The Great Patriotic War
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An Unknown Weapon of the Great Patriotic War—the Korovin submachine gun
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October 1941 was drawing to a close. The enemy was advancing on Moscow from three directions. The 3rd Tank Group and the 9th Field Army were advancing on ...

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A Little-Known Episode of the Great Patriotic War. In July 1941, the Soviet Air Force dominated the Baltic region. Why didn't the USSR take advantage of this?
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In the collective consciousness, the summer of 1941 is inextricably linked with images of the Luftwaffe’s devastating strikes against Soviet airfields, burning ...

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Alexander Tomzov, Vladimir Pinaev. “Tiger Armageddon” at Lisov
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An article by Alexander Tomzov and Vladimir Pinaev from the WARSPOT website, dated April 9, 2016. Contents: By noon on the first day of the ...

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Alexey Isaev. The Economics of War. Short on uranium? I'll send some your way under Lend-Lease.
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All parts of the cycle An article from the Telegram channel “Alexey Isaev. ‘Iron Wind’.” It is generally known that work on the atomic project in the ...

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The Forgotten Soviet General Who Halted the Wehrmacht in June 1941 and Led a Counteroffensive Across the Border
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The summer of 1941 was the most difficult period for our people during World War II—entire armies were trapped in encirclements, cities were lost daily, troops ...

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Alexey Isaev. Thoughts from May 15—A Preemptive Strike?
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An article from the Telegram channel “Alexey Isaev. ‘Iron Wind’.” Eighty-five years ago, a document was published that continues to spark much ...

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Alexey Isaev. The Economics of War: AZTM and Evacuation
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All parts of the cycle An article from the Telegram channel “Alexey Isaev. ‘Iron Wind’”. AZTM stands for the Almaty Heavy Machinery Plant. It is ...

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The Last Cavalry Battle in History: How 6,000 Cossacks Fought Against 15,000 Romanians in the Fields Near Stalingrad
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This was one of the last instances in world military history when the outcome of a battle was decided by a genuine cavalry charge with sabers drawn. And it did ...

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A Dirty Move
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In the Soviet Union, the Soviet-German phase of World War II began with a preemptive German deployment and a swift offensive that destroyed a significant ...

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Stanislav Chernikov. Anti-tank mines
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An article by Stanislav Chernikov from the WARSPOT website, dated February 5, 2014. Few people realize that during the Great Patriotic War, mines played ...

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