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Germany, 1945. In the American occupation zone, the interrogation of the Wehrmacht prisoners of war proceeded sluggishly. Suddenly, the attention of the interrogators was attracted by a long, eerie story about an insane Russian tank that killed everything in its path. The events of that fateful day from the summer of 1941 are so strongly imprinted in the memory
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Iranian boats in the Gulf of Hormuz Prologue On July 9, 1943, fierce fighting began in the area of the Ponyri railway station. In an effort to break the defenses of the Soviet troops, the Germans created a powerful strike group in this strategically important section of the northern face of the Kursk Bulge. By the evening of "Ferdinand" from
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There is a lie, there is a blatant lie, and there is statistics War is a strange phenomenon in itself. In war, people who do not know each other kill each other for the glory and benefit of people who know each other and do not kill each other. But even here, in the midst of death and horror, in the bizarre pattern of human
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Doc said, "Diagnosis: AIDS." - Thanks, doc! - Don't mention it! * Joke about American medicine (* "No thanks!") "The Three Musketeers", "Black Arrow", "Richard the Lionheart", "Romeo and Juliet" times of the Middle Ages, from
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What does it mean to lose the war? It means to be ashamed of the awards "Two of the largest and most protracted local conflicts of the 20th century", "Afghanistan turned into Vietnam for the Soviet Union", "The USSR and the United States switched roles" - such statements have become canonical for modern historiography. From my point of view
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Until now, there is no consensus on the question of when and where the Second World War began and who is directly responsible for this disaster. Officially, historical science calls the date September 1, 1939, but this statement is often questioned: de facto, everything began on this day
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The truth is clear. If we had high-speed aircraft capable of carrying bombs that could inflict fatal damage on a heavily defended target, there would also be the possibility of sinking the Tirpitz. In the meantime, this is unattainable. / Opinion of the Royal Navy pilots / I bring to the attention of readers a small
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An awkward steel box, docked at Berth 45 in the Port of San Francisco, does not stand out in any way against the background of modern ships passing under the Golden Gate Bridge. Only a slightly archaic design of the superstructures betrays the ship's solid age. The poster on the pier reads: "Jeremy O'Brien" is one of the
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Our proud Varyag does not surrender to the enemy, No one wants mercy. Version №1. A brilliant victory in the East China Sea, 100 miles southwest of the Japanese island of Kyushu. Here on April 7, 1945, a real naval tragedy broke out: a Japanese squadron headed by
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“We had flying guided missiles, a rocket plane that had an even higher speed than a jet plane, an anti-aircraft missile homing by thermal radiation, a sea torpedo capable of chasing a ship based on the noise of the propellers. Aircraft designer Lippisch prepared drawings of the jet
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Attention, instant readiness! Key to start! There is a key to start! There is one broach! There is one broach! Purge! There is a purge! A key for drainage! There is a key for drainage! Ignition! I understand you, the ignition is given. Preliminary! There is a preliminary! Intermediate! Home! Wake up! 35 seconds, flight is normal. Height 19
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We are not flying to the moon, - whispered in horror Buzz Aldrin- Where did you get it? - Imperturbably asked Armstrong, barely audible humming to himself under his breath "Earth in the window." He was the commander, and the commanding calmness was due to him according to the instructions, complete with the rank, patches and salary of 30,054
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The Germans inspect the destroyed British tank "Matilda" "The Germans will pass through Russia like a hot knife through butter", "Russia will be defeated within 10 weeks" - alarming reports of experts from the Foreign Office worried Churchill more and more. The course of hostilities on the Eastern Front
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The national Japanese way of destroying tanks is to manually bring in an artillery shell and hit the armor with it. "Lack of weapons is not an excuse for defeat," said Lieutenant General Mutaguchi
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Well, kamikaze-san, didn't you manage to ram the deck? Well, wash her at least on April 8, 1942, there was a hot air battle in the sky over Murmansk. Lieutenant Aleksey Khlobystov threw himself on the twin-engined Me-110 and boldly poked it with the wing of his Kittyhawk. A sharp dash to the right, a terrible crack
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The prerequisites for the defeat of the PQ-17 convoy lie not in the British Admiralty, but much further and deeper - in Washington. The troubles of the Arctic convoys were largely due to the amendment to the Lend-Lease Act, which prohibited the escorting of transports with military cargo by the US Navy
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An impressive panorama was unfolding in front of the pilots: ninety American warships, sparkling in the morning rays of the Hawaiian sun. From here, at 10,000 feet, Pearl Harbor least of all resembled a formidable naval base; rather a luxurious yacht club with even rows of anchor
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Real war, in terms of order and organization, is remarkably similar to a brothel on fire. The Falklands conflict was no exception - the chain of naval and land battles in the South Atlantic, raging in May-June 1982, became a good example of how modern
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The ten largest victories of Soviet submariners have a rather gloomy shade: 1. "Goya" (April 17, 1945, about 7 thousand refugees from East Prussia, cadets and wounded soldiers were killed); 2. "Wilhelm Gustloff" (January 30, 1945, the official figure - 5348 dead); 3. "General von
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The Somali pirate has a hard life: You could take a shovel and go to plow in the beds, You could build huts and graze hippos, Or the ghost of communism to beat into Obama, Or at the Olympics it is best to run with a barrier. Only this does not roll to the Somali filibusters. Early in the morning on
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"A formidable Yak is flying in the sky, Yak is flying on the deck!" - This is hardly more dangerous than the "roaring forties" - your sarcasm is inappropriate. Typical horizontal visibility for those places does not exceed 800
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The outlines of a peaceful Soviet tractor emerged from the shimmering snow. Half wrapped in snow, the tracked vehicle was forever stuck in a deep crevasse. The next find was a hydrological winch, rusted and frozen into the ice. The calculations were fully confirmed - the personnel left the station at
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In January 1917, two British steamships did not arrive at the port of destination. The disappearance of "Gladys Royal" and "Landy Island" at first did not cause much surprise - World War is raging in Europe, thousands of soldiers are killed on the fronts every day. Who cares about the fate of the two ships? What could be wrong with them
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"I will die on the deck of the Nagato, and by that time Tokyo will be bombed 3 times." The total superiority of the United States in natural, human and
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Soviet military pilots, who entered into an air battle with Israeli fighters, lost 5 aircraft without shooting down a single enemy aircraft. For forty years this battle has been legendary. 100 Soviet aces. 50 deadly MiG-21 interceptors, the best modification of the MF for that period. Russian
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Exactly 31 years ago, in the days of May 1982, battles raged in the South Atlantic. The Falklands Conflict refuted most of the notions of modern naval combat. Instead of a "high-tech" war using radars, missiles and satellite communications, where every turn of the enemy
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With the beginning of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was faced with the need to defend its interests in a huge part of the planet. One by one, the newly formed states of Africa, Asia and the Middle East adopted the communist ideology, and now, already the caravans of Soviet ships with military assistance
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In heaven there are mechanics, in hell there are policemen. When all nations want to do their best, the Germans do the right thing. They have an exceptional inclination towards idealism and the barbaric distortion of the achieved idealism. It is difficult to write about the victories of fascist weapons, but, fortunately, they will not have to. Heavy cruisers
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How did the battleship Novorossiysk die? What happened to the Kursk submarine? What is the mystery behind the disappearance of K-129? How did our submariners break through to the shores of the United States? Where was the fastest and deepest submarine tested? Where did the debris of ballistic missiles disappear from the seabed? On
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The war will be won by miracle weapons! - Reich Minister of Armaments Albert Speer, 1943 The unrestrained onslaught of the Red Army presented the Germans with the prospect of complete defeat within the next few years. "The Millennium Reich" wavered and began to rapidly roll back, losing just
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A soft touch and a cheerful clatter of wheels on the concrete are not yet a reason for applause. Ironically, the most powerful crash in the history of civil aviation happened not in the air, but on the ground.In 1977, an explosion thundered at Canary La Palma airport - a terrorist bomb did not harm anyone, but became
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Black smoke spread, the passengers shouted (not all, but only those who remained alive) In fact, the story is sad, full of tragic moments and examples of desperate heroism. The story of how the crew of the Soviet oil tanker, risking their own lives, saved 438 people from the burning
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The Kometa anti-ship missile was VERY large, and the Krasny Kavkaz cruiser was small, worn out and, to put it mildly, not young. The Krasny Kavkaz guards cruiser (formerly Admiral Lazarev) was laid down on October 18, 1913 and stood unfinished 14 years old, was commissioned already under Soviet rule
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Opening the Daily Telegraph at breakfast, the British generals poured themselves hot coffee. The answer to the question in the crossword puzzle was … Really? The military rushed to stir up the entire filing of the May issues. In the crossword puzzle from May 20, “UTA” was found, from May 22 - “OMAHA”, from May 27 - “OVERLORD” (designation
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May 8, Sunday. Took the maritime report. Walked with Dmitry. Killed the cat. After tea he received Prince Khilkov, who had just returned from a trip to the Far East. May 19, Thursday. Now the terrible news of the death of almost the entire squadron in a two-day battle has finally been confirmed. Rozhdestvensky himself
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Over the past month, the site has been continuously rocked by articles dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the Tsushima pogrom. The participants in the discussion adhere to diametrically opposed points of view: first, everything was wonderful, competent command, serviceable equipment, trained teams. So the stars converged
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The first time - an accident, the second time - a coincidence, the third - sabotage. At the same place, near the hospital wall in Sevastopol, with an interval of 40 years, “Novorossiysk” and “Empress Maria” were killed. Two explosions in the night. Hundreds of dead. The perpetrators have not been established. According to the writer-historian N. Starikov
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Silver Migs, queues of Sabers, falling Fortresses! How many "Superfortresses" the Americans lost on that "Black Tuesday" or "Black Thursday" is not known for certain. But the legend about Tuesday / Thursday spread throughout the Internet, saying that “the armor is strong, and our MiGs are fast.” However, not
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"The only successful operation of the Italian General Staff", - B. Mussolini commented on his arrest. "Italians are much better at building ships than they know how to fight on them."
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Once the brave Captains of Heaven ran into the same reckless Saviors of the Galaxies. A plot worthy of the best samurai legends! The sky captains themselves prefer not to remember the events of that day. Just think, a super-AUG from 9 aircraft carriers received such a non-illusory thrashing that she was forced to