O'Neill: Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech still rings true

Eighty years after Winston Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech, its warning against totalitarianism resonates amid modern ...
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History of strategic air and ballistic missile defense

Full text also available online. Shipping list no.: 2009-0036-S. Volume 1: 1945-1955 -- Foreword -- Preface -- Executive summary -- Chapter 1: American And Soviet Strategy: A Comparison -- A: Factors ...
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The 20-year-old legendary Soviet sniper - Roza Shanina (1924-1945)

Roza Shanina was a 20-year-old girl, having worked in a kindergarten to make ends meet and support herself through school. When the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, leading to her brothers' deaths, she ...
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Maria Limanskaya, Soviet soldier who became a symbol of the Allied victory over Germany in 1945

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maria Limanskaya directing traffic at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in 1945 - Evgeny Khaldey Maria Limanskaya, who has died aged ...
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‘Lost Souls’ Review: The Soviet Union’s Unwilling Returnees

As World War II drew to a close, millions of Russians and other Soviet citizens found themselves outside the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Some were prisoners of war, others civilian forced ...
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80 Years Ago, the Soviets Occupied Japan’s Northern Territories – With US Support

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin at the Yalta Conference, Feb. 9, 1945. Credit: UK National Archives Eight decadess ago, on ...
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When Hollywood was actually pumping out Soviet propaganda

It was movie night at the Kremlin. The date was May 23, 1943. The Red Army had defeated the Germans at the Battle of Stalingrad only three months earlier. For the first time, it looked like the Allies ...