Marines «Schwarze tod» («Black Death")

In full fighting qualities Marines appeared in the winter 1941/42 th, when four separate marine brigade extinguished the Pacific Fleet the German "Typhoon" near Moscow. It was here that the Nazis called the Marines «Schwarze tod» («Black Death") - for black jackets and fearlessness.

Common orderly 96th Cavalry Regiment, posing after the first wounded Sergeant Yevdokim blockages, won over almost a year in the sixth Airborne Brigade, later becoming commander razvedotdeleniya. Deception was revealed after the second injury, after which, now Lieutenant Evdokia debris, was the only woman in the second world just 17 years he commanded a platoon of Marines on the front lines. A little later earned the nickname "Frau black commissioner" or "Frau black death" for daring raids against the Nazis during the storming of Sevastopol and Sapun Mountain.

And in February 1945, entering with his platoon through the sewer to the headquarters of Miklos Horthy in Budapest, he has captivated the German General Pfeffer-Vildenbruha with his staff.



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