Articles related to "Red Army"



Formation of the Red Army Cavalry
The 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny was formed in 1918 to give the Red Army a mobile striking force and rapid reaction reserve in the Russian Civil War.
• red army • russian civil war • kransov • mammotov • shkuro

The Combat Record of the Konarmia
The 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny fought the Whites, Poles, Armenians, Greens, and everyone else in the Russian Civil War.
• red army • russian civil war • tachanka • kransov • mammotov

The Red Army 1917-1923
Formed from mutinous soldiers, armed factory workers and peasant conscripts, the Red Army prevailed through force of arms in the six-year-long Russian Civil War.
• red army • army order number 1 • red guards • raboche-krest'yanskaya krasnaya armiya • rkka

Baratov's Corps Combat Record
Baratov's cavalry corps in Persia, forgotten and far from home during the Russian Revolution, refused to stop fighting during World War One.
• cossacks persia • world war one persia • wwi persia • tabriz • cossacks iran

Stalin and World War II
Joseph Stalin is surprised and unprepared when Hitler breaks their treaty of non-aggression and invades Russia.
• joseph stalin • stalin • hitler • treaty of non-aggression • russian soldiers

The Cavalry Corps of Gen Baratov
Composition and origins of the Russian Imperial Army's 1st Caucasian Cavalry Corps of General NN Baratov fighting the Turks in Persia during World War One.
• cossacks persia • world war one persia • wwi persia • tabriz • cossacks iran

Eastern Europe’s Post WWII Fate
Both assuming eventual victory, early in the war the Nazi German and Communist Russian governments analyzed and began to implement plans for Eastern Europe
• world war ii • eastern europe • nazi • oil • europe

The White Russian Armies 1917-1923
The Russian Civil War pitted communist Red armies against counter-revolutionary White armies in a six year long armed struggle. This is a look at those White forces.
• provisional government • alexander kerensky • bolshevik red army • anti-bolshevik • russian civil war

Trap at Stalingrad
When the battle of Stalingrad began at the end of August 1942, the Red Army was nearing defeat. Brilliant Soviet street fighting tactics, daring operational thinking and serious German errors combined to reverse Soviet fortune. By the end of November the Soviets had trapped the powerful German 6th Army inside Stalingrad - it was more than they expected.
• german • army • stalin • hitler • stalingrad

A New War Through Twain's Eyes
All of us have to ask ourselves if revenge is approriate or is, in fact, the healing process can begin, even now. Terrorism is an old and effective weapon, but it can not be countered in the same way and win. The American flag is everywhere now, and it can help those suddenly unsure of the world we live in to focus on what is needed now. It can, though, represent a darker side to patriotism, one that will continue a legacy of violence and hatred.
• world • trade • afghanistan • twain • mark

Stalin’s Sharpshooter’s Tool
The Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper rifle with either the PU or PE scopes attached were the widow makers of the Eastern Front and Korea.
• the mosin-nagant • colonel serge mosin • imperial russian army • emile nagant • soviet red army

The Northern White Army 1918-1920
Centered in the frozen wind-swept White Sea region, a small force of White troops held out against the Reds with the help of a few thousand Interventionist troops.
• allied forces • murmansk • archangel • general ek miller • admiral kolchak

The Southern White Army 1917-1920
Under the protection of the Cossacks and aided by a corps of Interventionists, the AFSR White Army of the South fought for three bloody years until defeated.
• ukraine • don cossacks • kuban cossacks • kaliden • kransov

The Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun
Uncle Joe Stalin's crude but effective battle weapon equipped millions of Red Army soldiers on the march to Berlin and Tokyo and still soldiers on today around the world.
• pistolet pulemjot schpagina model of 1941 • ppsh • ppsh-41 • georgii s. shpagin • soviet torkarev pistol


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