About the fate of the commander Alexander Gorbatov, one of the most talented commanders of the Great Patriotic War, not much is known. Although it was in honor of his army that the first victory salute sounded in the summer ...
The elegant parade uniform and the formidable combat unit—the tank, with its speed, power, and invulnerable armor—created an image of courage and invincibility. But the outbreak of war meant...
It was they, ordinary infantrymen and scouts, sappers and gunners, cavalrymen and tankmen, marines and North Seamen, mountain arrows and airborne troops, fighter and assault pilots ...
Thanks in large part to Ordzhonikidze, the USSR rose to second place in the world in terms of industrial output after the United States in the late 30s.
