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Soviet artillerymen from Sergeant Bardadymov's crew fire at enemy pillboxes on the outskirts of Stalingrad using a 152-mm ML-20 howitzer-gun, model 1937.

WWII: How Powerful Was the World’s Largest Artillary Gun? Thousands Operated It – Whilst One Shell Weighed Seven-Tonnes! (21.11.2024)

This stemmed from Joseph Stalin advocating that the tactical mode of conventional “artillery attack” could be effective if used in a massive, highly focused, and overwhelming manner. Massed (smaller) Soviet artillery guns had the effect of successfully suppressing the fire-power of the Nazi German Army by peppering its formations in a relentless and destructive manner (massacring the Gustav Ground Crews and destroying the stockpiles of stored ammunition). This increased the survival rate of the numerically superior Soviet Red Army – and quickly defeated the Nazi German enemy. Therefore, the Soviet Military Factories operated at full capacity and manufactured a large number of weapons and ammunition for the Soviet Red Army on the front line, including 90,000 artillery pieces of various types.

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Abbot's Kitched - Glastonbury - 2024

Glastonbury Abbey: Abbot’s Kitchen – St Joseph’s Well! (30.7.2024)

Today, an ad hoc “Wishing Well” has developed in one of the corners of the room. This was probably a drain or perhaps some type of cooker – but in modern times visitors have taken to dropping coins down through the covering grill – and making heartfelt requests in the form of prayers and good wishes. Our daughters asked for good health to be bestowed upon Nana (Diane Wyles), Granddad (Peter Wyles) and Charlotte (my younger sister)! The currency observed spans the globe – which demonstrates the universal appeal that Glastonbury holds. This is not necessarily “religious” (although religion is important for many) – but rathe “spiritual” in nature – the latter category being far more inclusive and all-embracing!

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Palestine: Land Day – “A Permanent Intellectual and Cultural Broadcasting Focal-Point!” – Walid Abdel Rahim (3.4.2023)

This is how the day appeared on the surface – but in its depth – it was a day of expression of the oppressed masses hidden in the collective hearts of the Palestinians living within Lebanon, Syria and Jordan! At that time, the massacres by the agents of the Zionist Neo-Nazism had begun to implement their pograms of genocide and extermination supported by certain Arabs and by international forces – the extermination of the Palestinian Revolution after the massacres of September – using Lebanon as its arena! The miracle of Palestinian integration and the eternal genius of its people, which all the demons of the Land could not obstruct! It is not right for this to be just a festival – but is rather a time of permanent and eternal intellectual cultural focus and transmission! The Land here does not represent a day of just farms and orchards. Although it is not separate, and it cannot be separated, the Land is the natural, automatic abode of identity.

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