Soviet Union | War History

The Contentious History of Russia-Ukraine Relations

Protestor in Ukraine holding up a protest sign + Russian soldiers lined up

The history of Russia-Ukraine relations is a contentious one. The pair’s relationship dates back long before the creation of the Soviet Union and has continued…

A Look Into The Extreme Conditions Prisoners Endured In Soviet Gulags

Clare Fitzgerald

The Gulag prison system was the Soviet Union’s way of dealing with political dissidents and those they felt were harmful to the Communist regime. While…

The Secret ‘White Trains’ That Transported Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War

White train traveling down a railroad

The Cold War was an uncertain time for much of the world. There was a permeating fear the Soviet Union would launch a nuclear attack,…

Ilyushin Il-2: The T-34 Of The Skies

By the end of WW2, the Soviet Union had mastered the art of mass-production, producing 80,000 T-34s, the second most produced tank ever, and 42,000…

Operation Monopoly: When the US Tunneled Under The Soviet Embassy

Russian Embassy in Washington

The U.S. and U.S.S.R. were no strangers to spying on each other, as they had been playing a cat-and-mouse game of espionage since the beginning…

Amazing Drone Footage Of Abandoned WWII & Soviet Airbase! (Watch)

Take a look at this great drone footage of the Sperenberg Airfield. The military complex, constructed originally for the Prussian Army, was adapted for rocket…

Brilliant Drone Footage Of Stalingrad Battle Reenactment (Watch)

Operation Winter Storm was certainly one of the most important events that took place during the bloody battle of Stalingrad. The city that represented the…

Nikita Krushchev’s Son Still Missing in Action from World War II

Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s son is still considered missing in action. A former chief of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Directorate for the Memorialization of…

German President Remembers Soviet Sacrifices In WWII

German President Joachim Gauck, speaking at Berlin’s Soviet War Memorial on Wednesday 22nd June 2016, acclaimed the Russian victims of Germany’s Operation Barbarossa, 75 years…

Why were the Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan?

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With President Obama’s recent visit to Hiroshima, the question is raised again: why did the U.S. drop the atomic bomb? Was it necessary to convince…

The Food Fight That Almost Started World War III – The Berlin Airlift

June 25, 1948, the Soviet Union, flush with the success of driving the Nazis out of Russia, was becoming piqued at the US and British.…

Poland Removing WWII Soviet Victory Monuments

The Poles have been removing memorials thanking the Soviet Union for liberating Poland from the Nazis, which were erected around the country after World War…