Key Point: The KV tank is a curiosity. In 1941, it was physically tougher than any tank the Germans could throw at it. But it failed to inflict decisive damage during those brutal early months. A day ...
A day after the German blitzkrieg into the Soviet Union in June 1941, more than 200 Nazi tanks were powering through Lithuania on a race northward to Leningrad. The Luftwaffe knocked out the Soviets’ ...