It was not a major battle in the scale of World War II clashes. But its influence was enormous. The Soviet victory discouraged the Imperial General Staff in Tokyo from attempting the Strike North ...

The manga is not set in Japan, but in the former Soviet Union. It was adapted from “The Unwomanly Face of War,” a book by 2015 Nobel Literature Prize-winning author Svetlana Alexievich.

Strange relationships are formed by war, not least that of the USSR and Great Britain in World War Two. The invasion of Russia by Nazi Germany in 1941 shattered their formerly expedient pact and ...

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.

He would do everything possible to undermine the major Western powers, but would not risk major war. Kennan's observations led to the American policy of Soviet containment, which was formalized in ...