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Kiev 1941: The greatest encirclement of WWII and the loss of 600,000 Soviet soldiers

In August 1941, the First Battle of Kiev became the largest encirclement in military history. As German forces advanced ...
Military.com

Operation Cowboy: When U.S. Cavalry and Germans Fought Together in WWII to Save 1,200 Horses from the Soviets

Operation Cowboy stands as one of only two documented occasions during World War II when U.S. and Wehrmacht forces fought ...
The New York Times

Red Army (Soviet Union)

In “November 1942,” Peter Englund pieces together a month in the Second World War with the diaries and memoirs of the people who survived it. By Caroline Alexander The Soviet military often used ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Rare Photos Capture Donbas Reconstruction After World War II

Images held in a U.S. archive capture the years of work it took to rebuild Ukraine's Donbas region the last time it was devastated by war. 1 A building undergoes reconstruction in the city known today ...
The National Interest

Finland Is Going to War with Russia Again—This Time on the Big Screen

Aatami Korpi, the hero of the upcoming film “Sisu: Road to Revenge,” fights against both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union—mirroring Finland’s complicated World War II history. Following the ...
The Diplomat

Vicky Davis on Remembering World War II in Central Asia

“As the importance of Victory Day in Central Asia decreases, it is needed even more in Moscow to promote and validate the war in Ukraine.” On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany formally surrendered, ending ...