The strapping young tar pictured above was in no way the personification of the navy he represented, as you will learn after you read the attached article from the late Thirties:
"While strong on land and in the air, [the Soviet Union] is weak on the water. Most Russian ships are World War or pre-War in origin, and many of her best vessels are in the Baltic, facing Germany, or in the Far East, where Japan looms up."
"The five-times divided Red Navy operates four 1911 battleships, seven cruisers, 35 destroyers, between 30 and 60 submarines, 60 gunboats, etc. Total tonnage: 200,000."
Click here to read about a Soviet submarine called the S-13...
Additional magazine and newspaper articles about the Cold War may be read on this page.
