History episodes
It’s inhumane of Poland to obscure the memory of the ocean of blood the Soviet Army shed to defeat Hitler
It’s inhumane of Poland to obscure the memory of the ocean of blood the Soviet Army shed to defeat Hitler
Commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Warsaw by the Soviet army from Nazi occupation in WWII were supposed to bring people together. Instead, they are driving Poland and Russia apart in a new war of...
History episodes
A ‘Deathtrap’ or ‘Ahead of its time’? US mag National Interest attacks Soviet WW2-era KV heavy tank
A ‘Deathtrap’ or ‘Ahead of its time’? US mag National Interest attacks Soviet WW2-era KV heavy tank
A hit piece in The National Interest accuses the WW2-era KV series Soviet heavy tanks of failing to stop the 1941 Nazi invasion. But apart from factual flaws, the article fails to take a broader look at the tank’s...
History episodes
Legendary Soviet spy who saved Krakow from Nazi-made flood dies days after turning 103
Legendary Soviet spy who saved Krakow from Nazi-made flood dies days after turning 103
Over his long life, Aleksey Botyan was many things. He was born in 1917, just as the Russian Empire was collapsing and shattering into pieces. His family lived in the territory that became part of Poland in the 1920s. Fi...