1774. Исаев А.В.: Подвиги советских танкистов в Литве в июне 1941 года

Issue 1774. 07/08/2026. "The exploits of Soviet tank crews in Lithuania in June 1941." How American interrogations of captured Germans allowed us to find out the truth about the exploits of our tank crews near Raiseiniai in June 1941, how the division commander of the 48th SD of the Red Army Bogdanov treacherously surrendered to the Germans, how Soviet tank crews were afraid to fire from the newest KV-2, how Manstein hid under the bushes at the sight of the Soviet 2nd Tank Division of Yegor Nikolaevich Solyankin, how the Germans assembled a striking force of 60 thousand people against our 10 thousand soldiers, about the clash of several hundred Soviet and German tanks near the town of Raiseiniai, why the Germans shouted "All is lost!", about the battle of heavy KV-1 with panicking Germans, about the radio communication of Soviet tanks, how professionally the "Raiseiniai KV-1" maneuvered and fought, how the soldiers of the 2nd Tank Division went to break through the ranks of the most powerful tank division of the Wehrmacht, what significance did The Red Army's expansion of a tank corps into a single tank division—watch and listen to the latest episode of the "Commanders of the Great Patriotic War. The Fates of Heroes" series. Our guest at the Russian Radio University is Alexey Valerievich Isaev, PhD in History and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Military History of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The episode premiered on July 8, 2026.