President Putin equates rewriting WWII history with hiding Nazi crimes
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has said that recent attempts by some people at rewriting the history of World War II is no more than…
Moscow Engines of Victory exhibition showcases World War Two hardware
Moscow has been reminiscing the World War Two comradeship of the US and then Soviet Union this week, regardless of current tensions between the two…
World War Two Dresden Bombings Leave Lasting Impressions
On February 13, 1945, Dresden in East Germany was hit by an overwhelming Allied bombing raid. First the British Royal Air Force dropped more than…
World War Two Soviet Tank Models Rebuilt by Red Army Veteran
A World War Two and Red Army veteran has been spending his retirement building real, life-sized models of the Soviet’s World War Two tanks. Vyacheslav…
Fantasy Imitation of John Cairncross in “The Imitation Game”
Gayle Brinkerhoff found “The Imitation Game” to be the fantasy portrayal of her late husband John Cairncross who was an Enigma code breaker at Bletchley…
Effects of the Nomonhan Incident on WWII Japan
The Nomonhan Incident was the climax of rising tensions between Japan and the Soviet Union shortly before the beginning of the Second World War. The…
USC Hosts Exhibit on Jewish Soviets
The Jewish Soviets who fought on the side of the Allied forces during the Second World War are currently being honored by an exhibit at…
Red Army Fights Their Own D-Day
In June of 1944, the Red Army carried out what some have referred to as an alternate D-Day. The primary event, which is more commonly…
Soviet Russia and the Normandy Landings
Many have said in the past that were it not for Soviet Russia, the Allies might not have won the Second World War. Yet historians…
Stalingrad is one of the finest Russian film that could surpass the American’s – Saving Private Ryan
World War II is not merely a main theme of academic subjects. It is also the favorite theme of many British and American films. And…
Soviet Red Army: The War after The War
For many years after the war ended, it felt like Germans and especially those from Berlin, avoided discussing the events that followed the deadly battles,…
Artist Arrested for Sculpting a Memorial Depicting the Rape of Women by Red Army Soldiers
Jeremy Szumczyk is an art student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland. Upon researching the use of rape as a weapon by…