Tag: Red Army

NATO a Cold War relic that has outlived its purpose

NATO will never equal the power of the Russian military because the Washington DC sponsored alliance only serves a propagandistic function, former US Assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts tells Russian media. ‘NATO will never match Russian military strength. NATO mainly serves as European approval of US foreign […]

April 25 War of the Worlds

Unique archival photographs of Soviet commanders during a meeting with the Allies are published today on the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense in the section ‘Meeting on the Elbe: Unknown Pages’, the press service of the military department.

WHY DIE FOR STALIN?

Few people realise, perhaps because they have never been told, is that Hitler’s Germany never, before or during World War II, declared war on Britain or France or their overseas territories. On September 3, 1939 Britain and France disappointed their citizens by declaring war on Germany.

History of the Past

Since the mid-20th century, the world has only ever heard one side of the most horrific war in human history. During the 75 years that have now passed, only a single narrative of the great conflict has been heard.

A Difficult and Painful Death

A DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL DEATH: On 1 March 1953, Stalin’s staff found him semi-conscious on the bedroom floor of his Volynskoe dacha. He had suffered a cerebral haemorrhage. He was moved onto a couch and remained there for three days. He was hand-fed using a spoon, given various medicines and injections, and leeches were applied to him.