Simple History WWII Factions: The Red Army Posted: December 20, 2024 | Last updated: December 20, 2024 Faction: The Red Army After the Russian revolution in 1917, the new Soviet government formed ...

World War II Looms... In 1937 a drastic purge crippled the Red Army, reducing its morale and efficiency just before the world war. In June, Marshall Tukhachevsky, first deputy commissar of war ...

So it is not surprising that Russian officials have lashed out at Western historians for questioning the Red Army's mastery of the battlefield. For decades Russians have seen no reason to doubt ...

The Soviet T-34 tank was vital in securing the Red Army's victory in WW2 The Russian government has warned Poland that it will face sanctions if it removes monuments glorifying the Soviet victory ...

A brilliant organiser and improviser, Trotsky created the Red Army out of the Red Guards and from the remnants of the old Tsarist army. Appointing ex-Tsarist officers was questioned, but Trotsky ...

On D-Day (6 June 1944), the Allies invaded Normandy. The Soviet Red Army was advancing from the east. Hitler later committed suicide, and Germany surrendered (7 May 1945). On 6 August 1945 ...