In the spring of 1944, as the Soviet Red Army pushed westward, the Germans found themselves fighting a desperate retreat, ...

In the aftermath of the Second World War, as the Soviet Union imposed ideological control across Eastern Europe, the CIA ...

Hours after Soviet tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia in August 1968, Romania's communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, denounced the invasion to a crowd of thousands in central Bucharest. The ...

On Aug. 22, 1944, the Soviet Union secured an armistice with Romania for the Allies. Level the playing field. In 1937, Romania’s king, Carol II, dissolved what became a fascist government not ...

1941-1944 - Romania fights on German side against Soviet Union, then switches sides as Soviet forces close in. 1945 - Soviet-backed government installed.

Occupied territory. In 1940, Moldova passed from Romania to the USSR. Then in June 1941, when the Great Patriotic War broke out, Romania, an ally of Nazi Germany, occupied Moldova.