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Examine how Stalin's Red Army defeated Hitler's Fourth and Sixth Armies in the Battle of Stalingrad
In the Battle of Stalingrad (1942–43), the advancing Germans were finally stopped...
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Hitler's final days in Berlin, April 1945
As Soviet troops entered Berlin and the Battle of Berlin raged on, Adolf Hitler committed...
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Adolf Hitler's death and its impact on Nazi Germany
War in Europe ending with Germany's unconditional surrender, May 1945.
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Red Army soldiers.
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Red Army flag
A typical Red Army flag of World War II. The lettering on the obverse side translates...
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Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky reviewing troops of the Red Guard, c. 1918.
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Siege of Leningrad
Soviet Red Army soldiers crossing an area of fortified defenses with barbed wire...
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Red Army during Operation Barbarossa
Two Red Army medics preparing to retrieve a wounded soldier, September 12, 1941.
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