Red Army
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Like many officers of his generation, Syrsky was born in Soviet Russia and studied at a Red Army academy in Moscow.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Since the games were taking place only weeks after Red Army tanks had crushed the Hungarian uprising, the tension at the water polo semifinal between Hungary and the Soviet Union was extreme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
The former Red Army is in an enfeebled state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
With little known about her wider backstory, several newspapers reported on Friday that her grandfather was Constantine Dobrowolski, who defected from Soviet Russia's Red Army to become the Nazis' chief informant in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
When the Red Army met the invading Germans to fight back, the concentrated force and fury along that line became known as World War II’s Eastern Front.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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