At the end of WWII Russia had the largest land army in the world. Joseph Stalin set about to become the strongest country on earth and to dominate as much of the world as he could.
To do this he needed a strong modern Army, Navy and Air Force which he went about building and soon became the number 2 world power pushing all nations except the United States to a lesser power than The Soviet Union.
The build up of the Soviet Union is very impressive.
The book Understanding Soviet Naval Developments is made available through the kind cooperation of Bolling Smith, of the Coast Defense Study Group, to whom I say thank you very much.
The videos, from the Naval Archives in Washington, DC., are made available through the kind cooperation of Bolling Smith, of the Coast Defense Study Group, to whom I say thank you very much.