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Red Army Ascendant
For all the advances made against the Germans in the west between D-Day on 6 June 1944 and the crossing of the Rhine in March 1945, postponed by the disaster at Arnhem in mid-September and the Ardennes counter-offensive in the winter, it was on the Eastern Front that the war against Germany was won. Between Operation Barbarossa and December 1944,…
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The Battle of Narva, 1944 Part II
August 19, 1944, Narva-Riga, note the beginning of the disengagement from the Narva Riverlines, the small sectors now covered by Nordland and Nederland owing to their weakness. To Narva The 3rd SS Panzer Corps had been in the thick of battle since the opening of the offensive. Its 9th and…
The Battle of Narva, 1944 Part III
SS Nordland at the battle of Narva Another Try During the first week of March, the German troops at Narva could sense something was coming. Soviet units were on the move, and the roar of tank engines could be heard from beyond the enemy lines. In the sky, the Red…
The Battle of Narva, 1944 Part IV
Operation Bagration Meanwhile in Moscow, STAVKA was working on another operation, code named “Bagration, ” that promised to break open the eastern front once and for all. With the attack in the north stalled, the Soviet strategists planned to shift the bulk of their forces south and use them to…
LEVKOV’S HOVERCRAFT
The first ever air-cushion vehicle L-1 before trials, the Pleshcheyevo Lake, Russia, October 1935. Pilot house cross-section of the L-9 fast attack craft, 1939. Â Performance trials of the L-5 fast attack craft, the Gulf of Finland, 1937. Assault hovercraft proposed by V. Levkov in 1935. The British engineer, Christopher…
Vlasov and the Nazis
These men are Russian officers in the ROA, the Russian Liberation Army (In Russian: Russkaya Osvoboditelnaya Armiya). They are a part of captured Russian soldiers who joined the Germans and their Allies in the struggle against Bolshevism. The officer second from the left is General Vlasov. The ROA consisted of…
Soviet policy and strategy in the Mediterranean
Since the end of World War II Soviet policy and strategy in the Mediterranean has undergone several major changes. After the defeat of Nazi Germany the Soviet position in the Black Sea was greatly strengthened by the establishment of the communist-led rebellion in Greece. Turkey’s geostrategic position in the Aegean…