Even by the standards of World War II, the Eastern Front stands out as a cauldron of horror. Over four years of war, millions of soldiers and civilians died as Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union ...

In any event, fortune, or rather misfortune, saved the world. In May 1940, German panzers smashed through the Low Countries and into France. Six weeks later, France surrendered. Operation Pike was ...

In 1945, as World War II came to a close, tensions simmered beneath the Allied victory raising the question: could the U.S. and U.K. have turned on the Soviet Union and won? This video explores the ...

What if history had taken a darker turn and the Soviet Union had allied with Nazi Germany in World War II? In this final part of the series, we explore whether the development and use of nuclear ...

Who won World War II? ... the Soviet Union on one side and the Western Allies on the other. ... Hitler's foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop listed three main reasons for Germany's defeat: ...

The Soviet Union armed, fed and encouraged an expansionist Nazi Germany — only to ultimately become its worst victim You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you ...

During World War II, the U.S. was allied with the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany. The U.S. did not fight with Ukraine, which was occupied by German forces during most of the war. Ukraine was ...

Germany’s conflict with the Soviet Union represented a level of brutality not seen in the other areas of Europe during World War II.Of all the German casualties suffered during the Second World ...