And here the protagonists were the tanks. Manchuria, China. Locals greet Soviet liberators after Japan’s surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, ending World War II in the Pacific. Source: Alexander ...

Russians hit back at Western historians over huge Soviet tank losses in the Battle of Kursk in WW2. ... Kursk WW2: Why Russia is still fighting world's biggest tank battle. 12 July 2019.

The tanks are T-55s, a model first commissioned by the Soviet Union’s Red Army in 1948, shortly after the end of World War II. They’re so old, you can find them in museums.