This curious photograph, which you are now seeing, shows the moment of the capture of Jakob Nacken, the tallest Wehrmacht soldier at 2 meters 21 centimeters, by Canadian Corporal Bob Roberts, who was 1 meter 60 centimeters tall. The situation looked quite funny: a huge, bewildered Wehrmacht Ober-Efreier and a small Canadian corporal searching him.

Betrayal is an integral part of our life, it is always terrible and very difficult to survive, especially on the scale of an entire country. Throughout the history of the USSR there were many brave and courageous people who were not afraid to give their lives for the common cause, but there is no escape from traitors. In this article you will learn about the five main traitors in the history of the USSR, in my opinion, you can leave the names of your ‘heroes’ in the comments.

Historians still argue about the figure of hetman Ivan Mazepa. Some consider him a ‘professional traitor’, others argue that he could not do otherwise, as he was Ukrainian to the core and Ukraine was always more native to him than Russia.

A veteran of the First World War, an excellent pilot, the second face of the state and a complete morphinist. Contrary to expectations, Hermann got hooked on the needle not on the fields of the first grandfather, but after the Veltkrieg. Goering was one of the main participants of the beer putsch on 9 November 1923. This putsch, as we know, ended unsuccessfully. Largely due to the marksmanship of the police, who stood in the way of the putschists in Berlin.