A single tank was designed to meet Germany’s most feared machines head on. The IS-2 combined thick sloped armor, a powerful ...
The fact that the Soviets were using large numbers of their older tanks did not inherently mean that they were likely to lose. Picture the scene. A group of Western military analysts are snickering at ...
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Forgotten death march of World War II

On June 22, 1941, the armed forces of Germany and its allies launched a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. Stretching from ...
World War II was tank-heavy, as both the Allied and Axis powers fielded thousands of the behemoths. Tanks fought from the jungles of Southeast Asia to the fields of France and deserts of North Africa, ...
MOSCOW (AP) — When she heard the news of Nazi Germany surrendering 80 years ago, Valentina Efremova couldn’t believe the devastating war was over. Efremova, now 101, was a teenager when Nazi Germany ...
MOSCOW (AP) — When she heard the news of Nazi Germany surrendering 80 years ago, Valentina Efremova couldn’t believe the devastating war was over. Efremova, now 101, was a teenager when Nazi Germany ...