Red Army

American  

noun

1. the Soviet army.

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Example Sentences

Mr. Burke’s chapters on the alliance between the Palestinian groups and West German leftists such as the Red Army Faction are especially strong.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Rooted in the insula cortex, for instance, is an expectation that others act fairly, which is why Mao Zedong’s Red Army, we are told, was instructed to treat peasants equitably to win popular favor over Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists.

From The Wall Street Journal

The former Red Army is in an enfeebled state.

From The Wall Street Journal

As ever, the red army has travelled in force.

From BBC