Friday, November 15, 2024

Kurt Knispel: as Russian self-propelled guns destroyed the best tanker Hitler

Kurt Knispel: as Russian self-propelled guns destroyed the best tanker Hitler
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For the conduct of night attacks, it was called "hunter tanks". As panzerwaffe, Kurt Knispel is considered one of the best tank of the Second world war. During the fighting he destroyed 168 tanks.

The oath of the sword: what the Soviet Union planned to conquer the Mannerheim

The oath of the sword: what the Soviet Union planned to conquer the Mannerheim
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In June 2016 in St. Petersburg was installed a memorial plaque in memory of Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim. However, the plaque almost immediately suffered at the hands of the vandals: it repeatedly doused with paint, fired and even cut with an axe. Less than six months, as a commemorative sign was decided to dismantle. The person of Mannerheim, the first Russian General of cavalry, and then Marshal and President of Finland, still causes in society a lot of controversy. The fact that after the February revolution he moved to the side of Finland, abandoning belonging to Russia and it is seriously claimed to be a part of the former territories of the Fatherland.

James Dresnok: what happened to the American soldier who sought refuge in the Soviet Embassy in Korea

James Dresnok: what happened to the American soldier who sought refuge in the Soviet Embassy in Korea
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James Dresnok famous throughout the world as a defector who voluntarily left their native United States for the subsequent spot in North Korea. However, in 1966, Dresnok wanted to move from Korea to the USSR. For this, he appeared at the Soviet Embassy in Pyongyang.

Helmuth Pannwitz: as German became ataman of Russian Cossacks traitors

Helmuth Pannwitz: as German became ataman of Russian Cossacks traitors
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As the marching ataman of the Cossack camp purebred German Helmut Pannwitz not had to fight two months – this title was given to him in March 1945. However, cavalry Cossack connections the General-Lieutenant of the SS, formed from collaborators, managed to gain notorious. Kazachiy Stan feared and hated more than the Germans.

Porfiry Ivanov: the fraudster, who became the most famous dissenter in the USSR

Porfiry Ivanov: the fraudster, who became the most famous dissenter in the USSR
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Porfiry Ivanov went from being a rural thief to the leader of a cult of totalitarian sects, promising his followers eternal life.