Social videos on victory over Nazism unite generations in Ukraine
We Remember. We admire. We will prevail. Information Resistance group with the assistance from Ukrainian National Guard, National…
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World War II / WW2 / Second World War (1939-1945)
Occupation of Crimea repeats Latvia’s occupation by USSR
Latvia’s Second World War history has always been in conflict with the discourse of the Great Patriotic War…
Memory of the Great Patriotic war in Russia’s expansionist policy
My subject today is “memory of the Great Patriotic war in Russia’s expansionist policy.” I will talk in…
The “Great Patriotic War” as a weapon in the war against Ukraine
Walter Benjamin begins his "Theses on the Philosophy of History” with the description of a mechanical device. It…
Timothy Snyder: Ukraine is but one aspect of a much larger strategy that threatens European order
In the year since Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution, Russia has done much to undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty. It annexed Crimea…
Ukrainian textbooks to remove “Great Patriotic War” designation for WWII
New textbooks in Ukraine will replace the Soviet term "Great Patriotic War" with the phrase Second World War,…
For Poland, the events in Ukraine echo the start of WWII
Poland recalls the 75-year old war while watching a new war in a neighboring country. The 75th anniversary…
On 75th anniversary of WWII, Putin starts a new war
Seventy-five years after Hitler began World War II in Europe with his invasion of Poland, Vladimir Putin has…
Who started World War II and who could start World War III?
An overview of books and publications on alternative views of the military history of WWII 1939-1941. Possible applications…
History repeating itself: 1943 soldier’s grave found by the Ukrainian military
Wings Phoenix, one of Ukraine's volunteers supplying the Army with necessary equipment, shared a story from the frontlines.…