1722. Исаев А.В.: Манёвренная война генерала Ахлюстина. Максимум невозможного

Episode 1722. April 15, 2022. "General Akhlyustin's War of Maneuverability. The Impossible." About the German attack of two tank groups on the Western Front on June 22, 1941, the German breakthrough from Brest and the encirclement of our units near Minsk, the cavalry experience of General P.N. Akhlyustin, commander of the 13th Mechanized Corps, how Akhlyustin's group cut through the advancing German lines, the chaos of command and staff crisis among German units, Akhlyustin's "chain reaction" and the rescue of our units breaking through the Bialystok Salient, how Akhlyustin's group traveled 500 km while breaking out of encirclement, and how the group's tankers fought on obsolete T-26 tanks—watch and listen to the next episode in the "Commanders of the Great Patriotic War. The Fates of Heroes" series. Alexey Valerievich Isaev, PhD in history and senior researcher at the Institute of Military History of the Russian Ministry of Defense, is a guest at the Russian Radio University. The episode premiered on April 15, 2026.