This was one of the last instances in world military history when the outcome of a battle was decided by a genuine cavalry charge with sabers drawn. And it did ...

On August 5, 1943, the Red Army liberated Oryol. That same day, Moscow fired the first salute of the war. And on the outskirts of the city, near the train ...

In this section—if it proves to be of interest—there will be short stories about the everyday combat life and exploits of British battlecruisers during World ...

Operation Barbarossa was a triumph. The Wehrmacht, advancing with unstoppable momentum, swept through the weak Soviet defenses, not aiming for Moscow, but ...

Hitler had many opportunities to end World War II with a victory, but he failed to take advantage of any of them. And it is particularly sad for modern ...

I find it somewhat strange that *Alternative History of World War II* effectively ignores the possibility of a preemptive strike by the USSR against the Third ...

History does not record why Hitler suddenly behaved this way. However, there is a conspiracy theory that claims there were secret contacts and even ...

So, the year is 1933. Hitler comes to power, and Germany begins military cooperation with Chiang Kai-shek, just as in RI. Germany’s choice of Japan was not set ...

In the Soviet Union, the Soviet-German phase of World War II began with a preemptive German deployment and a swift offensive that destroyed a significant ...

Contents: Among the countries defeated in World War I, Austria’s fate was perhaps the most unenviable: it suffered the greatest human and territorial ...