Real History Online
Soldiers & People
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3.8KSoviet prisoners of war “POW” in German Captivity WW2
WW2 Soviet Pow Captivity conditions and mortality Soviet prisoners of war during the Great Patriotic War – a category of servicemen of...
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2.7KNikolai Filippovich Batyuk – Guard Major General
Nikolai Batyuk- From Regular Soldier to Guard Major General Nikolai Filippovich Batyuk ( December 19, 1905 – July 27, 1943 ) –...
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3.0K1Movie: “Life Goes On”- First Hand Accounts From “Mikhail Zorin” and His service at “Nevsky Petechok”
“Nevsky Outlet” – was the symbol of a bridgehead on the left (east) bank of the Neva River opposite the Nevskaya Dubrovka...
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3.2KBoris 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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1.8KDeath of the last surviving liberator of Auschwitz
David Alexandrovich Dushman ( April 1, 1923 , Danzig – June 4, 2021 , Munich ) – Red Army soldier and athlete,...
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3.3KTop 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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2.4KThe French Pilots fighting on the Eastern Front – The Squadron ‘Normandia – Neman’.
In March 1942, the French National Liberation Committee ” Fighting France ” appealed to the authorities of the Soviet Union with a...
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4.1K“Escape From Hell” The Escape of the Devyatayev Group
One of the most incredible stories of the Second World War is the Escape of the Fighter Pilot named Mikhail Petrovich Devyatayev...
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2.4KVasilly Zaitsev – The Legendary Soviet Sniper From the Battle of Stalingrad.
Vasily Grigorievich Zaitsev – sniper of the 62nd Army of the Stalingrad Front, Hero of the Soviet Union. During the Battle of...
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1.2KScars of the Blockade By BAIR IRINCHEEV and SERGEY LARENKOV
This book is titled “Scars of the Siege” and is focused on major strikes and locations that were captured on camera during...
