The Treaty of Versailles set the stage for World War II
Interview
On June 28, 1914, the world was shattered by a shot that took the life of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and unleashed World War One. However, the assassination only provided a pretext for the future warring parties to take military action, while the roots of the lasting conflict can be found in the fundamental conflicts between the great powers. On the eve of the centennial of WWI, we spoke with military historian
Sergey Chernyavsky...
In the run-up to the 69th anniversary of the Great Victory, we interviewed Olga Malinova, PhD, Professor of Comparative Political Science at MGIMO-University about the place of the Great Patriotic War in the historical memory of generations.
What place does Russia’s victory in the Great Patriotic War hold in the historical memory of the older and young generations of the new, post-Soviet Russia?
Russia’s victory in the Great Patriotic War is the most significant vestige of our past that...
... Destruction of this system or destruction of communications is fraught with a loss of the entire warfare capacity.
The armed struggle of today is not so much the exchange of fire as the contest of intellects.
Modern warfare has shed the features of classical WWII-style fronts, when the sides were opposed each other in fortifications that needed to be penetrated. Today, the construction of these barricades is unlikely, since they are highly vulnerable to precision weapons. Hence, the basics of modern surface ...
... adopt appropriate federal laws to guarantee deliveries and services [4].
The Kursk Tank Battle of the Future
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Ukrainian modern Tank T 84 OPLOT, Kharkiv
Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau.
They designed T-34, the best tank of the WWII.
In the near future, such a tank battle seems unlikely, since wars to come will be smaller in scale and characterized by local and focal features, as well as by indirect action strategies.
But who has said that tanks are irrelevant? Who has said ...
... economic foundations in China is to bring people together. They want to work, believe and succeed. This may be something new that we may want to consider and learn from.
I suggest you look at the successes our international relations achieved during WWII and after. What diplomats and the intelligence services did helped to bring the war to its end faster and with fewer casualties. Diplomacy has not lost its significance today. I teach the masters course at the Moscow Institute (University) of International ...
