Given how much Vladimir Putin uses the Soviet victory over fascism in 1945 to justify Russia's ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine ... started on 8 May, as Germany marked the 78th anniversary ...
However, neither the Czechs nor the Soviet Union were invited to take part 1, 2, 3 1939 In March, Germany took over the ... USSR would not oppose a German invasion of Poland, which Britain and ...
The invasion of Russia by Nazi Germany in 1941 shattered their formerly expedient pact and sent the USSR into the arms of the West. Following on from the series World War Two: Behind Closed Doors ...