At the beginning of 1944 six divisions of the German Army Group South, some 56,000 men, were encircled by the Russian Army.
On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...
In the summer of 1943, the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army clashed in the Battle of Kursk—the largest tank battle in history. This decisive confrontation saw thousands of armored vehicles, ...
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The destruction of European Jewry still reverberates for Jews today.
The Prague Castle Guard is looking to take on new recruits and has relaxed its long-standing selection criteria.
From Rio to Athens, these Olympic arenas, buildings and villages from around the world lay abandoned. See eerie photos from ...
Missiles overnight targeted electrical facilities in Kyiv and other parts of the country, according to local authorities, ...
Many reports of problems at Russia's UVZ tank factory from open sources suggest that it may be producing far fewer tanks than ...
Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles early on Tuesday, local authorities reported, following a week-long pause in strikes on major cities and infrastructure agreed to by ...
As losses mount, the pace of Russia's advance has at times been slower than the Battle of the Somme during World War I, a ...
Russian authorities use various strategies to recruit new troops to replenish its supply of soldiers for its nearly ...
German authorities have detained five men accused of being part of a network that illegally exported goods to Russian defense ...