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3 unusual facts about Aleksandra Samusenko


Aleksandra Samusenko

Samusenko died from wounds in the German village Zülzefirz (70 km from Berlin), during the East Pomeranian Offensive, and according to World War II veteran Pyotr Demidov, under the caterpillar tracks of a tank, which did not notice the accompanying people in the darkness.

My Balandin's submachine gunner Kolka... approached her and says: "... I saw you already under Huesca... ¡No pasarán!" And she replies: "I don't remember you" ...

Beyrle (who was only American soldier known to have served with both the United States Army and the Soviet Army in World War II) was eventually able to persuade her to allow him to fight alongside the unit on its way to Berlin, thus beginning a month-long stint in a Soviet tank battalion, where his demolitions expertise was appreciated.



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