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The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between Germany and its allies (Italy, Romania, Hungary) and the Soviet Union for the Soviet city of Stalingrad (today known as Volgograd). The battle took place between July 17, 1942 and February 2, 1943 as part of World War II. It is often considered the turning point of World War II in the European Theater and was arguably the bloodiest battle in human history, with combined casualties estimated above 1.5 million. The battle was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties on both sides. The battle is taken to include the German siege of Stalingrad, the battle inside the city, and the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German Sixth Army and other Axis forces around the city.
It has been the 65th anniversary since the battle took place three days ago, here is the gallery dedicated to all of those who participated and in many cases gave up their lives defending and fighting for Stalingrad building by building, this is as real as it gets… (I didn’t include pictures of hundreds of fallen soldiers on the streets of Stalingrad on purpose, i hope you understand why)


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Here is a gallery of Soviet soldiers and all of those who worked on the factories and in hospitals, helping bring about victory and defeat NAZI Germany 63 years ago…

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Here is the gallery of pictures from the WW2. It depicts Soviet soldiers and civilians all working towards the same cause…

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Here is the gallery that depicts Soviet soldiers who through their hard work, bravery and sacrifice had defeated the NAZI Germany…

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The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between Germany and its allies (Italy, Romania, Hungary) and the Soviet Union for the Soviet city of Stalingrad (today known as Volgograd) that took place between July 17, 1942 and February 2, 1943 as part of World War II. It is often considered the turning point of World War II in the European Theater and was arguably the bloodiest battle in human history, with combined casualties estimated above 1.5 million. The battle was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties on both sides. The battle is taken to include the German siege of Stalingrad, the battle inside the city, and the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German Sixth Army and other Axis forces around the city.
It has been the 65th anniversary since the battle took place three days ago, here is the gallery dedicated to all of those who participated and in many cases gave up their lives defending and fighting for Stalingrad building by building, this is as real as it gets… (I didn’t include pictures of hundreds of fallen soldiers on the streets of Stalingrad on purpose, i hope you understand why)

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January 27th, 2008 was the 65th anniversary of the end of the blockade of St. Petersburg. In the reenactment battle to honor all those who lived through the blockade of the city, and those who helped save lives while often losing their own, war history clubs of St. Petersburg, Priozersk, Moscow, Kolomna, Kaliningrad, Kazan, as well as countries like Estonia, Belorussia, England, Ireland, Sweden, and Finland participated in the event. While there were just 400 of the participants, the number of people who watched the event was close to 30,000…

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Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov is a famous Russian gun designer. He created one of the most popular assault rifles in the world - AK47. Here are his pictures and watch the video for the complete biography of Kalashnikov.
 
 
 
 
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Here is the 588th night mission light bomber regiment.

This all female unit got a nickname “Night Witches” by the Germans. And these brave girls were actually proud of their earned nickname.

Germans used to say about them: “We simply couldn’t understand that the Soviet airmen that caused us the greatest trouble were in fact WOMEN. These women feared nothing. They came night after night in their very slow biplanes, and for some periods they wouldn’t give us any sleep at all.”

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Ilushin Il-2 Sturmovik was a ground attack aircraft in the Second World War. This aircraft played a crucial role on the Eastern Front, and in Soviet opinion it was the most decisive aircraft in the history of modern land warfare. IL-2 was heavily armored, and proved that it could take a great deal of punishment which made it a difficult target for both ground and aircraft fire to shut down. German troops called IL-2 the “Black Death” while German fighter pilots called it the “Concrete Bomber”.
It was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers, a total of 36,163 Sturmoviks were built, making it the single most produced military aircraft design in all of aviation history, as well as the third most produced aircraft in history of aviation. . .

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No, this is not a German tank you’re looking at here, while it might have wermacht crosses on it, there is a reason why they are there. During WWII, Soviet army abandoned their T-34 tank which was then taken as a trophy by the Germans. Tank was discovered and rescued out of a swamp more than 60 years after the end of WWII, and it looks pretty good if you ask me…

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I can’t really comment this, so just read through it yourself and you will understand what it is and what if was for…

Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin was a great fighter pilot of the Soviet Air Force during the WWII. Pokryshkin almost singlehandedly fought to change the obsolete Soviet air combat tactics that were in place in 1941 when the war had started. By the end of the war, his writings had been published and distributed to all Soviet pilots, and he himself had extensively toured fighter regiments lecturing young pilots on his techniques…
Pokryshkin record includes:
- 560 combat missions.
- 156 dogfights with enemy aircrafts.
- he shut down 59 enemy airplanes himself, and 6 with other pilots.*

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