Nazism in Retreat

After the German army’s decisive defeat at Stalingrad in February 1943, the Red Army went on the offensive, forcing the Germans to retreat across the entire Eastern front. Victory was still two years away, but it was now assured. Many Poles, especially residents of the eastern part of their country that had been annexed by the U.S.S.R. during the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact partition, joined a Polish force commanded by General Zygmunt Berling that fought alongside the Red Army.