Mikhail Gorbachev had been the leader of the Soviet Union for just 13 days when he was suddenly faced with an international crisis. On March 24, 1985, a Soviet sentry shot and killed U.S. Army Maj.

Following the outcome of the Battle of Stalingrad, the balance on the Eastern Front began to shift. Soviet forces combined ...

This Week in History: From missing monks to Soviet standoffs - Explore how major events between 23 and 29 March were captured on The Independent’s front pages ...

On Nov. 7, 1944, the convergence of both forces in Central Europe led to the only documented direct combat between American and Soviet forces in history. American P-38 Lightning fighters attacked what ...

In “November 1942,” Peter Englund pieces together a month in the Second World War with the diaries and memoirs of the people who survived it. By Caroline Alexander The Soviet military often used ...

The Yak-9’s wooden airframe design represents a true engineering marvel—considering that this plane was being deployed against some of Hitler’s most advanced military technology on the Eastern Front.