Dmitry Lavrinenko was the Soviet Union’s leading tank ace. As both commander and gunner of a T-34, he knocked out 52 German tanks in two months of fighting! And…
At the age of 24, Grigory Naidin became the first Soviet tank ace of the Great Patriotic War. On 23 June 1941, the second day of the war, near the Lithuanian village of Rudiškės…
A tanker who has knocked out five or more tanks is considered a tank ace. The most successful Soviet tank ace was Dmitry Lavrinenko, who was credited with 52 tanks. Among the Germans…
Dayan Bayanovich Murzin, a Tatar, was born on 20 January 1921 into a family with six sons and a daughter. From an early age, the head of the family taught his sons to ride…
On 27 February 1943, Alexander Matrosov used his body to block the embrasure of a German earth-and-timber firing position. For this feat, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet…
In wartime, even the truest words about military duty must be proved through deeds, and often through acts of heroism. Thus, on 21 April 1982, the deputy company commander for political affairs…
What makes this story unusual is that its hero performed the defining deed of his life after he had already been awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Mikhail Pavlovich Agibalov received this honour…
Вечером 15 апреля 1945 года у чешского села Старовички Иван Миренков, командуя взводом танков Т-34-85 (три машины), атаковал вражеский заслон из трёх танков «Пантера». Немцы…
Утром 24 июня 1941 года более двухсот советских танков пытались остановить у литовского городка Расейняй наступление 6-й танковой дивизии вермахта, которой командовал Эрхард Раус. Столкнувшись…
24 июня 1941 года немцы вошли в Вильнюс. После этого целых три танковых дивизии Германа Гота (7-я, 12-я и 20-я) неожиданно повернули на Минск. …
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