BRUNO GAIDO 1916–1942

Captain Bruno Gaido - during the Battle of Midway, he was a shooter on the aircraft carrier Enterprise. A Japanese damaged bomber was flying straight to the deck, trying to ram. Gaido jumped into the cockpit of the plane standing on the deck and opened fire with a machine gun, shooting down the Japanese a couple of metres from the ship (the enemy's wing only cut off the tail of the American car

u/Dangerous_Drama6843 — 3 days ago

The feat of Soviet pilot Nikolai Gastello was committed on June 26, 1941. His bomber was hit by enemy anti-aircraft missiles. The commander directed the burning car at the column of German equipment. The entire crew died. It became a symbol of self-sacrifice in the Great Patriotic War.

u/Dangerous_Drama6843 — 4 days ago
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Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus tetradrachm: Same region Same nomination but the weight is drastically different why ?

u/Dangerous_Drama6843 — 4 days ago

The Siberian Khanate (what happened before Russian empire)

The Siberian Khanate is a feudal state of Siberian Tatars in Western Siberia, which emerged at the end of the 15th century after the collapse of the Golden Horde. The main cities of the state were Chimgi-Tura, and later Kashlyk (Isker). The Khanate ceased to exist at the end of the 16th century after Yermak's campaigns

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