Tag: austria

• [Sharing] 35 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik

  On this day eight decades ago, Soviet forces liberated Hungary and drove Wehrmacht forces out of Slovakia’s capital, Bratislava. Also, the Kaisersteinbruch prisoner of war camp was freed [end] Related April 3, 2025: 36 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik April 2, 2025: 37 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik April 1, 2025: 38 Days to Victory…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  4 April 2025

  fascism, history

  austria, badenbeiwien, bratislava, csaszarkobanya, czechoslovakia, fascism, gdingen, gdynia, germany, history, hungary, kaisersteinbruch, pomerania, pommern, russia, slovakia, sovietunion, sputnik, victory80, vienna, warcrime, wehrmacht, wien, yugoslavia

• [Sharing] 36 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik

  The Red Army successfully surrounded a German detachment east of Danzig. Kremnica, a vital bastion in the Carpathian mountains, was also taken over by Soviet forces. Wiener Neustadt, a significant industrial hub in Austria, was abandoned by the Wehrmacht. In all, more than 341 towns were freed. £10,000 was donated by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  4 April 2025

  fascism, history

  austria, balticsea, czechoslovakia, danzig, ethiopia, fascism, finland, gdansk, germany, haileselassie, history, igormoiseyev, kremnica, poland, pomerania, pommern, russia, slovakia, sovietunion, sputnik, victory80, wienerneustadt

• [Sharing] 37 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik

  The Red Army advanced to just four kilometers from Bratislava, seizing control of Bisdorf. Intense fighting occurred around Lake Neusiedl on the fringes of Vienna. The Soviet troops captured Nagykanizsa, which was the hub of Hungary’s oil industry. In total, over 143 settlements were freed. Meanwhile, Clementine Churchill, who was the wife of the British…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  2 April 2025

  fascism, history

  austria, bisdorf, bratislava, clementinechurchill, czechoslovakia, fascism, france, germany, history, hungary, moscow, nagykanizsa, neusiedl, paris, podunajskebiskupice, rhinetdanube, russia, slovakia, sovietunion, sputnik, UK, victory80, vienna, wien, winstonchurchill

• [Sharing] 38 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik

  Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Red Army’s capture of Glogow, a city in Lower Silesia, following a weeks-long siege that started in mid-February. The same day, Soviet forces seized Senec, which is only 20 kilometers from Bratislava, and Sopron, a crucial transportation center on the route to Vienna. 352 settlements were freed in…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  1 April 2025

  fascism, history

  austria, battlefortheruhr, berlin, bratislava, fascism, germany, glogau, glogow, history, hungary, imperialism, ruhr, russia, russophobia, schlesien, senec, silesia, slovakia, sopron, sovietunion, sputnik, strategy, UK, US, victory80, vienna, wien, winstonchurchill

• [Sharing] 39 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik

  80 years ago today, the Red Army advanced 30 km through Hungary toward the border with Austria, opening the door to operations in the Reich’s southern, not-so-soft underbelly. In Galanta, Slovakia, a Soviet breakthrough on route to Bratislava led to the capture of a key Nazi transportation hub. Further to the north, Soviet forces captured…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  31 March 2025

  fascism, history

  austria, bratislava, czechoslovakia, fascism, galanta, germany, history, hungary, luftwaffe, mistel, oderneisse, poland, raciborz, ratibor, russia, schlesien, silesia, slovakia, sovietunion, sputnik, szentgotthard, victory80

• [Sharing] 41 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik

  On this day 80 years ago, Soviet troops continued their successful offensive operations, steadily moving onward despite fierce resistance. Meanwhile, the political fragility of the Nazi regime was becoming even more evident [end] Related March 28, 2025: 42 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik March 27, 2025: 43 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik March 26, 2025:…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  29 March 2025

  fascism, history

  austria, balticsea, danzig, fascism, gdansk, germany, grafzeppelin, history, kaliningrad, karldoenitz, koenigsberg, poland, pomerania, pommern, preussen, prussia, russia, sovietunion, sputnik, victory80

• [Partage] Guerre d’Ukraine et menace russe : prétextes d’une marche forcée vers le fédéralisme européen – Éric Denécé, Cf2R

  […] en premier lieu, de nombreux éléments conduisent à penser que les Européens poursuivent la politique des néoconservateurs de l’ex-équipe Biden […] La Realpolitik, caractérisée par la prise en compte réaliste des rapports de force, est de retour à Washington. On le constate avec la démarche de Donald Trump qui a repris contact avec Vladimir…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  28 March 2025

  corruption, decline, fascism, secret operations, social struggles, ukraine

  acrimed, americafirst, antiwar.com, atlanticism, austria, barackobama, belgium, billclinton, bulgaria, calingeorgescu, censorship, Cf2R, china, corruption, coup, COVID, crimea, croatia, cyprus, czechrepublic, davidstockman, decline, deepstate, democracy, democraticparty, denmark, diplomacy, disinformation, dominiqueseux, donaldtrump, donbass, ECB, emmanuelmacron, ericdenece, estonia, etiennegernelle, europeanunion, fakenews, fascism, federalism, finland, france, gas, georgia, germany, giorgiameloni, GOP, greece, haroldbernat, hillaryclinton, history, hungary, inflation, intelligence, iraq, ireland, italy, jihad, joebiden, journalism, justice, kiev, latvia, law, lesechos, lithuania, luxembourg, maidan, malta, marcorubio, mariodraghi, mercenarism, middleeast, minsk, moldova, NATO, neocons, NGO, nordstream, olafscholz, patriotism, paulineperrenot, philosophy, poland, portugal, propaganda, proxywar, quartiergeneral, robertfico, romania, RTL, russia, salomezourabichvili, secretoperations, serbia, slovakia, slovenia, socialstruggles, southkorea, spain, statedept, strategy, subprimes, sweden, technocracy, terrorism, thegulf, thenetherlands, thomasfazi, UK, ukraine, US, USAID, uyghurs, values, viktororban, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, vonderleyen, warcrime, whitewashing, yoonsukyeol

• [Sharing] 46 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik

  On this day eight decades ago, the Red Army advanced further across western Hungary and captured the Wehrmacht strongholds of Nysa and Leobschutz in Upper Silesia (present-day Poland). German forces fiercely attempted to counterattack Soviet soldiers in the vital shipyard cities of Danzig (Gdansk) and Gdynia along the Baltic coast. In all, 373 towns were…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  25 March 2025

  fascism, history

  austria, balticsea, barcelona, danzig, fascism, gdansk, gdingen, gdynia, germany, głubczyce, history, hungary, leobschuetz, neisse, nysa, olaffickert, poland, pomerania, pommern, preussen, prussia, russia, schlesien, schutzstaffel, silesia, sovietunion, spain, sputnik, UK, victory80, vienna, wehrmacht, wien, wilhelmkleinert

• [Sharing] 54 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik

  Eighty years ago today, the Red Army began the Vienna Operation, which led to the liberation of Austria’s capital and western Hungary. In the meantime, intense fighting was going on close to Altdamm and southwest of Koenigsberg [end] Related March 15, 2025: 55 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik March 14, 2025: 56 Days to Victory…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  16 March 2025

  fascism, history

  altdamm, austria, berlin, dabie, fascism, germany, history, hungary, kaliningrad, koenigsberg, nuernberg, nuremberg, pomerania, pommern, preussen, prussia, russia, sovietunion, sputnik, stettin, strategy, szczecin, UK, US, victory80, vienna, wien, wuerzburg

• [Sharing] Germany’s new right: Trading on nostalgia for past prosperity in an age of uncertainty – Ingo Schmidt, Canadian Dimension

  Ingo Schmidt on how the triumph of liberal democracy and neoliberal globalization became the ideological seed for the AfD On November 6, 2024 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner. Notwithstanding the broad agreement on policy goals, striking a balance between deficit reduction, support for renewable energy and increased arms spending turned out…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  5 February 2025

  decline, fascism, history, social struggles, ukraine

  AfD, aliceweidel, americafirst, angelamerkel, antifa, athabascauniversity, atlanticism, austria, basharassad, benjaminnetanyahu, berlin, bodoramelow, brandenburg, BRD, brettonwoods, brexit, BSW, busification, canadiandimension, capitalism, CDU, china, christianlindner, coal, communism, coup, COVID, davidricardo, DDR, decline, democracy, denmark, diegruenen, dielinke, dietmarwoidke, donaldtrump, donbass, eurocrats, europe, europeanunion, fascism, FDP, france, francoismitterrand, gas, gaza, gerhardschroeder, germany, glasnost, guychazan, hansgeorgmaassen, hegemony, helmutkohl, helmutschmidt, history, humor, ideology, imperialism, inflation, ingoschmidt, intelligence, investigation, israel, joebiden, johannesbecher, joschkafischer, journalism, karlmarx, keynesianism, kiev, londondebtagreement, lumpenproletariat, maastrichttreaty, madeleinealbright, maidan, margaretthatcher, migration, minsk, mitbestimmung, moelln, nationalism, NATO, neoliberalism, nordstream, NSU, oil, olafscholz, ordoliberalismus, oskarlafontaine, oswaldspengler, palestine, PDS, pinzuti, propaganda, proxywar, racism, recession, resistance, revisionism, rostock, russia, russophobia, sachsen, sahrawagenknecht, sanctions, SED, shadoks, socialdemocracy, socialstruggles, solingen, sovietunion, SPD, stasi, strategicculturefoundation, strategy, supremacism, sweden, syria, terrorism, thefinancialtimes, thenetherlands, thueringen, UK, ukraine, US, volodymyrzelenskyy, willybrandt, yugoslavia