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Jatkosodan alkamisesta tulee kuluneeksi tasan 80 vuotta. Jaakko Estola (s. 1918) palveli tulenjohtajana. Kun ensimmäiset kranaatit tulivat lähelle, nuori vänrikki oli varma, että tässä kuollaan heti.

For most people, the Second World War has always been “Hitler’s War,” a conflict between good and evil that ended with the destruction of one of the most murderous dictatorships in history.

The AK-47 is iconic around the world.

How Mortars Helped Stalin Crush Hitler in World War II The mortar as an infantry support weapon has been in use for centuries, but it was during the Second World War that its role on the battlefield proved rather decisive. Heres What You Need to Know: Heavy mortar proved successful for the Soviet Union. The mortar as an infantry support weapon has been in use for centuries, but it was during the Second World War that its role on the battlefield proved rather decisive. It was used by all of the ...

In late 2020, a monument to Heroes of Deer Transport Battalions was opened in Murmansk Fighters of the deer transport troop. Karelian front, 1944© Archive of the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local Lore MOSCOW, May 14. /TASS/. During the war, in the North, deer were used as transport. They carried shells, food, wood and fuel, evacuated the injured, searched for crashed planes. TASS is telling about the deer transport and involvement of the Saami - the Kola Peninsula’s low-numbered indigenous...

Guest: Eric Rauchway is distinguished professor of history at the University of California, Davis, and the author of several books including, Winter War: Hoover, Roosevelt, and the First Clash Over the New Deal, and his latest, 

A classic showdown between Axis and Allies. Heres What You Need to Know: Only the M1 Garand proved to be successful There is no denying that the United States military’s M1 Garand was truly the best of the main battle rifles used in the Second World War. Whereas the other powers largely relied on bolt action rifles that were essentially little improved versions of what had been carried in the trenches of World War I, the American soldier and marine had some semi-automatic firepower. Yet th...

No tank is perfect, especially when it one of the first domestic designs.

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Desperate for Victory, Russia Sent Flamethrowers to Fight Finland After the Winter War, a report shows the Red Army came close to a breakthrough on the teletank. Heres What You Need to Remember: Despite being at the cutting edge of technology, World War II–era drones were only effective in highly specialized circumstances, not ideal for the fast-paced ground warfare of the conflict. The Soviet teletanks were an ambitious attempt to practice the sort of remote-control drone warfare that is ra...