The Great Victory in historic and contemporary perspective
UWI author, historian and political scientist Associate Professor Mehmet Perinçek shared his evaluation on the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
UWI author, historian and political scientist Associate Professor Mehmet Perinçek shared his evaluation on the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
Three-quarters of a century ago the Third Reich lay in ruins, its ruler Adolf Hitler dead, having shot himself in the right temple with his 7.65mm pistol on 30 April 1945. Hitler had refused to leave Berlin over previous days, knowingly sealing hi
Three-quarters of a century ago, on 21 April 1945 the Soviet Army had encircled Berlin and was unleashing its final attack upon Nazi Germany.
It is often thought that the Third Reich's final major offensive of the Second World War comprised the Battle of the Bulge, which was launched in mid-December 1944 against the western Allies through Belgium, France and Luxembourg, with much of the