Did the Red Army suffer any defeats in WWII after Stalingrad?
Albert Speer, German Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich, with officers of the Organisation Todt military engineering group on the Eastern Front, 1943. Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Despite enjoying some local successes, the Nazis were unable to stop the iron steamroller that was the Red Army relentlessly pushing westward.
After defeating the Wehrmacht at Stalingrad, the Soviet troops entered a period of glorious victories, which lasted until the collapse of Nazi Germany in May 1945. Nevertheless, from time to time, the Germans still managed to inflict some sensitive blows to the Red Army.
Did the Red Army suffer any defeats in WWII after Stalingrad
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It is the largest military alliance on the planet, it is more than 70 years old and, for many within NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), it is only just getting going.
A Cold War creation, NATO was established in 1949 as a bulwark against the colossal Soviet armies based in Eastern Europe in the wake of the Second World War.
This system of US-led collective security, initially consisting of 10 Western European countries, Canada and the United States, helped avert any thoughts by the Soviet Union (USSR) of expanding further westward, helping maintain an uneasy, tension-fraught peace in Europe for decades.
Secretary of State Dean Acheson signs the Atlantic defence treaty for the United States on April 4, 1949, as Vice President Alben W. Barkley, left, and President Harry Truman watch on [File: AP Photo]But NATO has struggled to redefine its role and relevance since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, despite expanding its domains to include outer space and cyberspac
Vrbetice, near the Czech Republic s border with Slovakia, is the last place you d expect to play host to the murky world of international espionage.
The village, with a population of around 300, is set deep in the countryside of central Moravia, in the country s far east.
But things turned ugly in 2014 when a munitions depot at a former army complex of warehouses and factories jn the village sealed-off with barbed wire and “keep out” signs exploded in a towering fireball. Two employees were killed and much of the complex was levelled to the ground.
The blast was such that farmers in nearby fields were reportedly thrown to the ground. Debris scattered for miles around.
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Czech Republic reports 717 new Covid-19 cases, lowest Saturday total since September
The Czech Republic reported 717 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, 450 fewer than a week ago, according to the latest data that the Health Ministry released today. It marks the first Saturday since last September when the reported rise in new cases was less than 1,000.
As of today, there were 102 new Covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the past seven days, five less cases than on Friday when a revised figure stood at 107. This indicator is a crucial element in the government s decision to soften the anti-Covid-19 restrictions; it has been falling since March, when it exceeded 800 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
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