WWII

Alexander Palladin18.11.2024

When the Great Patriotic War began, my father was drafted into the Red Army, but was discharged due to a congenital heart defect and had to return to his civic journalistic duties in Moscow. In July 1941, he took my elder brother Valery to Skopin where our grandmother Lidya lived in the midst of the […]

Alexander Palladin06.11.2024

The 40th US President Ronald Reagan was branded Great Communicator. If the USSR had a national leader who deserved such a title it was, no doubt, Joseph Stalin. He recognized the power of PR full well and used it with magnificent dexterity. The military parade at Red Square on November 7th, 1941, is just an […]

Dmitry Litvinov11.09.2024

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The Rapid Evacuation of Soviet Factories During WWII Was a Success — But Why? It is known that with the beginning of the invasion of Germany and its allies into the territory of the USSR, the Soviet government carried out colossal work on the evacuation of industrial enterprises to the east and the emergency deployment […]

Klim Zhukov15.07.2024

On July 9, 1943, Operation Husky began — the landing of Western Allied troops in Sicily. Despite the complexity of the operation and the successful evacuation of local troops, its results were impressive: Italy left the war, the Mediterranean Sea was open to navigation. In turn, after Italy’s withdrawal from the war on September 8, […]

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Skopin Is Where General Guderian’s Army Was Stopped

Unforgettable Parade

Soviet Evacuation of Factories in WWII Was a Success

Anti-Hitler Coalition in Italy

Jack London Covered The War Where My Ancestors Fought: Part 3

Winston Churchill Through My Father’s Eyes

World War I Heroes In Memoriam: Part One

Build Where We Can, Not Where We Want