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After the unification of Germany in this country with a new force began to hear the voices of people, who claimed that the Red Army in 1945 killed civilians. Another reason for the accusations against the Soviet soldiers was "excavated" ethnographers tragedy in the city Treuenbrietzen. However, even the Germans understand that all of this history it is known very little.

For the conduct of night attacks, it was called "hunter tanks". As panzerwaffe, Kurt Knispel is considered one of the best tank of the Second world war. During the fighting he destroyed 168 tanks.

In June 2016 in St. Petersburg was installed a memorial plaque in memory of Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim. However, the plaque almost immediately suffered at the hands of the vandals: it repeatedly doused with paint, fired and even cut with an axe. Less than six months, as a commemorative sign was decided to dismantle. The person of Mannerheim, the first Russian General of cavalry, and then Marshal and President of Finland, still causes in society a lot of controversy. The fact that after the February revolution he moved to the side of Finland, abandoning belonging to Russia and it is seriously claimed to be a part of the former territories of the Fatherland.

James Dresnok famous throughout the world as a defector who voluntarily left their native United States for the subsequent spot in North Korea. However, in 1966, Dresnok wanted to move from Korea to the USSR. For this, he appeared at the Soviet Embassy in Pyongyang.

As the marching ataman of the Cossack camp purebred German Helmut Pannwitz not had to fight two months – this title was given to him in March 1945. However, cavalry Cossack connections the General-Lieutenant of the SS, formed from collaborators, managed to gain notorious. Kazachiy Stan feared and hated more than the Germans.