After reading up a little bit I was trying to figure out what time period would make the most sense for your new character.
(Does it need to fit into a correct year? Probably not. But if you wanted to give a background that fits with the wikipedia's
'completeness')
Wikipedia
"However, by 6 December it became clear that the Wehrmacht did not have the strength to capture Moscow, and the attack was suspended. Marshal Shaposhnikov thus began his counter-attack, employing freshly mobilized reserves,[59] as well as some well-trained Far-Eastern divisions transferred from the east following intelligence that Japan would remain neutral."
So it could fit nicely into the soviet counter-offensive of 1941... but that isn't really necessary because you stated he already had his reasons and volunteered.
Stalin ordered the retreating Red Army to initiate a scorched-earth policy to deny the Germans and their allies basic supplies as they advanced eastward. To carry out that order, destruction battalions were formed in front-line areas, having the authority to summarily execute any suspicious person. The destruction battalions burned down villages, schools, and public buildings.[57] As a part of this policy, the NKVD massacred thousands of anti-Soviet prisoners.[58]
This may help, can zero in on a more absolute time/absolute place. Of course no one except for a very few would even know the history as they were not present. I like the design! Hopefully pasted wiki-info isn't a letdown!
(Does it need to fit into a correct year? Probably not. But if you wanted to give a background that fits with the wikipedia's
'completeness')
Wikipedia
"However, by 6 December it became clear that the Wehrmacht did not have the strength to capture Moscow, and the attack was suspended. Marshal Shaposhnikov thus began his counter-attack, employing freshly mobilized reserves,[59] as well as some well-trained Far-Eastern divisions transferred from the east following intelligence that Japan would remain neutral."
So it could fit nicely into the soviet counter-offensive of 1941... but that isn't really necessary because you stated he already had his reasons and volunteered.
Stalin ordered the retreating Red Army to initiate a scorched-earth policy to deny the Germans and their allies basic supplies as they advanced eastward. To carry out that order, destruction battalions were formed in front-line areas, having the authority to summarily execute any suspicious person. The destruction battalions burned down villages, schools, and public buildings.[57] As a part of this policy, the NKVD massacred thousands of anti-Soviet prisoners.[58]
This may help, can zero in on a more absolute time/absolute place. Of course no one except for a very few would even know the history as they were not present. I like the design! Hopefully pasted wiki-info isn't a letdown!