Translation of a Declassified Top Secret NKVD intelligence report provides insight into the mood of the Nazis and their Italian, Austrian, and Romanian allies, and explores the lack of desire to fight, especially given the approach of winter and a potential Red Army return.
Soviet Intelligence Report: Germans in Stalingrad on the Eve of the 1942 Red Army Counteroffensive
Knowledge of the morale and physical state of the enemy army has always been of significant interest in planning defensive and offensive operations. In this regard, intelligence services constantly…
This one took me a second or two. Getting old.
By the jug.
There may be a bit of truth to this.
1941: Stalin issues his 'scorched earth' order, instructing the Red Army to destroy every Soviet village and settlement in a 60 km path, 40-60 km wide, in order to root out frozen Nazis. But there are bogus versions floating around; we set the issue straight.
Stalin’s 1941 Scorched Earth Order: Separating Myth from Fact
Every year or so, additional questions and claims appear on the Internet regarding the so-called 'Scorched Earth Order' signed by Josef Stalin and Boris Shaposhnikov, on behalf of the Headquarters (Stavka / Ставка) of the Supreme High…
Secret report: At a loss in dealing with an out-of-control 120-meter tall flame from an Uzbek gas well fire, burning for more than 1000 days, Soviet engineers devise a way to seal the well with a massive nuclear warhead.
1966: Soviets Detonate 30-Kiloton Nuclear Charge to Extinguish Out-of-Control Gas Fire
On December 1, 1963, Well No. 11 hit a high-pressure (300 atmospheres) gas formation, destroying the wellhead and igniting a massive, seemingly unquenchable fire. Unquenchable, that is, using traditional…
Now declassified! 1935: The Soviets make a bid to purchase US Navy weapon production facility in the heart of West Virginia, US seems to have no problem with that.
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1935: USSR and US Negotiate the Sale of the US Naval Ordnance Factory in West Virginia to the Soviets
Throughout the 1930s, the Soviet Union expressed tremendous interest in procuring advanced weapons (and the means to produce the same) from a number of countries, not least of which was the United…