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3.5KMuseumsMamayev Kurgan Battle, Stalingrad – Battle and Monument
Mamayev Kurgan History Mamaev Kurgan is the dominant height above the city of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) in Southern Russia. The name in...
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3.5K2Ground ForcesKV-2 – Soviet Heavy Assault Tank
KV-2 Heavy Soviet Assault Gun The KV2 is a Soviet heavy assault tank of the initial period of WW2. The abbreviation KV...
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4.5KGround ForcesCH-42 WW2- Soviet Body Armor
CH-42 WW2- Soviet Body Armor CH-42 is made of 2-mm and It was used in the Second World War. Several models...
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3.4KOperations & BattlesOperation “Bagration” – The Belarusian offensive – Part 1
The Belarusian offensive operation “Bagration” was a large-scale offensive operation of the Great Patriotic War, conducted June 23 – August 29, 1944....
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4.5K2Operations & BattlesOperation Fall Blau – Prelude to Stalingrad – June 28, 1942
Operation Fall Blau – Prelude to Stalingrad – June 28, 1942 Plan “Blau” (German: Fall Blau or Unternehmen Blau – “Blue Option”,...
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4.0KOperations & BattlesThe Defense of the Brest Fortress in June 1941
The defense of the Brest fortress in June 1941 – defensive military operations of the units of the Workers ‘and Peasants’ Red...
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3.2KSoldiers & PeopleBoris Kapitonovich Feofanov – Rest in Peace
Boris Kapitonovich Feofanov Boris Kapitonovich joined the Red Army at the age of 19. He served in the artillery, commanded a platoon,...
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2.5KGround ForcesRF-8 (GAZ-98) Aerosled WW2
RF-8 (GAZ-98) is a self – propelled sleigh equipped with a pushing propeller engine driven by an internal combustion engine. It...
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2.5KGround ForcesSU-76 Soviet Self Propelled Gun
SU-76 or Self-propelled gun – with a 76.2 mm gun. – Soviet self-propelled artillery installation, used in the Great Patriotic War ....
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1.8KSoldiers & PeopleDeath of the last surviving liberator of Auschwitz
David Alexandrovich Dushman ( April 1, 1923 , Danzig – June 4, 2021 , Munich ) – Red Army soldier and athlete,...
