Category: Russia

Southern Asia 1939

World War II and the Day of Deliverance

When the Second World War broke out in...

Northern Eurasia 1940

Winter War

After expanding into Poland and the Baltic...

Europe 1940

Winter War

On 17 September 1939 the Soviet Union moved to...

the Arctic 1940

Invasion of Denmark and Norway

Germany had agreed to a partition of Eastern...

Europe 1940

Fall of France

As the British evacuated what troops they...

Northern Eurasia 1940

Nazi-Soviet Honeymoon

In sharp contrast to the lackluster...

Asia Pacific 1941

Franco-Thai War

Thailand saw the French capitulation to Japan...

Northern Eurasia 1941

Eve of Barbarossa

Following their treatment by the Soviets,...

Northern Eurasia 1941

Operation Barbarossa

In the early hours of June 22, Germany...

Southern Asia 1941

Syria-Lebanon Campaign

The Vichy French in Syria and Lebanon not only...

Southern Asia 1941

Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June...

Europe 1941

Operation Barbarossa

In the early hours of June 22, Hitler launched...

Northern Eurasia 1941

Fall of the Ukraine

At the end of July, Hitler decided to halt the...

the Arctic 1941

Operation Silver Fox

On June 22, Germany invaded the Soviet Union,...

South America 1941

Ecuadorian-Peruvian War

In July 1941, while the eyes of the world were...