The state paid for a confirmed result. But each agency had its own table—the same target would be listed in different rows depending on who destroyed it.

General Lasalle in battles with the Russian and Prussian armies, battles in Spain, death in the Battle of Wagram...

An essay on the first battles involving Soviet paratroopers: from training exercises to actual combat....

American General Omar Bradley is credited with the phrase, "Amateurs study tactics, amateurs study strategy, and professionals study logistics." So, today we're talking about the Ho Chi Minh Trail...

The Achilles' heel of medieval Novgorod was its location in a risky agricultural zone, which made the city dependent on grain imports and which its neighbors took advantage of – primarily...

A thousand rubles for a destroyed tank. But first, the tank had to be properly destroyed, properly secured, and properly documented...

A naphtha engine is an external combustion engine, structurally similar to a small steam engine. Its working fluid is naphtha vapor. This same naphtha also serves as a liquid...

In the aftermath of the nuclear explosion in Hiroshima, railway workers demonstrated iron discipline, doing everything they could to restore service as quickly as possible.

Signals, orders and exercise are the three links without which an order remains a slogan...

Nixon, who had assumed the presidency, was burdened by the war. But emerging from it without losing face was also difficult. Thus emerged the concept of "Vietnamization," with the "Green Berets" becoming its face.

Sniper salaries, ranging from 25 to 200 rubles, were determined by position, rank, and length of service—not by the number of targets hit.

Today's Yerevan allows itself to attack Moscow in its policies, questioning its participation in the CSTO, and passing a law on joining the European Union. Yet only Russia saved Armenia from destruction...

How Ushakov made linear tactics maneuverable...

So far, when discussing combat operations during the Vietnam War, I've mostly focused on land and air operations. Meanwhile, the United States created a "Brown Water Fleet" in Vietnam.

The order contained four numbers: 15, 25, 40, and 80. These numbers indeed determined the reward a medic would receive for carrying wounded from the battlefield. But this scale wasn't measured in rubles...

Many remember the French General Lassalle only for one trenchant phrase, in which he stated that the maximum lifespan for a hussar was 30 years. But Lassalle deserves a more detailed account...

The single word "serfdom" conceals various ways of keeping a person: by a work order, by the right to hold, by the power of an estate, or by an entry in the state register....

During the "reign" of Janibek, the Horde reached the peak of its power and pursued a balanced policy towards Moscow and Lithuania, but centrifugal tendencies had already begun in the east of the state, and success in the war with...

During World War II, tens of thousands of "guardians of the law" operated in territories occupied by the German Reich. Particularly in Eastern Europe, they played a key role in the extermination...

Replacement horses allowed Mongol horsemen to travel further than regular cavalry. But the less food the wagons carried, the more the army depended on grass, water, and the space along the route itself.

If you think nothing could be more pointless than the Battle of Dido... Well, I have some bad news. It could be! The ten-day battle for Hill 937, known as Hamburger Hill,...

The "repaired" entry indicates the technical work has been completed. To prove the tank's return to the unit, one must complete another section of the repair loop and not confuse the vehicle with the entry for it...

During the Cold War waged against the USSR, our enemies actively used the method of cultural cooperation...

In 1797, Paul I forbade landowners from forcing peasants to work on Sundays, declaring the equal division of the remaining six days sufficient. But between the monarch's word and the peasant's rights...