Hello everyone! Today I read the news that a monument to the Soviet Marshal Konev (who led the operation to liberate Prague from Nazi Germany) had...
I am looking to find records related to my grandmother's hometown, Galanta. It was Czech territory from WWI to WWII, then it became Hungarian...
If the Germans and soviets followed through with the Molotov Ribbentrop pact, what kind of tank would they produce with the combined Soviet and...
Hey all, I was in a Goodwill this past weekend (during Halloween season) and found a Soviet dress hat. I did what little research I could from my...
What do you think would have happened if The Soviets had crushed Finland in 1939? Many scholars have attributed Hitler's eagerness to launch...
1) Who is this man wielding the sword?[IMG] 2)Who did Italy fight against? 3) Who made this quote: "Let us go forward together" 4) Which...
Hello, Can someone help me to identify this vessel, it was captured by my great granddad from a Soviet tank. Im curious to know what the vessel...
Hello if your reading this your probably mildly interested about this well im going to start talking about why does everyone get soviet uniforms...
Hi there, I was wondering if there have been any accounts of the Red Army releasing Jewish PoW's from concentration camps, only to allow some...
They called him “Dead Eye Plotnikov,” and he was the man h s regiment commander called for as the last resort. This remarkable Russian bomber...
On 16 July 1944, FM Montgomery decorated Maj Howard with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in recognition of his efforts on the coup de main...
The capture of a Soviet T-34 medium tank on the Eastern Front led directly to the development of the German Panzerkampfwagen V Panther, which...
Yakovlev YAK-I Well liked by its pilots, the rugged Yak-I was the first Soviet fighter able to take on the German Bf-109 on roughly equal...
Why Britain's Achievements Astounded the World During WWII In the sixth year of hostilities, Britain's War Cabinet has made possible the world...
SdKfz 184 Panzerjager Tiger (P) Elefant With the cancellation of Porsche's Tiger tank in favour of the Henschel design, 90 available chassis...
Stalingrad was as much the turning point for the air force as it was for the Red Army, and Soviet flyers shot down approximately 900 German...
Among the Soviet aircraft that were now harassing German forces within the pocket and further to the west on the main front line was the...
With a crew of two or three, the Po-2 first flew in January 1928, and over 13,000 had been built by June 1941. Though it was used primarily for...
Soviet troops were principally armed with the robust and very effective Pistolet-Pulemet Shpagina 01941g, or PPSh-41 submachine gun. Designed by...
Nicknamed the 'Houseowner' by his comrades, Sergeant Jacob Pavlov, Hero of the Soviet Union and pre-war accountant, held a battered four-storey...