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

On April 22 the Soviet government decreed compulsory military training for workers and peasants who did not employ hired labour. This was the beginning of the Red Army. Its founder was Leon ...

A natural fighter ace, Ivan Kozhedub’s tactics were characterized by precision, aggression, and calculated risk.

By Caroline Alexander The Soviet military often used unpowered balloons before World War II, and they made a resurgence in the Cold War. Now they’re being used in the Ukraine war, along with ...

The German military could expect no mercy after the horrific cruelty they had inflicted on Soviet soldiers and civilians. But the Red Army were equally ruthless in their treatment of German women ...

3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front." It bears a strong resemblance to the Soviet red flag. Moscow's T-80BV and BTR-82A ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On November 19, 1942, the Soviet Red Army began a counteroffensive attack to move the Germans out of Stalingrad in a major turning point of World ...

With the suppression of the abortive uprising, Remnev was arrested on 5th July and held in the Kresty prison, in the same block as Trotsky (not actually a member of the Bolsheviks at this time), and ...

A declassified CIA report about an alleged UFO attack on Soviet soldiers in the dying ... of the victims were reportedly recovered by the Red Army and taken to a secret research laboratory outside ...