A young Luftwaffe fighter pilot was shot down and captured by the Soviets, endured years in captivity in the Gulag, and lived to tell the tale.   More »

The British Royal Merchant Navy was in action from beginning to end during World War II. Read all about their exploits below.   More »

Polish soldiers fought bravely in Normandy during the closing of the Falaise Pocket.   More »

With victory at Stalingrad close at hand, the Soviets launched Operation Gallop to liberate the Lower Don Basin.   More »

During World War II, Joachim Benz served on the Eastern Front in a Luftwaffe ground unit known as a field division.   More »

After World War II—Russia’s Great Patriotic War’—Georgy Zhukov had a hard time navigating the tangled web of political intrigue.   More »

The controversial political leanings of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor fueled speculation that they could possibly be spies for the Nazis.   More »

Marshal Semyon M. Budenny was the hero of the Red Cavalry in the Russian Civil and Great Patriotic Wars.   More »

The Soviet Red Army blunted a German drive to capture the town of Tikhvin and seal the fate of Leningrad during Operation Barbarossa.   More »

Outright need and the perceived superiority of German armored fighting vehicles led to some very notable examples of their use—by Allied troops.   More »