Stalingrad

Key point: The battle which developed and then concluded on June 30 was a confusing morass that swallowed 2,648 Soviet tanks out of a total force of 5,000 versus some 1,000 German tanks. A thousand coffee table books and countless hours of popular history programs have described the Battle of Prokhorovka,…

Key point: Germany’s fatal error was a misunderstanding of the strength of the Soviet state, as well as the increasing quality of Soviet military equipment. Even by the standards of World War II, the Eastern Front stands out as a cauldron of horror.  Over four years of war, millions of soldiers…

Sony moves film’s release date from May to June 12 Brian Welk | March 5, 2020 @ 9:25 AM Last Updated: March 5, 2020 @ 9:59 AM Tom Hanks is back in World War II with his latest film, “Greyhound,” in which he plays a commander of a U.S. destroyer…

Paul Rogers | – ( OpenDemocracy.net) – The tactics of Syrian and Russian forces are unforgiveable – but scarcely different to what the US and its allies were doing just a few years ago. Around the world, people are watching the suffering of the people of Idlib with pity; their…

Photo credit: Getty Images Jack Welch, the former chairman and CEO of General Electric, which used to own NBCUniversal, has died. He was 84. CNBC reports Welch died Sunday of renal failure, according to his wife. During his two-decade tenure atop GE from 1981 to 2001, Welch acquired RCA, which…

This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At its height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers, while sucking in three million civilians as unwilling spectators and, often, victims. It turned what had been a Japanese adventure in China into…

The Japanese superbattleship Musashi was steaming east along with a fleet of other battleships, cruisers, and destroyers on their way toward what was expected to be a climactic battle at Leyte Gulf. At 8:10 am on October 24, 1944, Musashi’s captain ordered the crew to battle stations. An American scout plane had…

Key point: Snipers were used in WWI and then really came of age in WWII. They served in many theaters in many different countries' militaries. The art of sniping developed from the sharpshooting practiced during earlier conflicts. During the 19th century, the steadily improving technology of the rifle led to the…

After an air strike | Anas Alkharboutli/DPA/PA Images. All rights reserved. Around the world, people are watching the suffering of the people of Idlib with pity; their governments are alarmed at the looming confrontation between Turkey, a member of NATO, and Russia and Iran, the backers of the government of…

Russian state TV is broadcasting the names of ALL 12.6 million Soviet soldiers killed during World War II, with 6,070 per hour over 75 daysRossiya 24 is broadcasting the names 10 at a time for 75 days, 24 hours a day Channel began on February 23 and will end on May…