Perhaps the most famous story about wrong award is the story about the lieutenant Kolobanov. In August 1941, he was commander of a company of...
This summer my family and I traveled to the north of France. We visited Brittany and, of course, Normandy. In the St. Mere Eglise town, I saw a...
The next case was described in several sources. In short the situation was as follows: 23 - 24 June 1941. Zone of advance of Army Group "North"....
I decided to start a new topic. This theme will be devoted to the heroism of individual soldiers and groups as well. I wrote about some of the...
To me the most critical and valid information comes from the Soviet archives. One of the main reasons why I use Glantz on this forum is one out of...
OK, Maybe that would end this topic, it makes sense to bring the same "aggressive plan of Stalin" here. So, I have tried to translate military...
Also, in my opinion is: very important not the number of tanks, as well as they are (focused, posted). The distribution tank units and tanks of...
I'm totaly agred that Stalin can thought to start the aggression in 1942. But he had to take into account external circumstances. And I think he...
It seems to me that the question "Did Stalin have aggressive plans in 1941" has no answer. Some people have said that the plan was. The other part...
The share of lend-lease in the total amount, produced in the USSR during 1941-1945 years: locomotives - 71% cars - 64% Aluminum - 55% Copper -...
Thank you, George Patton. Great photos and they are matched very well. If you do not mind, I will write below about the battle in detail.From...
Thanks, rkline56 Sometimes it is very interesting to investigate the circumstances in which the feat was accomplished. The fact that the lists of...
The beginning of war against Russia. The southern flank of Army Group "South". There were the 11th German and 3rd and 4th Romanian Army. Behind...
I shall be grateful if somebody sends me any links to description of the military way of the 18th Panzer Division of Wehrmacht. During invasion in...
As far as I know about the history of this Division: May 8, 1945 328 officers, 1698 NCO`s and 7844 soldiers surrendered to the 65th Infantry...
In the 30th years, Russia has produced not only a large number of tanks, but machines for processing of land – tractors, too. After the retreat...
The first woman, who received the title of HotSU during the WWII, was Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. Decree on her award (posthumously) was signed on...
I want to clarify that: there are many facts when Red Army soldiers raped and killed civilians. Moreover, I am sure and have proof that this was...
Recently I have known that there is a movie script about the WWII. It’s author - a Russian historian Dmitri Faust. The working title of the film –...
Counterattack plan (text in Russian can be found here http://rkka.ru/docs/zhukov/zhukov2.htm) was approved by Stalin the November 30, 1941. It...
