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World War II, also called Second World War, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China. The war was in many respects a continuation, after an uneasy 20-year …

Ukrainians will likely live with blackouts at least until the end of March, the head of a major energy provider has said, as the government started free evacuations for people in Kherson to other ...

Moscow says it is no longer aiming to change Ukraine's government; Kherson residents claim Russia burned bodies of its own soldiers at a landfill site; listen to the latest episode of Ukraine War ...

Moscow says it is no longer aiming to change Ukraine's government; Kherson residents claim Russia burned bodies of its own soldiers at a landfill site; listen to the latest episode of Ukraine War ...

The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (later renamed to Volgograd) in Southern Russia.The battle was marked by fierce close-quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in air raids, with the …

Moscow says it is no longer aiming to change Ukraine's government; Kherson residents claim Russia burned bodies of its own soldiers at a landfill site; listen to the latest episode of Ukraine War ...

WW2 Clips. News reports and interviews with families and children about the Evacuation. BBC School Radio. BBC Teach.

The first Russo-Japanese agreement to deal with the status of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands was the 1855 Treaty of Shimoda, which first established official relations between the Russian Empire and Tokugawa Japan.Article 2 of the Treaty of Shimoda, which provided for an agreement on borders, states "Henceforth the borders between Russia and Japan will pass between the …

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