Similar to other satellite countries like Poland, Czechoslovakia and the former German Democratic Republic, for decades after WWII Hungary was … Continue reading The Red Army in Hungary – Airbases, Bunkers and Ghost Towns
With a few parallels in aviation history, especially in the years immediately following WWII, former Yugoslavia benefited from supplies by … Continue reading The Aeronautical Museum of Belgrade
The republic of Georgia, located on the Caucasian isthmus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, was founded in … Continue reading Stalin in Georgia
Historians defined World War I as the first ‘worldwide conflict’. There is probably no better place to appreciate the multi-ethnic … Continue reading WWI Battlefields – Somme, Arras and Ypres
People visiting Moscow from abroad usually spend much of the time in the Kremlin and the nearby districts, where they … Continue reading War Museums in Moscow
A distinctive feature of Moscow and some other European capital cities, Stalin’s skyscrapers were designed in the Forties and built … Continue reading Stalin’s Skyscrapers
A few miles from the city of Soissons, and precisely in the municipality of Margival in the northern French countryside, … Continue reading Wolfsschlucht II – Hitler’s Forgotten Headquarters in France
Soon after gaining control over French territory in early summer 1940 and after the unsuccessful battle in the sky against Britain … Continue reading The Atlantic Wall – Off the Beaten Track
The Berlin Wall is widely known as one of the most emblematic symbols of the Cold War – a materialization … Continue reading The German Inner Border – GDR vs. FRG
Like other satellite countries in the Soviet empire, the German Democratic Republic – also known as ‘Eastern Germany’ before the … Continue reading Soviet Airbases in the GDR – First Chapter
