The story of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is well known: the expansionist Communists overwhelmed a poor country as a means of reaching a warm-water port on the Persian Gulf. Afghan mujahideen upset their plans, holding on with little more than natural fighting skills, until CIA agents came t[...]

In a timely and eye-opening book Rodric Braithwaite examines the Russian experience in that most recent war in Afghanistan (after Alexander's conquests and the many British imperial wars and skirmishes). Largely basing his account on Russian sources and interviews he shows the war through the eyes o[...]

Slaget om Moskva i 1941 var det største under andre verdenskrig, og dermed det største slaget i verdenshistorien. Kampene strakte seg over et område like stort som Frankrike, varte i seks måneder og involverte over sju millioner soldater. Tapene var enorme, særlig på sovjetisk side.Dette er hi[...]