The most "stupid" armored vehicles supplied by the USSR under Lend-Lease were the American medium tanks M3, versions of which in England were called "General Lee" and "General Grant". Everything...

As is known, all the current Russian generals and officers once took a military history course in schools and academies. However, it seems that not every representative of the highest and senior command ...

15 kilometers from Sevastopol, between the Fiolent and Aya capes, there is one of the oldest Crimean settlements - Balaklava. In addition to unique natural monuments, traces of the Genoese ...

In the second half of 30, a special toxicology laboratory was established in the NKVD, which since 1940 was headed by a brigade doctor and later by Colonel of State Security Professor Gregory ...

On the night of August 3, 1572, the Crimean army of Devlet-Girey, defeated on the Pakhra river near the village of Molody, hastily retreated to the south. Trying to break away from the chase, the khan put up several barriers ...

A unique person died - Honored Test Pilot, Hero of Russia Colonel Sergey Melnikov A unique person died - Honored Test Pilot, Hero of Russia Colonel ...

While the United States atomic bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, one million six hundred thousand Soviet soldiers suddenly attacked the Japanese army in the east of Asia ...

A submarine was found in the Varna area by divers from a local club. The submarine lies at a depth of 35 meters, broken in two. Most likely she died in a mine explosion or as a result of an attack from the air. Divers ...

This tank is the most recognizable symbol of the Great Patriotic. The best in its class tank of the Second World. One of the most massive tanks in the world. The machine that forms the basis of the past throughout Europe ...

“The final victory of Germany over England is now only a matter of time. Enemy offensive operations on a large scale are no longer possible. ” The chief of staff of the operational management of the Wehrmacht ...

In the history of the Second World War there are still quite a few pages that, unlike the Battle of Stalingrad or the Allied landings in Normandy, are little known to the general public. These include joint ...

In the history of the war, which ended over 65 years ago, there are still a lot of unknown pages. Search engines of the Pskov region found and raised from the swamp a Soviet reconnaissance aircraft, which, judging by ...

By the winter of 1920, the liquidation of the White movement seemed to be over. Kolchak and Yudenich were defeated, the group of General Miller in the north of Russia was destroyed. After masterfully "organized" ...

Statements made by General Groves after the war ... were probably intended to divert attention from the German isotope separation program. The idea was that if you hide ...

Whether new Soviet and Israeli tanks fought each other in the summer of 1982, as is known, the T-72 received the baptism of fire in 1982 in Lebanon. For a better understanding of the events described has ...

The weather in the mountains of Switzerland is unpredictable. That thick fog hides the outlines of the majestic landscape, the drizzling rain continues incessantly. But if for a moment the natural curtain retreats, ...

9 May 1945, the Third Reich ceased to exist on our blue planet. He is gone - as it seemed to the majority of the population of this very planet, forever. But after him, there remained a very ...

British counterintelligence opened documents that describe Hitler’s plan to seize Britain. According to the Fuhrer, the German soldiers had to penetrate the territory of the kingdom, ...

Colonel E.A. Nikolsky - went through a large military school. Cadet, a young officer in the Imperial Army. Then in 1905-1908. in charge of the "Special office work" at the Military Statistics Department ...

The end of World War II in Europe, at least in the form in which it is usually presented, seems absolutely meaningless, because what is written in history textbooks does not resemble ...

The aircraft carriers, which form the backbone of the United States naval forces, are sent to those regions where it is necessary to either represent or defend the interests of the country. Such "hot" spots ...

Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak, his fate in a few years made a lot of sharp turns. At first he commanded the Black Sea Fleet, but instead of the historical laurels of the first Russian commander, ...

In the early morning of December 7, the first wave of aircraft, 200 machines, headed by an experienced pilot, roared deafeningly into the air, from the ships of the compound, which was in 183 miles north of Oahu ...

In the fourth century BC: Rome was almost completely ransacked by the Gauls. This seriously undermined his authority in central Italy. But this event entailed almost complete ...