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Secret Front vs Second Front 1:30 19.12.2022

Secret Front vs Second Front

On June 6, 1944, the Allied forces of the United States, Great Britain, Canada and several other nations landed in Normandy, finally opening the Second Front in Western Europe against Nazi Germany. However, although it is widely known that this major operation contributed greatly to the final victory over Nazism, …
THE NORMANDY LANDINGS AND THE CRIMES OF THE LIBERATORS 15:52 15.12.2022

THE NORMANDY LANDINGS AND THE CRIMES OF THE LIBERATORS

The landings in Normandy marked the start of America's involvement in the European Theater of World War II. It was an operation to liberate northern France and turn it into a foothold for American troops in Europe. On that day, June 6, 1944, some of the soldiers, overcome by hatred, …
Who caused the Holomodor in the non-Soviet parts of Ukraine? 15:52 15.12.2022

Who caused the Holomodor in the non-Soviet parts of Ukraine?

In the early 1930s, the global economic situation was anything but good. The US and Europe were struck by mass unemployment and surging prices. The Soviet Union was experiencing similar problems. In 1932-1933, a mass famine swept the country which was later dubbed ‘Holodomor’ in Western media and public propaganda …
The Nazi Past of Germany’s Richest Companies 15:50 15.12.2022

The Nazi Past of Germany’s Richest Companies

During World War I, head of a large textile manufacturing business Günther Quandt made millions supplying the German army with uniforms. He used that fortune after the war to acquire one of the world’s largest battery manufacturers at the time, the Accumulatorenfabrik AG (AFA), to cater to the growing demand …
OPERATION VALKYRIE: THE FAILED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE HITLER 15:50 15.12.2022

OPERATION VALKYRIE: THE FAILED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE HITLER

July 20, 1944 is remembered as the day when an unsuccessful assassination attempt was made on the life of Nazi Germany's leader Adolf Hitler. Notably, within the Reich itself, the codename of the operation – 'Valkyrie' – was used to refer to a plan meant to protect Germany's administrative and …
HOW WAS THE DECISION TAKEN TO SEND SOVIET TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN? 12:26 08.12.2022

HOW WAS THE DECISION TAKEN TO SEND SOVIET TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN?

What was the reason behind the USSR’s longest war? To find it, you’ll have to look long before the Soviet troops were sent to the country. In 1973, Afghanistan’s last king Mohammad Zahir Shah was deposed. His cousin, prince Daoud Khan seized the power and declared the Kingdom of Afghanistan …
COBRAS FUMANTES, OR SMOKING SNAKES, FIGHTING NAZIS 12:25 08.12.2022

COBRAS FUMANTES, OR SMOKING SNAKES, FIGHTING NAZIS

“It’s more likely for a snake to smoke a pipe than for the Brazilian Expeditionary Force to go to the front and fight,” Brazilians used to joke. But it so happened that the military division of Brazil’s Armed Forces did fight on the battlefields of World War II.As if defying …
THE ‘DEFEAT PARADE’ OF GERMAN POWS IN MOSCOW 12:24 08.12.2022

THE ‘DEFEAT PARADE’ OF GERMAN POWS IN MOSCOW

They had planned a victory march on this street leading to the Kremlin.Photo: The Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History, collection 17, registry 125, case 263, p. 47Almost 58,000 German prisoners of war were paraded in the capital city of the USSR on July 17, 1944.Back in the fall of …
HOW UKRAINIAN NATIONALISTS SERVED THE THIRD REICH 12:20 08.12.2022

HOW UKRAINIAN NATIONALISTS SERVED THE THIRD REICH

Once the Great Patriotic War was over, the USSR’s security services got to process a large scope of Nazi intelligence documents and question many German intelligence operatives, thus getting a complete picture of what the OUN-M and OUN-B factions of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-UPA, banned in Russia) had …
It's raining on Santiago 10:15 29.11.2022

It's raining on Santiago

The famous line which is said to have signaled the start of the military coup in Chile's capital on September 11, 1973, is hardly ever mentioned in any Western sources – however, it is quite popular among historians in the post-Soviet states. The reason is simple: it is the title …
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