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Operation Barbarossa
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Operation Barbarossa - Hitler's Invasion of the USSR

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), leader of Nazi Germany, attacked the USSR on 22 June 1941 with the largest army ever assembled. The Axis offensive of June-December 1941 was code-named Operation Barbarossa ('Redbeard') after Frederick Barbarossa...
Red-Figure Toilette Scene
Image by Sailko

Red-Figure Toilette Scene

A red-figure kylix depicting two women in an intimate setting. The kneeling woman may be grooming the other woman or anointing her with oil or perfume. It has been suggested that the kylix may depict two women preparing themselves in the...
Attic Red-Figure Dinos
Image by Trustees of the British Museum

Attic Red-Figure Dinos

An Attic red-figure dinos bowl decorated with scenes of Theseus fighting the Amazon Andromache, 440-430 BCE. Dinoi were used for mixing wine with water. (The British Museum, London).
Erik the Red Statue, Greenland
Image by Claire Rowland

Erik the Red Statue, Greenland

A modern statue of Erik the Red (c. 950-c. 1003 CE) in Greenland, the land where he is credited with forming the first settlement.
Erik the Red
Image by Arngrímur Jónsson

Erik the Red

Woodcut frontispiece depicting the Norse Viking Erik the Red, founder of the first Viking settlement in Greenland c. 985 CE, as found in the 1688 CE Icelandic publication of Arngrímur Jónsson's Gronlandia (Greenland). It is presently kept...
Red-Figure Cup with Eros Figure
Image by Ruedi Habegger

Red-Figure Cup with Eros Figure

A red-figure drinking cup with a depiction of Eros. Attica, c. 470 BCE. On display as part of the 2018 CE exhibition 'Naked! The Art of Nudity' at the Antikenmuseum, Basel, Switzerland. © Ruedi Habegger, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung...
Red Army Tank Column, Kursk
Image by Unknown Photographer

Red Army Tank Column, Kursk

A column of Red Army tanks at the battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45).
Red Army Advance, Kursk
Image by Mil.ru

Red Army Advance, Kursk

A photograph showing a Red Army advance of infantry and tanks at the battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45).
Red-figure Tondo Depicting a Youth
Image by Mark Cartwright

Red-figure Tondo Depicting a Youth

The tondo from a red-figure kylix depicting a youth carrying a wineskin and staff. By the Eueurgides painter, Corinth, 515-500 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens).
Red-Figure Hydria Music Lesson
Image by British Museum

Red-Figure Hydria Music Lesson

Close-up of a red-figure vase painting depicting a music lesson. In this section, two men play music while a boy and cat (alternately identified as a young panther) sit on the side. Attributed to "The Agrigento Painter". Produced in Attica...
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