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History of genocide – the hard truth

14:36 16.10.2025

History of genocide – the hard truth

Forgetting one's own transgressions breeds shamelessness. (Democritus) Back in time, the Russian Federation vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution on the 1995 events in Srebrenica. The document, tabled by Britain, proposed characterizing those events as "genocide." The question is debatable, especially in the context of civil war. Still, for …

German reunification: a cause for celebration and its sad aftermath

11:06 10.10.2025 Pyotr Zhuravlev

German reunification: a cause for celebration and its sad aftermath

On October 3, 1990, Germany was reunified. As is well known, after its defeat in World War II, Germany was divided into zones of occupation by Allied forces. Subsequently, two states emerged - the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The 1990 reunification …

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 …

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