On June 27, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon arrived in Moscow for what would be his final summit with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev—a visit overshadowed by scandal at home and a shifting geopolitical order abroad. Though the meeting marked a continuation of the historic…
Read More
Hungry sailors are not to be trifled with. That’s what happened aboard the Russian battleship the Potemkin on June 27, 1905. Spoiled meat sparked a storm of rebellion that echoed across revolutionary-minded Russia. The US Naval Institute helps contextualize things: “For a century before 1905, Imperial Russia was…
Read More
Operation Barbarossa, the codename for Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, began on June 22, 1941. This operation marked a pivotal moment in the war, characterized by its scale, ambition, and the profound consequences for the rest of the…
Read More
On June 22, 1990, one of the most famous checkpoints in the world came down, opening a new path for unity and peace in Germany and showing a new era of world history was right around the corner. A major crossing through the Berlin…
Read More
In the uneasy interregnum between Nazi defeat and Soviet ascendance, as Europe’s cities lay in ruins and the ashes of fascist ambition still smoldered, the United States made a decision as consequential as it was morally fraught. On June 20, 1945, the Department of…
Read More
In the early hours of April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear accident in history unfolded at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Reactor No. 4 exploded during a late-night safety test gone awry, releasing massive amounts of…
Read More
On April 4, 1949, the creation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) marked a pivotal moment in international relations and global security. Emerging from the tumultuous aftermath of World War II, NATO was founded on the principles of collective defense, mutual assistance, and the…
Read More
On March 8, 1983, President Ronald Reagan delivered a speech that would become a defining moment in the narrative of the Cold War. Addressing the National Association of Evangelicals at their Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida, Reagan presented a powerful and ideologically charged oration…
Read More
On December 26, 1991, the world changed when the Soviet Union officially came to an end, marking the official end of the Cold War, which had gripped the world for nearly five decades. The dissolution of the Soviet Union was a complex process, culminating…
Read More
On November 12, 1927, Leon Trotsky, a towering figure of the Russian Revolution and a former close ally of Vladimir Lenin, was expelled from the Soviet Communist Party. This moment marked a pivotal shift in Soviet politics, consolidating Joseph Stalin’s undisputed control over the…
Read More
