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A titanic struggle fought over incredibly vast spaces—from the Arctic Circle to the Caucasus—the Third Reich’s military, supported by several allies and satellites of Berlin, waged what is universally characterized as a Vernichtungskrieg (war of annihilation) on the Eastern Front.
On several occasions during World War II, Soviet soldiers set fire to buildings, villages, or parts of cities, and they used deadly force against locals who attempted to put out the fires. Most Red Army atrocities took place only in what was regarded as hostile territory (see Przyszowice massacre). Soldiers of the Red Army, together with ...
28 sty 2020 · Previously unseen photos from the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland have been unveiled, including two purported to show notorious guard John Demjanjuk. The Ukrainian was jailed in...
9 paź 2024 · Al Jazeera ’s Investigative Unit has just released a documentary on Israeli war crimes, based in part on social media posts from Israeli soldiers themselves. The documentary begins with the Palestinian novelist Susan Abulhawa, as well as footage of the Al-Awda school massacre in July, when Israeli troops killed at least 31 people at a school ...
Artists and Visual Culture in Wartime Europe. Images from the Liberation of Majdanek and Auschwitz. Soviet troops liberated the Majdanek killing center in July 1944 and the Auschwitz camp complex in January 1945.
20 lis 2012 · This image of Soviet soldiers charging forward in a cloud of smoke captures the sense of optimism that characterized the Soviet media after the Soviet victory at Stalingrad in early 1943.
30 kwi 2015 · BBC News, Berlin. The USSR's role in the defeat of Nazi Germany World War Two 70 years ago is seen as the nation's most glorious moment. But there is another story - of mass rapes by...
