Monday, February 16, 2026

Policemen as accomplices of the Nazis disappeared in the USSR after the war

Policemen as accomplices of the Nazis disappeared in the USSR after the war
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Not yet ended the Great Patriotic war, and liberated from the German territories began trials of policemen and other collaborators of the occupation authorities. Most were convicted under article 58 of the criminal code of the USSR and received various terms in the colonies.

The only Soviet female sniper school: how the Germans neutralized it graduates

The only Soviet female sniper school: how the Germans neutralized it graduates
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The Central women's sniper training school, which was in the suburbs, was the only one not only in the USSR but throughout the world. For all time of its existence the school has produced hundreds of snipers. In total graduate CISSP destroyed nearly a division of German soldiers and officers.

“Snow tanks”: why the Soviet Union created bronzani in the Winter war

"Snow tanks": why the Soviet Union created bronzani in the Winter war
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Whatever you say, but our country is very inhospitable to foreign invaders. To move through its territory, no easy task. The autumn and the spring thaw would wash away the road, they'll take snow drifts. It is not surprising that in the armed forces of our country first in the world to a snowmobile equipped with machine guns and armor.

What are the habits of the soldiers of the Wehrmacht surprised the red Army soldiers

What are the habits of the soldiers of the Wehrmacht surprised the red Army soldiers
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In the great Patriotic war faced not only a different ideology, but culture. For the Soviet people, educated in the spirit of good life values, came as a shock behavior of the German soldiers, whom they could observe in an informal setting.

Alexei Maresyev: how many German planes shot down ACE, flying dentures

Alexei Maresyev: how many German planes shot down ACE, flying dentures
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Maresyev Alexey Petrovich was born on 7 may 1916 on a farm Verevkin that in the former Saratov province. It is near the town of Kamyshin, which is the birthplace of Hero of the Soviet Union Maresyev according to the official version. Alex lost his father in early childhood. Ekaterina Nikitichna Maresyev raised him and his two sons by herself. She worked as a cleaner. For obvious reasons the family was quite poor.