The Ju 87 G series were armed with twin 37mm anti-tank cannons, in the interest of keeping the ageing airframe combat ...

Country of origin: Soviet Union 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.

The Soviet sacrifice of World War II The Soviet Union lost a staggering 27 million people in what it calls the Great Patriotic War from 1941-45. That sacrifice left a deep scar in the national psyche.

Simple and sturdy, it became an icon of Soviet resistance in World War II. The partisan's best friend, the PPSh-41 SMG equipped with a 71-round drum magazine.

The Soviet secret police, the NKVD, officially declared that 26 detainees perished, but historians and eyewitnesses have maintained that the actual death toll may have been much higher. Those On ...

A new bust of Soviet leader Josef Stalin has been unveiled in Volgograd ahead of Wednesday's 80th anniversary of the Red Army's defeat of Nazi invaders in the bloodiest battle of World War Two.

The Soviet sacrifice of World War II. The Soviet Union lost a staggering 27 million people in what it calls the Great Patriotic War from 1941-45. That sacrifice left a deep scar in the national ...