T he iconic image of Nazi Germany’s defeat is Yevgeny Khaldei’s photograph of a young Red Army soldier raising a Soviet flag atop the Reichstag over a smoldering Berlin in May 1945. That ...

By the end of the war the Soviet Army numbered more than 11 million officers and men. The Post-War Era In 1946 the word "red" was removed from the name of the armed forces.

The Soviet Army, with its enormous size and power, was the largest and most formidable military force in history. Between ...

1. In Soviet times, the Red Army celebrated its professional holiday on February 23, which was the day in 1918 when the Red Army defeated the Kaiser's troops near Narva and Pskov.

German forces were in retreat, reeling from the aftermath of Stalingrad. But at Kharkov, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein defied orders, regrouped, and struck back. By luring Soviet troops into a ...

About 500,000 Jews served in the Soviet Red Army during World War II. Most of those still alive today - about 7,000 - are said to live in Israel.

A huge Soviet flag was unfurled by a group of young cadets at the recent victory parade Credit: AP/Dmitri Lovetsky. 13. ... from erecting Stalin statues to cosplaying the Red Army.