THE SOVIET Union was a brutal regime fronted by dangerous, power-hungry madmen who ruled with a vice-like grip. Sound ...

Aid groups and opposition politicians in South Sudan say that dozens of civilians have been killed or badly injured in ...

But now the tide had turned and, with the Red Army at the gates, their ordeal seemed almost over. It was not to be. The entry of the Third Guards Tank Army was the start of an orgy of drunkenness ...

Like many Europeans, my family history is riddled with war stories brought back by my grandparents and uncles from the front. My family military tree can be easily traced back to World War I, and ...

Looks like it’s been a busy month for watch retailers Red Army Watches in this neck of the woods! They have just unveiled two spectacular new timepieces with the Bella & Alla from Alexander ...

The disaster which befell the Red Army during the year which followed the German invasion of 1941 led to it losing over six million soldiers to the Nazi onslaught. During the winter of 1941-42, when ...

Patnaik's father Bijayananda Patnaik was among those honored for his help to the Red Army during World War II. This is part of the events to mark the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the ...

Red Army founder Chaz Elsten, 36, has not missed a game since Nov. 9, 2002 — and that was for his best friend’s wedding. The Red Army first marched on Arizona football in 2001, when its ...

The US military historian David Glantz, a leading Western Red Army scholar, has estimated that had the West not helped the Soviet Union it still would have won, but the war would have lasted 18-24 ...

As plumes of thick grey smoke rise into the air, the Red Army storms across a bridge and battles for control of a tiny island. More Soviet soldiers are arriving by boat from across a lake.

All of them, like those heroes who liberated Auschwitz and other Nazi death camps, called themselves simply “Red Army soldiers.” The war claimed the lives of approximately 27 million Soviet ...