Course Details
9760: World War II—The Battle In The East
February 9-12
9:45 AM -
11:15 AM
Online
Any study of World War II should include the Eastern Front because most of the largest land battles of the entire war were fought there between Germany and the Soviet Union. This course will explore the epic fighting that started with the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Four years of unimaginably bloody fighting left 26 million Soviets and between four and five million Germans killed. The Wehrmacht made it to within 20 miles of Moscow, but ultimately was pushed all the way back to Germany. This study group has a high class size capacity.
Class Type: Lecture
Class Format: Online
Hours of Reading: No reading
Study Group Leader(s):
Peter OleinickPeter Oleinick earned a PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1978. After a 40-year career at various high-tech companies, he retired in 2017. Peter now volunteers his time at a number of nonprofits: the OLLI at CMU, The Pittsburgh Zoo, the Hebrew Free Loan Association, and the Moonshot Museum. Peter is an amateur military historian and has taught a number of World War II courses for OLLI, as well as classes on astronomy, canasta, and fantasy football.