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Russia Planned to Build a Massive Aircraft Carrier. What Happened?

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Forget Stealth: Russia's Alfa-class Submarines Ruled The Seas With Speed

If The Cold War Went Hot, This 1 Nation Was First On The Soviet Chopping Block

A Kaibil shows the proper way to fire a Galil assault rifle during an exhibition in the Special Forces Brigade, known as "Kaibil's Hell", in Poptun, Peten, October 30, 2006. REUTERS/Carlos Duarte

The AK-47 Might Be the Most Copied Gun In History

An Iraqi flag is seen on a military vehicle at an oil field in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Blood For Oil: These Five Military Catastrophes Were Caused By Fossil Fuels

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Meet Operation Silberfuchs: How Hitler Tried to Cut off Stalin's Murmansk Port

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Thanks, Russia: Is This the Most Popular Tank in Military History?

Fact: The Soviet Union Was Behind North Korea's Military Rise

Meet the Myasishchev M-4: The Soviet Union's Paper Tiger Jet Bomber

Britain's Lion-class Battleships Would Have Terrified Hitler (But Never Made it to the Sea)

F-117: This Plane Gave Birth to the F-22 and F-35 (What If It Never Happened?)

Russia's Alfa-Class Submarine: The Fastest Sub of All-Time?

Enthusiasts dressed in historical World War II uniforms and depicting prisoners of war, participate in historical reconstruction, to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Veliky Novgorod from Nazi occupation in Veliky Novgorod, Russia January 20,

Would the Axis Win World War II If Japan Attacked Russia Instead of America?

Apocalypse How? Here Are Five Times America and Russia Almost Nuked Each Other

5 Ways Communist Russia Could Have Won the Cold War (Or Survived)

Englishmen from Newcastle, dressed as ancient Romans of the II Augusta Roman Legion, are reflected in a puddle as they march during a parade in Rome April 18, 2004. REUTERS/Max Rossi MR/CRB

America Wasn't the First World Power—Here Are History's Five Most Powerful Superpowers

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Vladimir Putin: The Real Lessons of the 75th Anniversary of World War II

What If Hitler Never Invaded Russia During World War II?

The Ultimate World War II What-If: Japan Attacks Russia Instead of America

Could the Soviet Union Have Survived into the 21st Century?

The Soviet Union's Insane Plan to Crush NATO in Battle

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