Before August 1939 he had acquired 550 front line aircraft, 500 state-of-the-art T34 tanks, twenty cavalry squadrons and thirty-five infantry battalions. ... Phillis' description of the attack properly identifies the ingredients of a momentous, but largely forgotten, battle: He launched concentrated air, artillery and armor assaults along the enemy's whole front with the main armored thrust going to the flank. ... Moved to a higher command, he led the Western Front-Army in the defense of Moscow, holding back the Germans once again. ...

• Word Count: 1851
• Approx Pages: 7

Fixing Blame for World War I As with all international conflicts, there can be no easy answer to questions of blame or guilt. Historians continue to debate the causes of World War I nearly a century after the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand; the event that most agree was the spark wh...

• Word Count: 1352
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Was Russia a Prosperous Country During the Rule of Nicholas II? For centuries Tsars ruled Russia. This period came to an end during the Russian revolution of 1917. The events changed Russia completely and brought the people a new form of government. The age of the Romanov's abruptly ended with the ...

• Word Count: 1936
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School