The people “will understand” its significance if the city of Volgograd reverts to its WWII-era name, Gennady Zyuganov has ...

In the Ukraine war, it is artillery that has enabled tactically clumsy Russian infantry and armor to advance. Stalin once ...

Fought over five months through the bitter Russian Winter, the Battle for Stalingrad would serve as a turning point in the course of the Second World War and ... in final step before first LNG ...

But it could just as easily have been a German soldier at Stalingrad in 1943 ... more than a million shells on the first day. Before the war, Russian experts recommended massing 75 to 100 guns ...

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The first Victory Parade in Moscow featured more than 1,800 units of military hardware. In the morning of 24 June 1945, ...

In February 1945, world leaders convened at the Yalta Conference in Crimea to determine the shape of the post-war world. Although Nazi Germany was still resisting fiercely, it was evident their defeat ...

When US Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus was born on July 10, 1982, the scene was as follows: General Ariel Sharon’s tanks were surrounding Beirut from all sides and his jets ...

Discover Eastern Europe's military history, from Mongol invasions to WWII's turning points, and the enduring legacy of heroes ...

This is the fourteenth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...