Breaking

Before coming to power in Germany of Hitler, the Soviet Union actively cooperated with this country. In particular, in the field of military weapons. The Country of the Soviets at that time there was not enough private expertise and technologies in this area and she appealed to the Germans to get it.

The SS was subordinate personally to Hitler and Reichsfuhrer-SS Himmler. During the Second world war, run by the SS were concentration camps and death camps. It seemed that at the mercy of the captive count such people have not, however, the Soviet government decided to use former SS for their own purposes.

Zhukov believed this General a highly erudite and very workable military leader, Khrushchev remembered him as almost a non-drinker. Killed the commander of the 1st Ukrainian front, Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin in an absurd accident that can be prevented.

Armed forces, commanded one of the most dangerous international terrorist Shamil Basayev in the mid-90s were the main part of the army of so-called Ichkeria. By carrying out terrorist attacks, hostage-taking and other acts of sabotage terrorist tried to force the Russian authorities to start negotiations with the leadership of the breakaway Republic.

Operation "the Trap" will forever remain in the history of the Afghan war as one of the most successful. In the course of that operation were liquidated hundreds of Mujahideen and captured the famous base "Kakari-Sarari". From the Soviet side lost only one soldier.