On Nov. 7, 1944, that convergence produced the only acknowledged direct combat between American and Soviet forces in World ...

In August 1941, the First Battle of Kiev became the largest encirclement in military history. As German forces advanced ...

In “November 1942,” Peter Englund pieces together a month in the Second World War with the diaries and memoirs of the people who survived it. By Caroline Alexander The Soviet military often used ...

Operation Cowboy stands as one of only two documented occasions during World War II when U.S. and Wehrmacht forces fought ...

As the Allies closed in on Nazi Germany, many expected American forces to take Berlin. So why did the Soviet Red Army get there first? This video explores the strategic decisions, political ...

Images held in a U.S. archive capture the years of work it took to rebuild Ukraine's Donbas region the last time it was devastated by war. 1 A building undergoes reconstruction in the city known today ...

Aatami Korpi, the hero of the upcoming film “Sisu: Road to Revenge,” fights against both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union—mirroring Finland’s complicated World War II history. Following the ...

Army historian Peter Knight joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about World War II. What is the timeline of World War II? Who, exactly, were the ‘Ghost Army’ in World War II? How ...

“As the importance of Victory Day in Central Asia decreases, it is needed even more in Moscow to promote and validate the war in Ukraine.” On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany formally surrendered, ending ...