EN | RU
The materials of the site are taken from the archives of the Library of Congress of the United States
World War II
History written by eyewitnesses. American Newspaper Articles from World War II
    Top 10 popular newspaper articles
    Events calendar
America Faces New Crises in Far East and Atlantic; Nazi Armies Imperil Moscow
19 November 1941 — America Faces New Crises in Far East and Atlantic; Nazi Armies Imperil Moscow
Answering the call of Mother Russia, the Soviet Armies battled desperately last week to halt the Nazi drive on Moscow, capital of the Soviet Union, and its largest industrial center. Evidencing enormous offensive power, the Nazi legions, moving on their objective from the south, north and west, carried their steel spearheads to the outer defenses of Moscow.
Evening star
Medical Fighting Men of The U.S.S.R.
28 November 1942 — Medical Fighting Men of The U.S.S.R.
KOUIBISHEV, (SIB). Soviet Doctors have learned a good deal from bitter experience of the war against Fascist gangsters. For one thing, they have learned that the Red Cross offers no guarantee against Nazi attacks.
Romanul American
Russia is invisible army
5 April 1942 — Russia is invisible army
If theyre caught death! But Red Army guerrillas dont stop fighting. Men, women, youngsters they harass German lines and rip up Hitlers timetables
Evening star
Russians Yield Ground In Crimea But Dispute Hitlers Claim Victory
15 May 1942 — Russians Yield Ground In Crimea But Dispute Hitlers Claim Victory
Russia declared her armies are storming the gates of Kharkov, the "Pitts-; burgh of the Ukraine, and other Soviet offensives are; reported rolling against the Germans in vital sectors; at Leningrad, Novgorod, Starava and Moscow.
The Nome nugget
The Russian front
30 October 1943 — The Russian front
THE SOVIET UNION, CIRCLING THE GLOBE, IS ALMOST A GLOBAL WAR BY HERSELF
Kodiak mirror
ICTORIAL EVIEW Russian Ingenuity
28 May 1943 — ICTORIAL EVIEW Russian Ingenuity
DISPLAYING DOGGED deterH mination and courage against almost unbelievable odds, troops of the Soviet Union not only are conquering the wintry blasts of the Russian waste lands but are overrunning the Nasi hordes On numerous fronts. These two Red army scouts are setting out for the enemys rear.
Detroit evening times
CONQUERING SKI TROOPERS!
28 May 1943 — CONQUERING SKI TROOPERS!
CONQUERING SKI TROOPERS! Overcoming almost insurmountable obstacles of weather and terrain these courageous Russian soldiers of the snow are marching into the enemys rear in a surprise attack to a position where the sixteenth German army is temporarily in possession. These army skiers, equipped with automatic rifles, helped to annihilate Nazis in that area
Detroit evening times
Main Fortification Before Orel Falls To Soviets
23 July 1943 — Main Fortification Before Orel Falls To Soviets
A special communique issued by the Soviet High Command id the in fortifications before the German base at Orel fell before the onslaught of the Red Army yesterday, and the Soviet forces advanced nearer the German base.
St. Croix avis
"Invisible" Russian Warriors Blast Nazis!
6 February 1944 — "Invisible" Russian Warriors Blast Nazis!
STIRRING PICTURES OF ACTION from the official Russian photograph agency, Sovfoto, show how Soviet forces on the vast front northwest of Stalingrad and all along the entire Russian western battleline daily are grinding the invading Nazis backward over territory which not so long ago was being covered by Germans in a major advance.
Detroit evening times
Here Are Bridgeheads and Complete Battleground far Coming European
24 April 1944 — Here Are Bridgeheads and Complete Battleground far Coming European
Where and when General Eisenhowers Allied forces will invade western Europe is the worlds best secret. These maps are published that readers may save them for "D Day" and check the attack movements to be told in this newspaper.
Detroit evening times
New Agreements Signed With Exile Governments
17 May 1944 — New Agreements Signed With Exile Governments
The three great powers Great Britain, United States and the Soviet Union, have signed new agreements with the governments of Denmark, Holland and Belgium, whereby the civil administration will be carried on by the Allies following their liberation, to be taken over as soon thereafter by their own governments after. the Nazis have been cleared from their countries
St. Croix avis
Boy And Girl In A Tank
22 April 1945 — Boy And Girl In A Tank
How a Soviet couple bought a tank and drove off to battle War Correspondent Lauterboch is just home from a year in Russia. This story is one of the most stirring he brought back. He stumbled on it when he read a tuo-line communique. He spent months tracking it down, tells it here in its entirety for the first time. We think it is one of the wars most significant stories: It explains so well why Russias men and women together crushed the Nazis.
Evening star
Russian Drive Threatens Million And Half Japs
13 August 1945 — Russian Drive Threatens Million And Half Japs
LONDON, Aug. 13 Tokyo reported that the vast new Soviet offensive in Manchuria threatened to cut off possibly a half million Jap troops in China and to split an estimated million and half enemy forces on the Asiatic mainland into two massive pockets.
The Nome nugget
The Liquidation of Feudalism
18 August 1945 — The Liquidation of Feudalism
Soviet Russia Liberating 15,000,000 Peasants in Poland, Hungary, East Prussia and Roumania, and Improving Lots of as Many More
Kodiak mirror
    Search for materials

Contact  us