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During World War II, the Soviet Union committed various atrocities against prisoners of war (POWs). These actions were carried out by the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) and the Red Army. In some cases, the crimes were sanctioned or directly ordered by Joseph Stalin and the Soviet leadership.
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.
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 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.
Sinking of German hospital ship Tubingen: War crimes (attacking hospital ships) No prosecutions On 18 November 1944, the German hospital ship Tubingen was sunk by two British Beaufighter bombers off Pola, in the Adriatic Sea. The vessel, which had paid a brief visit to the Allied-controlled port of Bari to pick up German wounded under the ...
The Project 25 design was then rejected on the grounds that it was too weak compared to foreign ships and the whole program was cancelled in early 1938 after an attempt to modify the design with larger guns had been made. [1] However the Soviet Navy still felt a need for a fast ship that could deal with enemy cruisers and the original concept ...