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A lithograph propaganda poster encouraging support of the Red Army by an unknown artist, 1919. The poster features two figures: on the right a soldier in a cossack-style hat and coat, holding a rifle, and on the left a proletarian worker...

A September 1941 photograph of Red Army soldiers in the defensive trenches built during the Siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the USSR launched by the leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945...

A photograph of Red Army soldiers at Stalingrad laughing as they are shown ersatz German equipment by a fellow comrade, 1943. Imperial War Museums, London.

A photograph showing Soviet Red Army troops on skis at the entrance of the Hermitage Museum. Taken during the Siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) from September 1941 to January 1944 during the Second World War (1939-45)

A February 1942 photograph showing Red Army T34 tanks being taken to the front during the Second World War (1939-45). (RIA Novosti Archive)

Red Cloud (Makhpiya-luta, l. 1822-1909) was an Oglala Lakota Sioux chief, statesman, and military strategist who became the only Native American leader of the Plains Indians to win a war against the United States. Red Cloud's War (1866-1868...

A photograph of the Salute to the Red Army, a concert held in celebration of the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 21 February 1943. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Anthony Eden (1897-1977...

Red Cloud's War (1866-1868) was a conflict between the Lakota Sioux-Cheyenne-Arapaho alliance and the US government over the westward expansion of the United States into the Powder River territory. It was the only war won by the Plains Indians...

The New Model Army was created in February 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the English Civil Wars (1642-1651) that turned England from a monarchy to a republic. It was a professional army in terms of its personnel, training, and leadership...

The Roman army, famed for its discipline, organisation, and innovation in both weapons and tactics, allowed Rome to build and defend a huge empire which for centuries would dominate the Mediterranean world and beyond. Overview The Roman...