From Orel to Prague. Black Knife Division
In 1942, the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps entered the battle on the Oryol-Kursk Bulge.It is the only corps in the world created with money collected on a voluntary basis.Those who assembled these tanks fought in it.The competition for the right to fight in the corps was 14 people per seat.
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In 1942, the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps entered the battle on the Oryol-Kursk Bulge. It is the only corps in the world created with money collected on a voluntary basis. Those who assembled these tanks fought in it. The competition for the right to fight in the corps was 14 people per seat. In the first battles at Oryol, every third soldier of almost 3,000 Perm soldiers died. Such was the bitter price of the victory. After the Kursk Bulge, Perm tankers took part in the liberation of Lvov, Poland, Berlin, Prague. Who are they, Perm participants of these battles? What did they look like, what did they think and what did they dream about?
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- Release date
- Dec 12, 2020
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- 1h 22m
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- Russian
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