Red Army
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
Agents also found 18 rifle magazines, 9mm rounds and roughly 400 rounds of .223 Red Army ammunition, which are made in Russia, prosecutors said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024
After that, they briefly went back to his hometown, only to find out that his father, who had been forced into the Soviet Red Army during the war, had been killed.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024
The Red Army had held the invasion back from the Soviet capital, but it was the wretched Russian winter that really turned the tables.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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