Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a ...

Originally produced eight decades ago, the impact of the IS-2 Heavy Tank still reverberates today. The formidable armored vehicle was vital to the Soviet Union during two of its most important ...

The T‑34, the legendary tank of the Soviet Union, became a true game-changer in World War II. With its sloped armor, superior mobility, and powerful cannon, it could withstand attacks that would ...

MOSCOW (AP) — When she heard the news of Nazi Germany surrendering 80 years ago, Valentina Efremova couldn’t believe the devastating war was over. Efremova, now 101, was a teenager when Nazi Germany ...

'The Red Hotel' tells the story of Western journalists who were largely confined to Moscow's Metropol Hotel as they attempted to cover the Soviet side of World War II. Soviet dictator Josef Stalin ...

Wars are won by the nation that can project the most lethal killing power at the fastest speed with the most accuracy. Wars are not won by sending waves of human “cannon fodder” against entrenched ...

History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the ...

On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany launched their invasion into Poland marking the beginning of World War II. Among those units invading Poland was that of Lieutenant Hans-Albrecht Herzner. But when ...

On October 13, 1942, a barge containing prisoners en route to a Soviet labor camp in the remote Arctic city of Norilsk took on water along the Yenisei River. Different accounts suggest it was the ...

World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ...