"For fear"
During the retreat of the Soviet troops in 1941, one of the KV-1 tanks (Klim Voroshilov) stalled. The crew did not dare to abandon the car - they remained in place. Soon German tanks approached and began shooting at Voroshilov. They shot all the ammunition, but only scratched the armor. Then the Nazis, with the help of two T-IIIs, decided to tow the Soviet tank to their unit.
Suddenly the KV-1 engine started up, and our tankers, without thinking twice, set off towards their own, dragging two enemy tanks in tow. The German tank crews managed to jump out, but both vehicles were successfully delivered to the front line.
During the defense of Odessa, twenty tanks converted from ordinary tractors lined with armor were thrown against the Romanian units. The Romanians knew nothing about this and thought that these were some of the latest impenetrable tank models. As a result, panic began among the Romanian soldiers and they began to retreat. Subsequently, such “transformer” tractors were nicknamed “NI-1,” which meant “to be frightened.”
Bees against the Nazis
Non-standard moves often helped defeat the enemy. At the very beginning of the war, during the battles near Smolensk, one Soviet platoon found itself not far from a village where there were honey apiaries. A few hours later, German infantry entered the village. Since there were much more Germans than Red Army soldiers, they retreated towards the forest. There seemed to be no hope of escape. But then one of our soldiers came up with a brilliant idea: he began to turn over the hives with bees. The angry insects were forced to fly out and began to circle over the meadow. As soon as the Nazis approached, the swarm attacked them. From numerous bites, the Germans screamed and rolled on the ground, while the Soviet soldiers retreated to a safe place.
Heroes with an ax
There were amazing cases when one Soviet soldier managed to survive against an entire German unit.
So, on July 13, 1941, private machine gun company Dmitry Ovcharenko was riding on a cart with ammunition. Suddenly he saw that a German detachment was moving straight towards him: fifty machine gunners, two officers and a truck with a motorcycle.
The Soviet soldier was ordered to surrender and taken to one of the officers for questioning. But Ovcharenko suddenly grabbed an ax lying nearby and cut off the fascist’s head. While the Germans were recovering from the shock, Dmitry grabbed grenades that belonged to the killed German and began throwing them into the truck. After that, instead of running, he took advantage of the confusion and began swinging his ax right and left. Those around him fled in horror.
And Ovcharenko also set off after the second officer and also managed to cut off his head. Left alone on the “battlefield,” he collected all the weapons and papers available there, did not forget to grab the officer’s tablets with secret documents and maps of the area, and delivered it all to headquarters. The command believed his amazing story only after seeing the scene of the incident with their own eyes. For his feat, Dmitry Ovcharenko was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
There was another interesting episode. In August 1941, the unit where Red Army soldier Ivan Sereda served was stationed not far from Daugavpils. Somehow Sereda remained on duty in the field kitchen. Suddenly he heard characteristic sounds and saw an approaching German tank. The soldier had only an unloaded rifle and an ax with him. We could only rely on our own ingenuity and luck. The Red Army soldier hid behind a tree and began to watch the tank.
Of course, the Germans soon noticed a field kitchen deployed in the clearing and stopped the tank. As soon as they got out of the car, the cook jumped out from behind a tree and rushed towards the Nazis, waving weapons - a rifle and an ax - with a menacing look. This attack scared the Nazis so much that they immediately jumped back. Apparently, they decided that there was another whole company of Soviet soldiers nearby.
Meanwhile, Ivan climbed onto the enemy tank and began hitting the roof with an ax. The Germans tried to fire back with a machine gun, but Sereda simply hit the muzzle of the machine gun with the same ax, and it bent. In addition, he began shouting loudly, allegedly calling for reinforcements. This led to the enemies surrendering, getting out of the tank and, at rifle point, obediently heading towards the direction where Sereda’s comrades were at that time. So the Nazis were captured.
There are legends about the ingenuity of Russian soldiers. It manifested itself especially clearly during the harsh years of the Great Patriotic War.
"For fear"
During the retreat of the Soviet troops in 1941, one of the KV-1 tanks (Klim Voroshilov) stalled. The crew did not dare to abandon the car - they remained in place. Soon German tanks approached and began shooting at Voroshilov. They shot all the ammunition, but only scratched the armor. Then the Nazis, with the help of two T-IIIs, decided to tow the Soviet tank to their unit. Suddenly the KV-1 engine started up, and our tankers, without thinking twice, set off towards their own, dragging two enemy tanks in tow. The German tank crews managed to jump out, but both vehicles were successfully delivered to the front line.
During the defense of Odessa, twenty tanks converted from ordinary tractors lined with armor were thrown against the Romanian units. The Romanians knew nothing about this and thought that these were some of the latest impenetrable tank models. As a result, panic began among the Romanian soldiers and they began to retreat. Subsequently, such “transformer” tractors were nicknamed “NI-1,” which meant “to be frightened.”
Bees against the Nazis
Non-standard moves often helped defeat the enemy. At the very beginning of the war, during the battles near Smolensk, one Soviet platoon found itself not far from a village where there were honey apiaries. A few hours later, German infantry entered the village. Since there were much more Germans than Red Army soldiers, they retreated towards the forest. There seemed to be no hope of escape. But then one of our soldiers came up with a brilliant idea: he began to turn over the hives with bees. The angry insects were forced to fly out and began to circle over the meadow. As soon as the Nazis approached, the swarm attacked them. From numerous bites, the Germans screamed and rolled on the ground, while the Soviet soldiers retreated to a safe place.
Heroes with an ax
There were amazing cases when one Soviet soldier managed to survive against an entire German unit. So, on July 13, 1941, private machine gun company Dmitry Ovcharenko was riding on a cart with ammunition. Suddenly he saw that a German detachment was moving straight towards him: fifty machine gunners, two officers and a truck with a motorcycle. The Soviet soldier was ordered to surrender and taken to one of the officers for questioning. But Ovcharenko suddenly grabbed an ax lying nearby and cut off the fascist’s head. While the Germans were recovering from the shock, Dmitry grabbed grenades that belonged to the killed German and began throwing them into the truck. After that, instead of running, he took advantage of the confusion and began swinging his ax right and left. Those around him fled in horror. And Ovcharenko also set off after the second officer and also managed to cut off his head. Left alone on the “battlefield,” he collected all the weapons and papers available there, did not forget to grab the officer’s tablets with secret documents and maps of the area, and delivered it all to headquarters. The command believed his amazing story only after seeing the scene of the incident with their own eyes. For his feat, Dmitry Ovcharenko was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
There was another interesting episode. In August 1941, the unit where Red Army soldier Ivan Sereda served was stationed not far from Daugavpils. Somehow Sereda remained on duty in the field kitchen. Suddenly he heard characteristic sounds and saw an approaching German tank. The soldier had only an unloaded rifle and an ax with him. We could only rely on our own ingenuity and luck. The Red Army soldier hid behind a tree and began to watch the tank. Of course, the Germans soon noticed a field kitchen deployed in the clearing and stopped the tank. As soon as they got out of the car, the cook jumped out from behind a tree and rushed towards the fascists, waving weapons - a rifle and an ax - with a menacing look. This attack scared the Nazis so much that they immediately jumped back. Apparently, they decided that there was another whole company of Soviet soldiers nearby.
Meanwhile, Ivan climbed onto the enemy tank and began hitting the roof with an ax. The Germans tried to fire back with a machine gun, but Sereda simply hit the muzzle of the machine gun with the same ax, and it bent. In addition, he began shouting loudly, allegedly calling for reinforcements. This led to the enemies surrendering, getting out of the tank and, at rifle point, obediently heading towards the direction where Sereda’s comrades were at that time. So the Nazis were captured.
There were amazing cases when one Soviet soldier managed to survive against an entire German unit.
So, on July 13, 1941, private machine gun company Dmitry Ovcharenko was riding on a cart with ammunition. Suddenly he saw that a German detachment was moving straight towards him: fifty machine gunners, two officers and a truck with a motorcycle.
The Soviet soldier was ordered to surrender and taken to one of the officers for questioning. But Ovcharenko suddenly grabbed an ax lying nearby and cut off the fascist’s head. While the Germans were recovering from the shock, Dmitry grabbed grenades that belonged to the killed German and began throwing them into the truck. After that, instead of running, he took advantage of the confusion and began swinging his ax right and left. Those around him fled in horror. And Ovcharenko also set off after the second officer and also managed to cut off his head. Left alone on the “battlefield”, he collected all the weapons and papers available there, and did not forget to grab the officer’s tablets with
secret documents and maps of the area and delivered it all to headquarters. The command believed his amazing story only after seeing the scene of the incident with their own eyes. For his feat, Dmitry Ovcharenko was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
There was another interesting episode. In August 1941, the unit where Red Army soldier Ivan Sereda served was stationed not far from Daugavpils. Somehow Sereda remained on duty in the field kitchen. Suddenly he heard characteristic sounds and saw an approaching German tank. The soldier had only an unloaded rifle and an ax with him. We could only rely on our own ingenuity and luck. The Red Army soldier hid behind a tree and began to watch the tank.
Of course, the Germans soon noticed a field kitchen deployed in the clearing and stopped the tank. As soon as they got out of the car, the cook jumped out from behind a tree and rushed towards the fascists, waving weapons - a rifle and an ax - with a menacing look. This attack scared the Nazis so much that they immediately jumped back. Apparently, they decided that there was another whole company of Soviet soldiers nearby.
Meanwhile, Ivan climbed onto the enemy tank and began hitting the roof with an ax. The Germans tried to fire back with a machine gun, but Sereda simply hit the muzzle of the machine gun with the same ax, and it bent. In addition, he began shouting loudly, allegedly calling for reinforcements. This led to the enemies surrendering, getting out of the tank and, at rifle point, obediently heading towards the direction where Sereda’s comrades were at that time. So the Nazis were captured.
There are various legends about the ingenuity of Russian soldiers. It manifested itself especially clearly during the harsh years of the Great Patriotic War.
"For fear"
During the retreat of the Soviet troops in 1941, one of the KV-1 tanks (Klim Voroshilov) stalled. The crew did not dare to abandon the car - they remained in place. Soon German tanks approached and began shooting at Voroshilov. They shot all the ammunition, but only scratched the armor.
Then the Nazis, with the help of two T-IIIs, decided to tow the Soviet tank to their unit. Suddenly the KV-1 engine started up, and our tankers, without thinking twice, set off towards their own, dragging two enemy tanks in tow. The German tank crews managed to jump out, but both vehicles were successfully delivered to the front line. During the defense of Odessa, twenty tanks converted from ordinary tractors lined with armor were thrown against the Romanian units. The Romanians knew nothing about this and thought that these were some of the latest impenetrable tank models.
As a result, panic began among the Romanian soldiers and they began to retreat. Subsequently, such “transformer” tractors were nicknamed “NI-1,” which meant “to be frightened.”
Bees against the Nazis
Non-standard moves often helped defeat the enemy. At the very beginning of the war, during the battles near Smolensk, one Soviet platoon found itself not far from a village where there were honey apiaries. A few hours later, German infantry entered the village. Since there were much more Germans than Red Army soldiers, they retreated towards the forest.
There seemed to be no hope of escape. But then one of our soldiers came up with a brilliant idea: he began to turn over the hives with bees. The angry insects were forced to fly out and began to circle over the meadow. As soon as the Nazis approached, the swarm attacked them. From numerous bites, the Germans screamed and rolled on the ground, while the Soviet soldiers retreated to a safe place.
Heroes with an ax
There were amazing cases when one Soviet soldier managed to survive against an entire German unit. So, on July 13, 1941, private machine gun company Dmitry Ovcharenko was riding on a cart with ammunition. Suddenly he saw that a German detachment was moving straight towards him: fifty machine gunners, two officers and a truck with a motorcycle. The Soviet soldier was ordered to surrender and taken to one of the officers for questioning. But Ovcharenko suddenly grabbed an ax lying nearby and cut off the fascist’s head.
While the Germans were recovering from the shock, Dmitry grabbed grenades that belonged to the killed German and began throwing them into the truck. After that, instead of running, he took advantage of the confusion and began swinging his ax right and left. Those around him fled in horror.
And Ovcharenko also set off after the second officer and also managed to cut off his head. Left alone on the “battlefield,” he collected all the weapons and papers available there, did not forget to grab the officer’s tablets with secret documents and maps of the area, and delivered it all to headquarters. The command believed his amazing story only after seeing the scene of the incident with their own eyes. For his feat, Dmitry Ovcharenko was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. There was another interesting episode.
In August 1941, the unit where Red Army soldier Ivan Sereda served was stationed not far from Daugavpils. Somehow Sereda remained on duty in the field kitchen. Suddenly he heard characteristic sounds and saw an approaching German tank. The soldier had only an unloaded rifle and an ax with him. We could only rely on our own ingenuity and luck.
The Red Army soldier hid behind a tree and began to watch the tank. Of course, the Germans soon noticed a field kitchen deployed in the clearing and stopped the tank. As soon as they got out of the car, the cook jumped out from behind a tree and rushed towards the fascists, waving weapons - a rifle and an ax - with a menacing look. This attack scared the Nazis so much that they immediately jumped back.
Apparently, they decided that there was another whole company of Soviet soldiers nearby. Meanwhile, Ivan climbed onto the enemy tank and began hitting the roof with an ax. The Germans tried to fire back with a machine gun, but Sereda simply hit the muzzle of the machine gun with the same ax, and it bent. In addition, he began shouting loudly, allegedly calling for reinforcements.
This led to the enemies surrendering, getting out of the tank and, at rifle point, obediently heading towards the direction where Sereda’s comrades were at that time.
So the Nazis were captured.
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There are legends about the ingenuity of Russian soldiers. It manifested itself especially clearly during the harsh years of the Great Patriotic War. “Frightened” During the retreat of the Soviet troops in 1941, one of the KV-1 tanks (Klim Voroshilov) stalled. The crew did not dare to abandon the car - they remained in place. Soon German tanks approached and began shooting at Voroshilov. They shot all the ammunition, but only scratched the armor. Then the Nazis, with the help of two T-IIIs, decided to tow the Soviet tank to their unit. Suddenly the KV-1 engine started up, and our tankers, without thinking twice, set off towards their own, dragging two enemy tanks in tow. The German tank crews managed to jump out, but both vehicles were successfully delivered to the front line. During the defense of Odessa, twenty tanks converted from ordinary tractors lined with armor were thrown against the Romanian units. The Romanians knew nothing about this and thought that these were some of the latest impenetrable tank models. As a result, panic began among the Romanian soldiers and they began to retreat. Subsequently, such “transformer” tractors were nicknamed “NI-1,” which meant “to be frightened.” Bees against the Nazis Non-standard moves often helped defeat the enemy. At the very beginning of the war, during the battles near Smolensk, one Soviet platoon found itself not far from a village where there were honey apiaries. A few hours later, German infantry entered the village. Since there were much more Germans than Red Army soldiers, they retreated towards the forest. There seemed to be no hope of escape. But then one of our soldiers came up with a brilliant idea: he began to turn over the hives with bees. The angry insects were forced to fly out and began to circle over the meadow. As soon as the Nazis approached, the swarm attacked them. From numerous bites, the Germans screamed and rolled on the ground, while the Soviet soldiers retreated to a safe place. Heroes with an ax There were amazing cases when one Soviet soldier managed to survive against an entire German unit. So, on July 13, 1941, private machine gun company Dmitry Ovcharenko was riding on a cart with ammunition. Suddenly he saw that a German detachment was moving straight towards him: fifty machine gunners, two officers and a truck with a motorcycle. The Soviet soldier was ordered to surrender and taken to one of the officers for questioning. But Ovcharenko suddenly grabbed an ax lying nearby and cut off the fascist’s head. While the Germans were recovering from the shock, Dmitry grabbed grenades that belonged to the killed German and began throwing them into the truck. After that, instead of running, he took advantage of the confusion and began swinging his ax right and left. Those around him fled in horror. And Ovcharenko also set off after the second officer and also managed to cut off his head. Left alone on the “battlefield,” he collected all the weapons and papers available there, did not forget to grab the officer’s tablets with secret documents and maps of the area, and delivered it all to headquarters. The command believed his amazing story only after seeing the scene of the incident with their own eyes. For his feat, Dmitry Ovcharenko was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. There was another interesting episode. In August 1941, the unit where Red Army soldier Ivan Sereda served was stationed not far from Daugavpils. Somehow Sereda remained on duty in the field kitchen. Suddenly he heard characteristic sounds and saw an approaching German tank. The soldier had only an unloaded rifle and an ax with him. We could only rely on our own ingenuity and luck. The Red Army soldier hid behind a tree and began to watch the tank. Of course, the Germans soon noticed a field kitchen deployed in the clearing and stopped the tank. As soon as they got out of the car, the cook jumped out from behind a tree and rushed towards the fascists, waving weapons - a rifle and an ax - with a menacing look. This attack scared the Nazis so much that they immediately jumped back. Apparently, they decided that there was another whole company of Soviet soldiers nearby. Soldier's wits