American third-generation heavy tank, distinguished by its firepower, excellent armor and mobility. One of the best (if not the best) modern tanks, and a mine of noteworthy battlefield stories and interesting technological solutions. Let’s take a look at some interesting facts about Abrams.
On August 14, 1945, photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captured the scene where an American sailor, happy to announce victory over Japan, stole a kiss from a beautiful nurse in New York’s Times Square. The photograph, dubbed “V-J Day in Times Square,” has become one of the most famous World War II photos and a symbol of the euphoria that swept America that day. It is worth tracing its history and the subsequent fate of the photo’s protagonists.
The Battle of Crécy is one of the first major battles that took place during the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. The clash was particularly bloody and ended with huge losses – the French knights charged the English positions as many as sixteen times, while being under constant fire from Edward III’s archers.
One of the most powerful battleships in history. The warship conducted only one offensive operation during which she destroyed the flagship of the British Royal Navy, bringing upon herself revenge of Great Britain’s fleet. The chase, which picked up the Allies has passed into history and ended with her sinking. Here is the story of the famous battleship Bismarck.
The biggest naval battle of the Great Russian-Japanese War, which ended with a total, devastating defeat of the Russian squadron, going towards friendly forces in the Pacific. Tsushima caused Russia to lose its position as a maritime power and the beginning of Japanese domination in East Asia. At the same time, it is one of the most interesting and important sea battles of all time – among other things, because the Russians sailed for 9 months in half of the world only to lose almost all the ships in less than 2 days.
On September 14, 1954, one of the deadliest military exercises in history took place. During the maneuvers codenamed “Snezhok” (Russian: Snowball) the Soviet Union dropped a nuclear bomb on the Totskoye proving ground, and a few hours later, thousands of soldiers were ordered to enter the blast zone. Both military personnel and the surrounding civilian population subsequently became victims of terrible radiation sickness without any chance of help from the communist authorities.
The story of the vulgar and simultaneously comical letter written by the Cossacks to the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV in the 17th century.
When in June 1940 more than 5 million German soldiers launched an attack on the Soviet Union, Hitler and most of the Wehrmacht commanders were sure that victory over the eastern colossus was a matter of weeks – history, however, showed how greatly they were mistaken. Initially, the German war machine confidently pushed east into the USSR, brutally clearing the way to Moscow. However, it was there, as a result of an exhausting battle lasting from October 1941 to January 1942, that the Wehrmacht was defeated and pushed several hundred kilometers to the west.
