Today, Russia and post-Soviet countries are celebrating one of the most important holidays of the year – Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The Victory Day will be traditionally celebrated on May 9 in Russian cities …
The renowned Immortal Regiment marches to commemorate those who fought and died during WWII will take place in 88 countries during the forthcoming Victory Day celebrations and this commemorative event will for the first time be held in Venezuela, …
Tbilisi City Hall has provided financial assistance to World War II veterans and family members of deceased servicemembers for the celebrations of the 77th anniversary of the victory over fascism in World War II. For the annual …
In execution of the Decree of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev dated April 19, 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population provided a one-time financial assistance in the amount of 1,500 manat ($882.8) to each of the …
The Battle of Stalingrad is one of the largest and bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, and was a turning point in the Great Patriotic War. November 19 marks 79 years since the start of Operation Uranus that turned the tide of …
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Gharibashvili, together with members of the Cabinet of Ministers, paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the Second World War ll in the Veterans Park, InterPressNews reports. According to …
One of the most infamous World War II inventions is the atomic bomb. In August 1945, the United States launched its first (and so far, only) nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing an estimated 110,000 to 210,000 people. While the …
More people in the United States have died this year from COVID-19 than were killed in four years of fighting on the battlefields during World War II. The death toll from the pandemic as of Thursday afternoon was 292,098 and …
More than 60 years of stubborn diplomatic stalemate stemming from the Second World War doesn’t appear likely to end
The Japanese military is the most respected institution in the country
How a WWII disaster—and cover-up—led to a cancer treatment breakthrough
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an article dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory, published on Thursday in the US National Interest magazine, presented an open letter to the whole world, in which he gave a …
The day after roughly 350 Japanese warplanes came screaming down over Pearl Harbor and sank or crippled eight of the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s battleships over a span of ninety minutes, Japanese newspapers published a statement by Emperor …
The leaders of the Armenian nationalist party Dashnaktsutyun supported Hitler, approved the Holocaust and racism
Human fossils, an amber room and a Raphael masterpiece all went missing during WWII
A look at the connections between the two eras — and the fundamental differences as well
Russia is ready to respond to any aggressor who will dare to repeat Nazi Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. "We lost 27 million people. No other country in the world …
The fighting at Orsha saw the first battlefield use of the Red Army’s experimental battery of BM-13 multiple-launch rocket systems. Later in the war, these fearsome weapons were lovingly nicknamed Katyusha (Little Kate) after a popular …
Historians can now pore over secret files from the papacy of Pius XII, who has long faced accusations of being a Nazi sympathiser
The Russian delegation has resumed work in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
