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“The Night Witches”: The Soviet Air Force’s Deadliest Female Bomber Pilots
To answer that question, we turn to former Sunday Times of London journalist Russell Miller in his 1984 book The Soviet Air ...
‘A miracle of Western tenacity’: how 10 million refugees found homes after World War II
In her latest book, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick tells the story of millions of displaced people and international efforts to ...
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The Soviet Fighter That Swarmed the Skies in WW2
According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority ... with the highest production in the Soviet Union during WWII, with an ...
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Manga on Soviet women in WWII shocks industry, wows readers
Alexievich’s book recounts the experiences of hundreds of Soviet women who volunteered in World War II after a staggering ... describes the daily life of a young woman who struggles to survive ...
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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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Castro and the Cold War
Fidel Castro's life story is not the story of the leader ... stood at the center of the dangerous game the United States, the Soviet Union and sometimes China played for political pre-eminence ...