Captain Gunther Hermann – Commander of U-Boat 606 (which saw extensive deployment and action in and around the North Atlantic Theatre during WWII) – has
Tag: 1943
USSR: Why the Soviets Fought so Hard to Hold Stalingrad (1942)
There is a crisis of credibility in the West regarding the deficient manner in which Soviet history is treated. This is because the history of
Tehran: Stalin Tells a Joke – and Churchill ‘Lies’ (28.11.1943)
Churchill originally stated that he thought all Nazi German (and Axis) War Criminals should be ‘shot’ as quickly and as quietly as possible at the
Soviet Red Army Collar & Sleeve Rank Insignia (1941-1943)
Translator’s Note: The Soviet Red Army experimented with elected officers (chosen by the men serving as ordinary soldiers), that changed regularly – with no formal
Docter Who Fan-Fiction: Davros Meets Stalin (1943)
Davros – and a small detachment of Daleks – crash-land in Nazi Germany on the eve of Hitler’s invasion of the USSR. After being captured and
USSR: When England’s King George VI Commissioned the “1943” Stalingrad Sword of Honour! (17.6.20219)
The Stalingrad Sword of Honour is a gem-encrusted ceremonial sword commissioned by King George VI of England, intended as a symbol of the British people’s respect – paying tribute to the defenders of the key Soviet city during the Battle of Stalingrad. During the Tehran Conference on November 29th, 1943, in the presence of President Franklin Roosevelt and the Soviet Honour Guard, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill handed the Sword of Stalingrad to Marshal Joseph Stalin in an afternoon ceremony. The original sword was displayed in the Battle of Stalingrad Museum in Volgograd. During the Cold War it temporarily returned to the UK for at least three exhibitions.
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