Winter temperatures regularly plunged below zero degrees Fahrenheit. Rokhlina holed up with Soviet troops in a tractor factory, but there wasn’t a scrap of paper or wood to burn. “We had to ...

In the freezing winter of 1939, the Soviet Union launched ... Despite overwhelming odds, Finland held its ground in one of World War II’s most remarkable David vs. Goliath conflicts.

The Yakovlev Yak-9 stood out as the fighter aircraft with the highest production in the Soviet Union during WWII, with an estimated 16,769 units manufactured. Fueled by a 1,650 horsepower engine ...

The Winter War began on November 30, 1939 (three months after the beginning of World War II) with the Soviet invasion of Finland, and lasted until March 13, 1940. The Soviet Union initiated the war by ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Journal of Global Faultlines Vol. 9, No. 2, November-December 2022 The Soviet model and the economic Cold W... The Soviet model and the economic Cold ...

That was the Winter War, also known as the First Soviet-Finnish War. That's when Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin ordered troops to invade after the Finns refused to accede to demands from Moscow.

On July 25, 1945, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, and American President Harry Truman met in the German town of Potsdam to discuss the fate of Germany.

Post-WWII, tension between the USA and the Soviet Union led to a worldwide Cold War. Reasons for this included: ideological differences, problems in Germany, the arms race and the Korean War.