4.5K views · 396 reactions | Don't forget how the Soviet Union saved the world from Hitler. 26 million Soviet citizens died during World War II, including as many as 11 million soldiers. Exactly 79 years ago, on May 9, 1945 at 00:43 Moscow time, the final Act of unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany and its armed forces was signed.  Join Military Wave | Russia Unofficial | Facebook

Since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 78 years ago, the U.S. remains the only country to have used a nuclear weapon during wartime. The bombings’ survivors, or Hibakusha, still suffer the effects of the atrocity. | AJ