Why did the army have three times more casualties than the losers?
We built airplanes, rescued Chelyuskites, delivered Papanins, we had Chkalov, the great pilot of his era, flew across the North Pole to America. “We are not poor, we have thousands of them!” - this is about airplanes ....
Stalingrad - the decisive battle against Hitler ("The Vancouver Sun", Canada)
Before this legendary battle, the army of Hitler was still advancing. After it, there was nothing but a retreat and a final defeat. 11 November 1942, Adolf Hitler was in his residence ...
The man who almost killed Hitler
The hero of the anti-fascist resistance, George Elzer, will build an 17-meter monument in Berlin. Adolf Hitler was distinguished by consistency in habits. Every year on November 8 he came to Munich and visited ...
SS vs SA
When the Nazis came to power, they immediately clashed over it, just like the Communists, who in the summer of 1918 had organized a "showdown" with the attempts on each other. The first victims were those who led ...
Another "unknown" war
Ninety-two years ago, on November 11, 1918, at five o'clock in the morning local time, an armistice was concluded between the countries of the Entente and Germany at Compiegne Forest. Germany's allies are Bulgaria, ...
Trophy tanks in the service of the Red Army
Despite the fact that the Red Army in the early days of the Second World War suffered huge losses and mostly retreated, there are, although scant information about the use of some units of the Soviet troops ...
Vyazminsky boiler
The Fuhrer felt that precious time was slipping away from him like sand between his fingers. Moscow was the most important goal of Barbarossa. However, the resistance of the Red Army forced to forget about it for a while and ...
The world was on the verge of nuclear war
The participant of the Caribbean crisis is told by his participant, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Sciences, retired colonel Rafael Zakirov. The crisis began on October 14 1962, when the reconnaissance aircraft ...
Does Russia need a base on the "island of bliss"?
The true story of the Soviet naval camp near Socotra Reasonings about Moscow’s plans to acquire naval bases outside the country have been replenished with one more - today we are supposedly showing ...
Sturm-abteilung, abbreviated - SA (Assault Branch)
In August, 1921, a retired submariner Hans Ulrich with a semi-Latyan name Klintsch (HU Klintzsch), on behalf of A. Hitler, formed the NSDAP Defense and Propaganda Team. The challenges of this ...
Man from another gorge
Chechnya was returned to a peaceful life before it was recaptured. From morning to evening, a "political process" is underway in the republic; candidates for the presidency have already appeared. And with the onset of dusk and until ...
Humor in the lines
- The paratrooper's life is hanging on 28 lines. - Who did not jump with a parachute, is called - MABUTA. - Point paratrooper in flight is able to bite barbed wire. - A woman can give birth to a child, a paratrooper ...
Who will be next?
This year brought us quite a few losses. In the summer, we were shocked by the tragic death of the Deputy Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the General Staff of the 52-year-old Major General Yuri Ivanov ....
Collision in orbit
In late February last year, many media reported a collision in orbit of the American and Russian satellites. The Americans were not lucky, because their satellite was active, but ours was not. On ORT ...
Little known facts of well known events.
The second half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century are characterized by a large number of local wars and armed conflicts, in which air defense weapons were widely used. And the contribution ...
The crisis in the Persian Gulf: in the balance from disaster
Israel is shrouded in myths, most of which in practice turn out to be absurd misunderstandings. One of the myths depicts the Israeli military as wise and fearless heroes, followed by the people ...
History of Chechnya from a former resident of Grozny
I'll tell you briefly. Believe it or not, as a former resident of Grozny, I know the history of my land quite well. Damn, at least do the FAQ. Zadolbalo to tell the same thing. By the way, I warn you in advance ...
Cannon - in Paris?
But, according to the doctor of technical sciences, professor V. G. Malikov, there are at least two errors in such a judgment. First, it was not “Big Bert” who fired at the French capital, but “Colossal”; in...
The Polish-German Union is formed against Russia ('Chicago Tribune', USA)
The article was published 24.02.1938, the Alliance of Germany and Poland against Russia began to take on certain forms today, when Field Marshal-General Hermann Wilhelm Goering dined in the castle ...
In the shadow of the pyramids
After World War II, our army participated in wars in more than 20 countries of the world, having lost 18 thousands of people. The names of the heroes are still a mystery. More than 30 thousands have passed through the Middle East alone ...
The greatest battle in the world ... that everyone has forgotten
In the spring of 1399, small Kiev, exhausted by the Horde raids, in just a few weeks turned into a huge, thousands-strong and multilingual camp. Inspired by the victory of the Russians at Kulikovo ...
Gagarin could fly into space back in December 1960.
On October 26, 1960, in the central newspapers of the USSR, a message appeared about the death in a plane crash of the Commander-in-Chief of the Missile Forces, Chief Marshal of Artillery Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin ...
Living dead
And Prince Igor said to his soldiers: “My team and brothers! It is better to sweat the life than to be full of food! ”“ Word about the regiment of Igor ”From time immemorial, people are at war with each other. The result of this is often captive. Wounds, ...
Why did Stalin destroy the "Stalin Line"?
Fortifications (SD) in the construction plans of the Red Army was assigned a very important role. According to the plans, they were supposed to cover the most important operational areas and areas from which ...