Lyudmila PavlichenkoTo read Julia Ioffe’s new book, “Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to ...

The Battle of Stalingrad marked the turning point of World War II on the Eastern Front. It transformed the momentum of the war, shifting the balance of power from Nazi ...

From 1951 to 1959, the FBI and Air Force ran Operation Washtub, a covert program that trained bush pilots, trappers, hunters and miners to operate as covert agents if Soviet paratroopers ever landed ...

In 1938, Stalin has his military leadership purged, and has thousands of his comrades killed or locked up. The reasons as to ...

Henry Hector Boubel, a Laredo native and WWII veteran, witnessed Japan's surrender, survived pivotal battles, and left a ...

Russians marking an annual day of remembrance for victims of Joseph Stalin's repression warned Thursday that history could ...

Jochen Hellbeck replies to a critic.

By Jeffrey Dumas The Second World War, the war to end all wars, ended in 1945, 80 years ago, yet a strange fascination about the Nazis persists, including on eastern Long Island. Christopher C. Verga, ...

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Bouverie may have written the best single volume overview of the diplomatic wrangling among the Great Powers during World War II.

The war was ending, but the fighting on the Eastern Front was at its most desperate. Germany's formidable Panther—arguably ...

The industrial town of Victoria was once home to the pride of Nicolae Ceausescu's heavy industry, now the factory stands ...