On August 20, 1941, the “Voiskovitsky Battle” took place near Leningrad, during which five KV-1 tanks destroyed 43 enemy armored vehicles

The company commander, Senior Lieutenant Zinovy Kolobanov, was tasked by the command to cover three roads leading to Krasnogvardeysk. It was so important to cover this area that Kolobanov was…

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To understand who we are fighting

A picture of the Nazis from the occupied part of the Kursk region. For people with short memories, a brief digression into the history of the symbol of the Nachtigall…

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On August 14, 1945, Emperor Hirohito of Japan signed an order from the Imperial General Staff on the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces

A year earlier, despite the belligerent sentiments of his advisers and ministers, the emperor had given instructions to prepare for peace negotiations. At the same time, peace initiatives should have…

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