In July 1944 the Soviets launched their largest offensive on the Eastern Front to date, crushing an entire German Army Group. This success convinced the Soviet command that the advance into East Prussia was feasible against the disintegrating German forces. But things didnt turn out exactly like tha
The current town of Locri, on the Calabrian coast in southern Italy, is the site of the ancient Greek city of Locros, founded in the 8th century BC. by settlers from the Locrida region north of the Gulf of Corinth. Strabo states that they were Ozolian locrians (literally smelly ) and came from the
Irina Levchenko, who acted as a nurse, initially, but also as a T-34 crew chief until the end of World War II, was one of the greatest heroines of the Red Army. Irina Levchenko was born on March 15, 1924. She was a student when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. She immediately en
Mausers Tankgewehr M1918 was the first purpose-built anti-tank weapon in history. It was designed to deal with the tanks of the ANTANT armies which had now become a terrifying threat on the battlefield to the common German infantryman who saw them, defenseless, rolling like an iron wave against him.