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German troops prepare to enter Poland. September 1, 1939 01.09.2009, 11:10 6 comments

“In 1939 Poles assumed they were able to attack Berlin”

Poland wanted to believe it could defeat Germany, even though the intelligence they were being supplied with suggested something very different, believes WWII historian Professor Richard Overy.

World War I US propaganda poster 28.06.2009, 11:57 1 comment

Versailles Treaty 90 years on: international law still ignored

Even though it has been 90 years since the Treaty of Versailles, a peace deal signed at the end of WWI which ended the conflict between Germany and the Allied Powers, its legacy is still being felt today.

01.09.2009, 12:55 31 comments

Heated debates as WWII commemorated

Leaders from around the world are in Poland to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two. The country was the first to face the Nazis’ attack on September 1, 1939.

08.05.2010, 21:31 18 comments

WWII showed importance of cooperation - Obama

The Soviet Union and the US fought together against Nazism. Decades of Cold War were to follow, but US President Barack Obama told political commentator Sergey Brilev that the Soviet role should not be underestimated.

Fragment of a 1990 poster for the 35th anniversary of the Warsaw Pact: “Together We Are Invincible” 14.05.2010, 07:20 11 comments

Warsaw Treaty hits 55

After NATO was formed in 1949, the Soviet Union built up its own military alliance, the Warsaw Pact. The Soviet Union and seven European socialist states joined the treaty on May 14, 1955.

The 31th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Tehran on February 11, 2010 (AFP Photo / Atta Kenare) 11.02.2010, 18:02 6 comments

Iran announces membership in nuclear club

In the latest snub to its detractors, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday told a large crowd of pro-government supporters that the country was now a nuclear state.

24.03.2009, 13:27 5 comments

New Yorkers Speak Out on 1999 NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia

It's been ten years since NATO began bombing the former Yugoslavia. New York Resident Lori Harfenist tries to find where public opinion stands on the streets of the city.

07.05.2010, 17:50 1 comment

We look ahead with an eye to the past – observer on Eastern Europe

We’re looking ahead and trying to improve the ties not only between Europe and Russia, but also between the EU and Russia, says Reinhard Krumm, from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, about the Russian-German relations.

Soviet and French pilots from the Normandie-Niemen fighter wing (RIA Novosti / STF) 16.04.2010, 11:01 69 comments

“What I admire most about Russians is their courage” – French WWII pilot

RT presents War Witness – a special project dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the Second World War.

Soviet WWII poster 01.09.2009, 16:46 36 comments

USSR didn’t need Allies to win WWII – survey

Almost two thirds of Russians (63%) are confident the USSR could have won the Second World War without any help from the Allies, a nationwide survey has concluded.

A peace that no one came to terms with

Published: 28 June, 2009, 10:48


Allied War Committee agreeing armistice, at Versailles, France; November 1, 1918

On June 28, 1919 – exactly ninety years ago – the Treaty of Versailles put a definitive end to World War I, but Russia had already bowed out of the war in August 1918 on humiliating terms.

 
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