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2.6KOperations & BattlesNormandy Invasion – Operation Overlord
Normandy Invasion – Operation Overlord Amphibious operations carried out on June 6, 1944 in Normandy during World War II by US forces,...
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2.4KOperations & BattlesThe Second Assault on Sevastopol, Crimea WW2
June 1942 Second assault 2nd Assault on Sevastopol The land defense of Sevastopol was based on a series of large permanent structures...
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3.3KSoldiers & PeopleTop Female Sniper in History – Pavlichenko, Lyudmila Mikhailovna
Pavlichenko, Lyudmila Mikhailovna The most successful female sniper in world history – 309 enemy soldiers and officers killed. At the suggestion of...
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3.0KNavyLanding craft LCVP type – The Higgins Boat
Landing craft LCVP type – “Higgins” Landing craft type LCVP ( English Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel – ” landing craft, personnel...
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3.0K1AviationYak-9 Mid War Soviet Fighter Aircraft
Yak-9, A Soviet Rival to P51 Mustang? The Yak-9 was a logical evolution of the Yak-1 and Yak-7 fighters. From a constructive...
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3.1K2Ground ForcesGerman Pak 36 -37mm Anti-Tank Gun
3,7 cm Pak 35/36 (German 3,7 cm Panzerabwehrkanone 35/36 – “3,7-cm anti-tank gun model 1936″) – German anti-tank gun during the Second...
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4.1K3Ground ForcesIS2 TANK – Heavy Soviet Tank Beast (Object 240)
IS2 (Object 240) – Soviet heavy tank during the Great Patriotic War, was the most powerful and most heavily armored tanks of...
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3.2KWW2 EventsMAY 9 -Victory Day
MAY 9- Victory Day holiday Victory Day – a holiday of the victory of the Red Army and the Soviet people over...
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4.4KOperations & BattlesThe Storming of the Reichstag WW2 – May 2, 1945
The Battle For the Reichstag WW2: 28 April 1945 By the evening of April 28, units of the 79th Rifle Corps...
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2.8KWW2 EventsDachau Concentration Camp and Liberation Incident
Dachau – One of the Worst Concentration Camps of WW2 Founded on March 22, 1933 in Dachau (federal state of Bavaria), near...
