Red Army
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The campaigns to capture that oil and defeat the Red Army, as well as the Axis forces’ second front in North Africa, are the subjects of “1942: Hitler’s Gamble for Victory.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
Many in Ukraine regard the UPA, which existed in the 1940s and 1950s, as heroes who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Soviet Red Army, Nazi Germany and Polish authorities.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026
Czesław is an ethnic Pole in the Red Army who escaped a ruthless German ambush.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The former Red Army is in an enfeebled state.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
These “glorious daughters” were a group of women who’d recently fought in the Red Army and Navy.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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