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Let me share with you a vision of the future which offers hope. It is that we embark on a program to counter the awesome Soviet missile threat with measures that are defensive. Let us turn to the very strengths in technology that spawned our great industrial base and that have given us the quality of life we enjoy today.
German half-track that saw widespread use in World War II. Its main role was as a prime mover for medium towed guns ranging from the 3.7 cm FlaK 43 anti-aircraft gun up to the 10.5 cm leFH 18 field howitzer. It could carry eight troops in addition to towing a gun or trailer.
The VYa-23 cannon was mounted on Il-2 and Il-10 ground attack aircraft, on LaGG-3 and Yak-9 fighter aircraft, and on the experimental Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS long range fighter aircraft.
In spite of the large round, the VYa-23 proved to be a disappointment in its intended anti-tank role. Light German tanks could be defeated from the side or rear only, with front armor of all tanks impervious. Medium tanks could be defeated if hit into the top of the turret or the engine compartment from under 400 m (1,300 ft) in a greater than 40-degree dive—a very difficult maneuver in Il-2 even under the most ideal conditions compounded by the difficulty of aiming at a small target.
1. Identifying the Causes of War In the first place, in the search for the causes of the Iraq war, the US attempts to demonstrate political and military power by overthrowing the Taliban government in Afghanistan and then overthrowing Saddam Hussein from Iraq. The impetus for these two military operations ( Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom ) was the terrorist attacks carried out under the leadership of the al-Qaeda terrorist group on September 11, 2001. Jan Hallenberg and Håkan Karlsson explained why Iraq was chosen as the second target of the invasion by hated ”Saddam's regime has been in the US interest for a long time, but it was not until the 9/11 attacks that it was possible. In addition, the invasion of Iraq provided another opportunity to demonstrate American strength and readiness to defend its dominant position in the international system.
2. The security causes of the war in Iraq The 9/11 attacks have shown that no country is inviolable, and that a superpower like the United States is no exception. By exposing their vulnerability, the image of a strong state capable of protecting its people from danger was also distorted. There was a situation where Americans began to wonder why they had been hit by the "Black September" tragedy and the state and government had an answer. It was necessary to show the world that although the US terrorist attacks hit hard, the country was ready to face enemies and able to defend the security of the American people, and the response to the attacks was to demonstrate American strength, willingness to go to war, and intimidation of other potential enemies.
3. Political Causes of the War in Iraq The victory of both the Cold War and the Gulf War evoked a sense of unwavering security in American society, when any threat to the American national interest or the American population itself seemed almost impossible. It was not until the tragedy of 9/11 that this illusion of absolute security was broken. The loss of that certainty brought about by America's past successes in foreign policy has allowed the New Approach to the Middle East to come to the forefront, where it could hardly get earlier due to a lack of public support.
A general in the US Army, a veteran of two world wars and a man who helped birth the modern Chinese army during World War II.
George I. was king of Greece from 1863 to 1913. He was the great-grandfather of the British King Charles III and reigned the longest in modern Greek history. During his reign, he made numerous territorial gains and generally elevated Greece in international politics before World War I.
Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. Many actual or suspected communists were among the first internees. Prisoners came from all over Europe and the Soviet Union — Jews, Poles and other Slavs, the mentally ill and physically disabled, political prisoners, Romani people, Freemasons, and prisoners of war. There were also ordinary criminals and sexual "deviants".
The story of the tank destroyer, which was an evolution of the pre-war Czechoslovak light tank LT vz. 38 and served until the 1970s.
Soviet selective fire machine pistol chambered in 9×18mm Makarov and 9×19mm Parabellum introduced into service in 1951 for use with artillery and mortar crews, tank crews and aircraft personnel, where a cumbersome assault rifle was deemed unnecessary. Seeing service in a number of wars such as the Vietnam War, Russo-Ukrainian War and Syrian Civil War. The APS was praised for its innovative concept and good controllability for its size.
Czechoslovak communist politician and statesman. He was a member of the National Assembly from 1929, and after the Second World War he first served as Prime Minister in his first and second governments. Four months after the Communists took power in 1948, he was elected President of Czechoslovakia, a position he held until his death. Although he initially opposed political trials, he was unable to resist Soviet pressure and was directly responsible for the deaths of dozens of his opponents, collaborators and innocent people (including Milada Horáková).
One of the candidates for a new light assault vehicle for the Czech army is the modified Arquus SABRE type, which is offered by the state enterprise Military Technical Institute under the name LEV.
Recently, I got my hands on a wonderful publication by Mrs. Marcela Jurasová, "I v nebi může být Peklo" (Even in Heaven There Can Be Hell), in which, on the basis of archival sources, family archives and memories of relatives, she recalled the fate of her grandfather, Mr. Bohumír Pekl, among others, a veteran of the fighting on the Western Front during World War II. The booklet, unfortunately printed only for the family, contains not only the text but also many unpublished photographs and copies of documents.
Highly decorated Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and group captain during the Second World War, and a philanthropist. Among the honours Cheshire received as a pilot was the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the youngest group captain in the RAF and one of the most highly decorated pilots of the war.
Kharkov. Ukraine's second largest city, an industrial center and a major transport hub. During World War II, it became four times the site of heavy fighting between German and Soviet troops. In October 1941, it was conquered by the German 6th Army. The Soviet attempt to conquer the city in May 1942 was repulsed by the Germans. Less than a year later, in the early spring of 1943, the Red Army gained Kharkov and soon lost it again. During this, the third battle of Kharkov, the 1st Czechoslovak Field Battalion underwent its combat baptism. The city definitely passed into Soviet hands in August 1943.
The final part of the series about the first combat performance of the Czechoslovak troops on the Eastern Front deals with the issue of Czechoslovak soldiers captured in Sokolov.
Czechoslovak soldiers were ordinary people, as in all armies. There were heroes, there were cowards. Both the former and the latter are part of the complete history of the deployment of the 1st Field Battalion at Sokolov, and there is no point in saying that the latter category did not exist. Yet it cannot be overlooked that there were only a few cowards, while those who did not leave their battle stations were much, much more numerous...
The battle of Sokolov was over, but the recovery of the battalion was not a simple task...
After fierce fighting at Sokolov, the Czechoslovak battalion was threatened with encirclement. Therefore, he was ordered to retreat, during which, however, there was no shortage of dramatic moments...
