A Brief History of the Soviet Deserters Who Aided Hitler
Hundreds of thousands of foreigners served in the Wehrmacht, most famously the Vlasov Army.
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88
His 1972 match against American Bobby Fischer is considered one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost ... with his family when it was besieged by the Nazis during World War II. After the war, his aggressive style of play without fear ...
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Transitioning to a new global structure without a League of Nations-style collapse
Like many idealistic efforts throughout history, the League of Nations teetered for years before its final collapse as the ...
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Former USSR chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies at 88
Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky ... Leningrad with his family when it was besieged by the Nazis during World War II. After the war, his aggressive style of play without fear of sacrifice ...
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The Initial Aerial Victories of the Axis and Allies in World War II
In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the Allied side had aerial ...
Brutalism – the architectural style that dared to summon a new world from the ashes of World War II
Well-known, if not always well-loved, public buildings such as Boston City Hall, which was built in 1968, expressed faith in ...
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Peter Sichel, Acclaimed Vintner, Spy and Wine Spectator Distinguished Service Award Winner, Dies at 102
After working as a spy during World War II and the Cold War, he returned to his family’s ... After the war, Sichel continued his spy work for the Central Intelligence Agency, reporting on the Soviet ...
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WW2: How did the British plan to celebrate VE Day?
Revellers were keen to buy US and Soviet Union flags alongside union jacks ... to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. WW2: Did the war change life for women? documentWW2: Did ...