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Soldiers & People
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1.3K“Night Witches” 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
“Night Witches” 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Taman...
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1.1KMikhail Petrovich Zorin RIP – Defender of Leningrad and Nevsky Petechok
Mikhail Petrovich Zorin (September 16, 1923, Moscow, USSR – February 20, 2022) – Soviet soldier, participant in the Great Patriotic War, corporal,...
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2.7K14th SS Volunteer Infantry Division “Galicia” (1st Ukrainian)
14th SS Volunteer Infantry Division History The division was recruited from the inhabitants of the Galicia district of the General Government. The...
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2.3KAudie L Murphy – American WW2 Hero
Audie L Murphy – Background Audie Murphy; – American military and film actor, World War II, American soldier most honored for personal...
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1.1K1Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub – Top Allied WW2 Ace
Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub: Ace pilot during the Great Patriotic War, the most effective allied fighter pilot (64 victories). Born: June 8, 1920,...
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2.5KSoviet prisoners of war “POW” in German Captivity WW2
WW2 Soviet Pow Captivity conditions and mortality Soviet prisoners of war during the Great Patriotic War – a category of servicemen of...
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1.3KNikolai Filippovich Batyuk – Guard Major General
Nikolai Batyuk- From Regular Soldier to Guard Major General Nikolai Filippovich Batyuk ( December 19, 1905 – July 27, 1943 ) –...
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1.8K1Movie: “Life Goes On”- First Hand Accounts From “Mikhail Zorin” and His service at “Nevsky Petechok”
“Nevsky Outlet” – was the symbol of a bridgehead on the left (east) bank of the Neva River opposite the Nevskaya Dubrovka...
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1.9KBoris Kapitonovich Feofanov – Rest in Peace
Boris Kapitonovich Feofanov Boris Kapitonovich joined the Red Army at the age of 19. He served in the artillery, commanded a platoon,...
