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The 'Stalin Organ' arrives in numbers

1st November 1941: The devastating firepower of the Katyusha rocket defies German hopes that the Red Army is nearly a spent force

Nov 01, 2026
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A battery of Katyusha rockets in action.

Despite their extraordinary victories, the vast areas of land they conquered and the unprecedented casualties they inflicted, the German forces in Russia still faced a deadly enemy. The Red Army had not collapsed as expected. Worse, they were introducing frightening new weapons, indicating a desire and capacity to…

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