In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s White House announced that the United States would soon attempt to launch a satellite into space. Within a week, the chairman of the Soviet Space commission announced that Russia would as well. The space race had begun. Then, on October 5th, 1957 Americans woke up to headlines like this … Continue reading Sputnik Revisited →
Category: Comrade’s Corner
Sixth International Youth Festival
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Coachella, Firefly, Music Midtown, Austin City Limits, all of these are popular music festivals of our day. But one festival … More
Not a BUDAful place to be
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https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g274887-d325279-Reviews-House_of_Terror_Museum-Budapest_Central_Hungary.html In the fall of 2016, I had the privilege of visiting Budapest, Hungary while I was studying abroad. When I was there, I went to a museum called the House of Terror. Little did I know, that the Museum would open my eyes to a part of history I was never taught. The building…
Prisoners of War and “de-Stalinization”
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Last week, I discussed the return of soldiers back into the normalcy of everyday life in Russia. More specifically, the troubles they had to regain that normalcy that they lost by going into war. This week I was interested in exploring another avenue of people returning to society. That being prisoners of the Soviet Union … Continue reading “Prisoners of War and “de-Stalinization””
Modern System of Force Employment Explanation?
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Last week in class my group attempted to answer the below question: Why was the Soviet Union so ill-prepared for the conflict known as the “Great Fatherland War”? Our three most-likely explanations were: The Nazi-Soviet Pact Skill of the German Army The Purges It is because in all honesty I don’t know which of these …
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All is Fair in Love and War
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“Two Soldiers” During World War II, many things were changing, especially gender roles and the importance of romance in the lives of those on and off the battlefield. Because of the war, people were feeling the stress of not knowing if or when they would next see their loved ones. This desperation to find time … Continue reading All is Fair in Love and War →
Episode 5: The Motherland Strikes Back
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It was a dark time for the Soviet Union. By the summer of 1942, the Nazi southern objective was the oil fields of Baku. If captured by the Germans, it would stop the flow of oil to the Red Army. Adolf Hitler, leader of the German Third Reich, sought a symbolic victory in the German […]
The Katyn Forest Massacre
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The Katyn Forest Massacre was one of many great atrocities carried out during World War II. Shortly after Poland had be divided between the Soviets and the Nazi’s, in 1939, the mass executions of over 4,000 Polish officers was carried out in 1940. This massacre was carried out in the Katyn Forest, hence the name, … Continue reading The Katyn Forest Massacre
The Veterans are Back in Town!!
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We did it! After all these years we finally prevailed! It wasn’t easy and it caught us off guard but we were able to overcome the hardships on the front-line. We are all war heroes and are going to be treated as such when we finally are able to return home….. I imagine that is … Continue reading “The Veterans are Back in Town!!”
They Did Nazi That Coming…
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On May 8, 1945, the European theater, which had faced one of the longest and bloodiest wars the world has ever know, finally went quiet. Occurring about a week after Adolf Hitler had committed suicide, the remaining leaders of the German High Command offered unconditional surrender to representatives of the Allied Powers. This event signified the … Continue reading They Did Nazi That Coming…
