Dr. Yurii Shapoval, a leading expert on World War II and Soviet history, speaks to Kyiv Post about Ukraine and its people ...

May 9, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, the most important and ...

Russia marks on Friday the 80th anniversary of the Soviet and allied victory over Nazi Germany, though there are fears that ...

One of the most important dates in World War II, is May 9, 1945, when the Soviet red flag with the hammer and sickle emblem ...

These days, we are celebrating the decisive contribution of the Soviet Union to the victory ... Crimea We will always remember that during World War II South Africa was our ally and an important ...

World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects ... of France and Italy and a seizure of the straits between Denmark and Norway. In 1945, Soviet General Sergei Shtemenko told ...

Several factors such as the collapse of Eastern Front, pressure from West, Hitler’s health, depletion of resources, and the ...

As World War II fades from living memory, its place in the German collective consciousness is as complicated as ever.

As the world marks another anniversary of Victory Day, commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany, it is essential to recall ...

Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov, the senior Red Army general, was recorded by the KGB in 1963 ... Havlat, Denis - Western aid for the Soviet Union during World War II, Master’s Thesis, University of ...

(Stalin wanted to downplay the significance of the victory in World War II, seeing potential political rivals in the Soviet generals who had helped defeat Germany.) Image A photo released by ...