Breaking

On 4 February 1938, Hitler ousted from their posts of Minister of war von Blomberg and the chief of the General staff of the army von Fritsch. Now the main instrument of foreign policy of the Reich was in the hands of the Fuhrer. In the coming war that Hitler to the rank of Supreme commander was to win the laurels of the winner.

Among the models of Western armored vehicles supplied to the years of the great Patriotic war on lend-lease to the USSR, was dvukhtochechnye and bizarre monsters, called the Americans in memory of Confederate General Robert E. Lee 1861-1865 gg. In the Soviet Union they officially called M3-C (average) – not to be confused with light M3 "Stuart" (also named in honor of General southerners, other).

According to the famous "Guinness Book of records", the person with the highest growth was American Robert Pershing Wadlow. He grew up to 2 meters 72 centimeters. However, in Vitebsk province in the late XIX - early XX century lived Fedor Machnov, the growth of which, according to some, did not reach 3 meters in just 15 centimeters.

The bravery and honor of Russian hussars celebrated in books, songs, movies. Legendary beauties-beetles in mentik (short jackets with cords) is usually attributed to the history of XVIII and XIX centuries. And the fact that the hussars fought in the Civil war, remains obscure. But after the October revolution of 1917, the elite cavalry units were divided: some joined the white guard connections, while others have supported the Bolsheviks.

Among the agents recruited by the KGB, were different people. Most of them cooperated for the sake of monetary rewards, and the motives of some, and now, many years later, incomprehensible.