This day became the "Day of the Soviet Army ... ensuring the army of politically loyal future officers. World War II Looms... In 1937 a drastic purge crippled the Red Army, reducing its morale ...

We started off with the deadliest female sniper in history, the Red Army’s Lyudmila Pavlichenko of World War II (or as even the ... citations of Hero of the Soviet Union awarded Air Force ...

In the freezing winter of 1939, the Soviet Union launched ... losses on the Red Army. Despite overwhelming odds, Finland held its ground in one of World War II’s most remarkable David vs.

In his latest book, journalist and historian Clay Risen explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator ...

It began when Nazi Germany unleashed ferocious attacks across Europe - but it spread to the Soviet Union ... Germany's powerful army. On 17 September, Stalin sends the Red Army to occupy eastern ...

He oversaw the war machine that helped defeat Nazism and was the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union for ... is a soldier in the Red Army and is captured early on in WW2. When the Germans propose ...

A combination of the Japanese and former Manchurian armies fought against the enemy made up of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia ... that were used by the Red Army to store supplies.

Victory Day marks the end of World War II in Europe when the Soviet army defeated Nazi Germany and captured Berlin. Russia ...

Estonia's envoy has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry over the removal of memorials at a Soviet WWII cemetery Read Full Article at RT.com ...