The 1943 battle to free the Soviet Black Sea port of Novorossiisk from German occupation was fought from the beach head of Malaia zemlia, where the young Colonel Leonid Brezhnev saw action. Despite widespread scepticism of the state’s appropriation and inflation of this historical event, the heroes of the campaign are still commemorated in Novorossiisk … Continue reading
Category Archives: Second World War
In Photos: London’s Deep Level Shelters
Corin Faife. Continue reading
Britain and France: The (Almost) Impossible Allies
Peter Mangold. Continue reading
Speak Up, Speak Out
Martin Winstone. Continue reading
Anne Frank and America
Rachael McLennan. Continue reading
Champagne and Shrapnel
Amy Helen Bell. Continue reading