To ensure the ground effort got to Berlin, the air war had to be won by the Allies ... with the highest production in the Soviet Union during WWII, with an estimated 16,769 units manufactured.

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 ...

Alexievich’s book recounts the experiences of hundreds of Soviet women who volunteered in World War II after a staggering number of male combatants were killed. The Japanese translation of the ...