Photos donated to a Hungarian archive reveal the devastating aftermath of the siege of Budapest, which ended 80 years ago.

Red Army soldiers man the artillery ... Russian soldiers approaching Budapest, December 1944 Today, the army's position is still sometimes unclear. Officers' pay is relatively low, wage arrears ...

Eighty years ago on January 27, 1945, soldiers from Russia's Red Army entered the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and were the first to discover the horrors of the concentration camp where more ...

“After a protracted and barbaric struggle,” he writes, “the Soviet Red Army finally annihilated Germany’s armed forces on the battlefield.” “Endgame 1944” is Mr. Dimbleby’s epic ...