Translator’s Note: The NKVD [Internal Security] Troops – existed in one form or another – from 1918-1991. Elements of these troops tried to defend the

Translator’s Note: The NKVD [Internal Security] Troops – existed in one form or another – from 1918-1991. Elements of these troops tried to defend the
Author’s Note: Between September 1939 and June 1941 – the UK stood alone in Europe and North Africa against the Nazi Germans and Fascist Italy
Translater’s Note: The Soviet-Japanese war was of great political and military importance. On August 9th, at an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council for War Leadership, Japanese
At 16:30 on August 7th – J.V. Stalin and Chief of the General Staff A.I. Antonov – signed Directive of the Supreme Command Headquarters No. 11122
In March 1942, in the village of Osintorf (Belarus), the formation of the Russian National People’s Army (RNNA) began, which initially included prisoners of war from the
Prague (the capital of Czechoslovakia) – before the Nazi German invasion of 1938 – was renowned as a centre of multiculturalism, artistic creativity, political progressiveness