James Lucas is an acclaimed historian specializing in Germany during World War II. His books include Last Days of the Reich, Das Reich, Kommando, and War in the Desert. He worked as the Deputy Head of the Department of Photographs at the Imperial War Museums. Lucas passed away in 2002.
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Dawn on Sunday, June 22, 1941 saw the opening onslaughts of Operation Barbarossa as German forces stormed forward into the Soviet Union. Few of them were to survive the five long years of bitter struggle. A posting to the Eastern Front during the S... SEE MORE