Re-enactment Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive – Russian Style!
The Petsamo-Kirkenses Offensive was referred to as the “Tenth Shock,” one of the most important military operations lead by Red Army in 1944. The term “Stalin’s…
Belief that Stalin was ‘not so bad’ has taken root in Russia
The 9th of May was the date that celebrations were held all over Russia commemorating the defeat of the Germans by Russian forces in World War…
Russian Liberation Army – Russian Volunteers Who Fought For Hitler
It was 1st September 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland under a false pretext, officially kicking off WWII. The tensions in Europe had already reached…
US-Soviet ties leading up to the Second World War
Despite the fact that United States and Soviet Union were not on the best of terms prior to the Second World War, the conflict in…
Down WWII History: Stalin’s Kamikaze Canines
If recent history saw suicide bombers, the WWII-bygone era once had Stalin’s kamikaze canines – dogs that were used as “living bombs” to destroy Nazi…
Hitler’s Loyal Bodyguard Died earlier this year Aged 96
Rochus Misch was born in a small town of Alt Schalkowitz and what is now Poland, on July 29, 1917 and both his parents passed…
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,…
Yuri Levitan, The Voice of the War which Hitler hated above all others
“Attention, this is Moscow calling.” These words have been heard all over the airwaves in the Soviet Union. This voice belonged to Yuri Levitan, who…
STALINGRAD DAY BY DAY
It would be easy to write this one of as the sort of book you often find in one of those bargain book shops in…
Rescue of Il-2 M3 at Lake Balaton
In August 2010 we proceeded to the rescue of a Soviet Il-Sturmovik Batalon fallen into the lake (Hungary) after being hit by flak. The unit…