‘A miracle of Western tenacity’: how 10 million refugees found homes after World War II
In her latest book, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick tells the story of millions of displaced people and international efforts to ...
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“The Night Witches”: The Soviet Air Force’s Deadliest Female Bomber Pilots
To answer that question, we turn to former Sunday Times of London journalist Russell Miller in his 1984 book The Soviet Air ...
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In 1945, eighty years ago, no one knew how World War II would end
Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...
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A Brief History of the Soviet Deserters Who Aided Hitler
In his review of “Crucibles of Power,” Prof. Gary Saul Morson speculates that “Hitler might well have won [his war against the Soviet Union] had he abolished collective farms and allowed ...
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Raynham woman's remarkable story of surviving as a 'German Wolf Child.' What it was like
She was a little girl. Her world was turned upside down. But she maintained her determination and hopefulness,” said friend and author Kristen Arute ...
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Manga on Soviet women in WWII shocks industry, wows readers
Alexievich’s book recounts the experiences of hundreds of Soviet women who volunteered in World War II after a staggering number of male combatants were killed. The Japanese translation of the ...
Oleg Gordievsky, Britain’s most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86
Former KGB officer Oleg Gordievsky has died aged 86 in England. He was a double agent who helped change the course of the ...
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Alternative reality during global ‘changes and shocks’
What are the principal observations we can make about the challenges to peace in the 21st century, based on the experiences of the past 80 years; and how can the principles that undergird the ...
Russian court jails anti-war Soviet-era dissident for 16 years, prosecutor says
A military court in St Petersburg jailed Soviet-era dissident and anti-war activist Alexander Skobov for 16 years on Friday after convicting him of "justifying terrorism," the Prosecutor General's ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
The Soviet chess giant lived a checkered life ... with his family when it was besieged by the Nazis during World War II. After the war, his aggressive style of play without fear of sacrifice ...