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Barbarossa

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Barbarossa [Ital.,=red-beard], surname of the Turkish corsair Khayr ad-Din (c.1483-1546). Barbarossa and his brother Aruj, having seized (1518) Algiers from the Spanish, placed Algeria under Turkish suzerainty. He extended his conquests to the rest of the Barbary States. Between 1533 and 1544, as admiral of the Turkish fleet under Sulayman I , he twice defeated Andrea Doria and ravaged the coasts of Greece, Spain, and Italy. His able son Hasan (d. 1572) succeeded him in Algeria. Bibliography: See biography by E. D. S. Bradford (1969). Author not available, BARBAROSSA... Read more
Barbarossa
Barbarossa nickname (‘Redbeard’) of Frederick I ( c. 1123–90), king of Germany and Holy Roman emperor. Barbarossa was the code name for the military operation in which Hitler's armies launched their invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Read more
BARBAROSSA
BARBAROSSA, German codename for the invasion of the USSR which...a basis for operations, Directive No. 21, Operation BARBAROSSA, and the Army High Command Deployment Directive were...all Red Army political commissars , and the ‘Barbarossa Jurisdiction Decree’, which exempted German soldiers... Read more

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Black Cross/Red Star: The Air War over the Eastern Front, vol. 1, Operation Barbarossa
; ...Star: The Air War over the Eastern Front, vol. 1, Operation Barbarossa by Christer Bergstrom and Andrey Mikhailov. Pacifica Military...California 94044, 2000, 336 pages, $39.95 (hardcover). Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, was not... Read more
Barbarossa and the Retreat to Moscow: Recollections of Fighter Pilots on the Eastern Front.(Book review)
; Barbarossa and the Retreat to Moscow: Recollections of Fighter Pilots on the Eastern Front. By Artem Drabkin. UK: Pen and Sword, 2007. Map... Read more
Operation Barbarossa: Ideology and Ethics Against Human Dignity.(Book review)
; Operation Barbarossa: Ideology and Ethics Against Human...horrors of the Holocaust and Operation Barbarossa? Andre Mineau sees the answer in a...righteousness. The author sees Operation Barbarossa, correctly in this reviewer's opinion... Read more
Theodore Barbarossa Sculptor; at 86
; Theodore Cotillo Barbarossa, a sculptor whose works include the...Alton, N.H. Born in Ludlow, Vt., Mr. Barbarossa attended Massachusetts College of...England Sculptors Association. Mr. Barbarossa leaves a daughter, Susan Gray of... Read more
THE OTHER HOLOCAUST; Sixty years ago this week, Hitler launched the greatest land battle in history, Operation Barbarossa. Over four years a total of 28 million Russians were systematically slaughtered. But it was this unprecedented savagery which would ultimately determine the Fuhrer's fate.
; ...the Soviet Union, code-named Operation Barbarossa, began 60 years yesterday, and launched...diary. He saw at once that Operation Barbarossa would make it impossible for Hitler...from Europe. He named the operation Barbarossa after the formidable 12th-century emperor... Read more
Lucas-Barbarossa
; ...SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Mr. and Mrs. Barbarossa(PHOTO) Michelle Lucas and Joshua Barbarossa were married during rites at First Assembly...Debra Lucas of Portage and James and Carla Barbarossa of Chesterton. The maid of honor was Melissa... Read more
Loker-Barbarossa
; ...FROM PRINTED VERSION Amanda Loker and John Barbarossa(PHOTO) John and Merri Loker announce the...of their daughter, Amanda Loker, to John Barbarossa, son of James and Carla Barbarossa. All are from Valparaiso. The bride-to-be... Read more
BARBAROSSA A PADRE
; ...SPORTS Chesterton graduate Josh Barbarossa signed on Tuesday to play baseball...San Diego Padres organization. Barbarossa was drafted in the 35th round...with an 11-2 record on the mound. Barbarossa, a 1998 Chesterton graduate, is... Read more
Strong potential in barbarossa find, says venture boss
; ...and Corsair Petroleum to farm in to the Barbarossa discovery in the southern North Sea. Barbarossa, which was discovered in 1982, is in block...drill an appraisal/development well on Barbarossa, either in late 2007 or early 2008. Venture... Read more
Blunders and bluffs.(Stalin's Folly: The Tragic First Ten Days of WWII on the Eastern Front)(What Stalin Knew: The Enigma of Barbarossa)(Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman and the Surrender of Japan)(Book Review)
; ...Days of WWII on the Eastern Front By Constantine Pleshakov Houghton Mifflin. 326 pp. $26.00. What Stalin Knew: The Enigma of Barbarossa By David E. Murphy Yale. 352 pp. $30.00. Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman and the Surrender of Japan By Tsuyoshi Hasegawa... Read more

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