For decades Russians have seen no reason to doubt Soviet military historians, who portrayed the Battle of Prokhorovka on 12 July 1943 as a turning-point, where the Red Army seized the initiative ...

A military encounter, triggered by allegations ... battle fought at Nomonhan as the true “starting point” of World War II.

How did the Soviet Union compare economically with its allies and adversaries before and during World War II? Was Soviet economic survival under massive German attack ... David R. Costello, The ...

The Soviet T-34 tank was vital in securing the Red Army's victory in WW2 The Russian government has warned Poland that it will face sanctions if it removes monuments glorifying the Soviet victory ...

Rumor has it that an ancient, powerful curse contributed to the start of World War II. On June 22, 1941, Joseph Stalin ordered Soviet archaeologists to open the tomb of Amir Timur in Samarkand, ...

WARSAW, August 1. /TASS/. Russia’s Embassy to Poland has started repairing two major cemeteries to Soviet soldiers in the country, head of the Russian Defense Ministry’s representative office ...

Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Administration Bureau, the list discloses the names, military ... the Soviet Union, the United States, and other countries during World War II to resist the Japanese invasion ...

Many Central European countries host World War II memorials honouring the Soviet army that liberated them from Nazism – and then imposed another totalitarian regime. But in the context of Russia ...

Operation Paperclip (formerly known as Operation Overcast) was initiated in 1945 by the newly established Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA) of the United States. As tensions between the ...