Author’s Note: It is astonishing to perceive the sheer destructive scale of the barbarism visited upon the Soviet people by the invading Nazi Germans (and

Author’s Note: It is astonishing to perceive the sheer destructive scale of the barbarism visited upon the Soviet people by the invading Nazi Germans (and
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
Fascist Slovakia participated in WWII as an ally of Nazi Germany (even invading Poland in 1939), but had very little significance (or influence) on the outcome of the ‘Great
Prague (the capital of Czechoslovakia) – before the Nazi German invasion of 1938 – was renowned as a centre of multiculturalism, artistic creativity, political progressiveness