Word: katyusha
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Dates: during 1944-1944
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Voronov's special pride is the secret Katyusha (endearing for Katherine), of which the Russians said, "Where Katyusha strikes, nothing lives." Newsmen guessed: it is a multi-barreled, electrically operated rocket gun, set roughly at a 45° angle. Last week U.S. movie audiences saw newsreels of the capture of Gomel, goggled at shots of Katyusha's rockets, streaking like lightning through clouds of dense smoke...
...Voronov, as for every Russian soldier, the dry whistle of Katyusha's rockets and the booming of the heavy guns were sweet music. To this music, the Red Army this week marched to new triumphs...