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Why a Soviet bomber really did carry a tank of vodka

It sounds like a myth, but it was a real feature of one of the Soviet Union’s earliest supersonic bombers. Designed at the ...
During World War II, Finland captured multiple Soviet Ilyushin DB-3 bombers and put them back into service. These aircraft were repaired, modified, and integrated into Finnish operations despite ...
Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a critical supply line that helped defeat Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.