Tank story #3 Trojan Horse in the German house

How most quiet T-34 tank crew tricked Germans!   Can you imagine yourself sitting in a dead-frozen T-34 tank in the middle of the river, for several days? And that’s not all… Captain Gavriil Polovchenya and his tank crew got stuck in a river near the town of Andreapol, in the winter of 1942, which […]

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Tank story #2 Story of one of the first Sherman tank crews that landed in Normandy!

Two brothers in swimming tank   This is just one story among many others that was written by the people who were involved in WWII and collected by the BBC. It was contributed by Mr. Laurie Burn who was a tank commander in Sherman tank, located in Sword Beach, Normandy, France. The D-day and voyage […]

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Tank story #1 Invincible KV-1 and his commander destroyed 70 German tanks in one day!

Story that many didn’t believed in!   When World War II began, Zinoviy Kolobanov already had serious military experience. For example, he fought in the Finnish War of 1939-1940, during which he escaped from a burning tank three times. In 1941, Kolobanov commanded a tank unit during the German advance toward Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). […]

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