The Soviet soldier never saw him. Neither did the one after that, or the next, or the hundreds who followed. Simo Häyhä ...

On the night of 19 January the Soviet army occupied the cities of Azerbaijan and an unprecedented massacre took place ...

On Nov. 7, 1944, the convergence of both forces in Central Europe led to the only documented direct combat between American and Soviet forces in history. American P-38 Lightning fighters attacked what ...

War is full of surprises. Sometimes the underdog triumphs against impossible odds, and other times, overwhelming force ...

The summer of 1941 delivered one of the greatest military collapses in history. Despite huge numbers of tanks and soldiers, the Red Army crumbled under German speed and organization. Soviet forces ...

Even after three decades, Gennady Tseuma remembers the wavering call to prayer that went up clear over the hillside village. It floated out over the fields and river and pierced the early morning hush ...

On a gusty Saturday afternoon in March, two men crack open a Soviet-made hangar, then scramble to slow the door’s movement as gravity takes over. The 33-ton blast door rumbles along a steel track ...