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In 2004, Vassili Kononov, a Soviet partisan during World War II, was convicted by Supreme Court of Latvia as a war criminal for killing three women, one of whom was pregnant. [230] [231] He is the only former Soviet partisan convicted of crimes against humanity. [232] The sentence was condemned by various high-ranking Russian officials. [233]
Soviet World War II crimes (5 C, 23 P) Pages in category "Soviet war crimes" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The War Crimes Bureau had five major sources of information: (1) captured enemy papers, especially orders, reports of operations, and propaganda leaflets; (2) intercepted radio and wireless messages; (3) testimony of Soviet prisoners of war; (4) testimony of captured Germans who had escaped; and (5) testimony of Germans who saw the corpses or ...
World War II submarines of the Soviet Union (5 C, 56 P) Pages in category "World War II naval ships of the Soviet Union" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
During World War II, the Allies committed legally proven war crimes and violations of the laws of war against either civilians or military personnel of the Axis powers.At the end of World War II, many trials of Axis war criminals took place, most famously the Nuremberg trials and Tokyo Trials.
3,400 troops of the Soviet Navy combined marine battalion and the 113th Rifle Brigade landed in Port Maoka (now Kholmsk). The landing party was met with fierce Japanese defense. A few naval vessels were damaged which led to the Soviet response of intense naval bombardment of the city, causing approximately 600 to 1,000 civilian deaths.
The Soviet Navy [a] was the naval warfare uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces.Often referred to as the Red Fleet, [b] the Soviet Navy made up a large part of the Soviet Union's strategic planning in the event of a conflict with the opposing superpower, the United States, during the Cold War (1945–1991). [2]
World War II massacres by the Soviet Union (2 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Soviet World War II crimes" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.