalestinian politics and its disapproval of the