Hero city: leningrad 1943-44

Saint Petersburg: Sacrifice and Redemption in the City ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, John Eskdale and other survivors share their harrowing memories of war and stories of hope

In the final month of WWII, the Red Army launched a devastating strike into Manchuria, opening a new front with Japan and threatening invasion of the Home Islands

Alsu Kurmasheva was jailed in a Russian prison on false charges. Separated from her family and with no end in sight, she turned to the one thing that kept her hope alive

MUKDEN, MANCHURIA, CHINA 23 FEBRUARY – 10 MARCH 1905

At the climax of fighting in the Pacific, the USA revealed its ultimate weapon and ushered in a new era of warfare