In the freezing winter of 1939, the Soviet Union launched an invasion of Finland, expecting an easy victory. Instead, they encountered fierce resistance from outnumbered Finnish troops who used ...

Ukraine's defense ministry numbers on the losses come amid speculation on social media about the possible appearance in the ...

The state funeral of Queen Victoria of Great Britain was held on 1901. A little over a decade later, the plush Grand Central ...

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (Jan 27) praised Soviet soldiers for ending the "total evil" of Auschwitz on the 80th anniversary ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

Soviet Military Commanders Kori ... Europe due to GorbachevÍs withdrawal of troops stationed there since WWII -- losing their high salaries, access to foreign stores, and easy lifestyle.

Russia’s ambassador to China says Xi returned invitation for Putin to visit China to mark Sino-Japanese war anniversary later ...

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 ...

On this day in 1944 Soviet forces broke the almost 900-day siege of Leningrad. Exactly one year later the Red Army entered the gates of the Auschwitz death camp. The difficult question about ...

It began when Nazi Germany unleashed ferocious attacks across Europe - but it spread to the Soviet Union ... war in history comes to an end. WW2: How was D-Day, the biggest ever seaborne invasion ...