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The T-34 is considered the best tank of World War II. Not the fastest, not the most accurate, not the most armored, but based on a combination of features, as well as simplicity and mass production, it can rightfully be called the tank of victory. But, with all due respect to its outstanding design for the mid-20th century, it was morally and physically obsolete by the mid-50s. And no attempts to modify it could change this. But why then is the T-34-85 cutting through some deserts, and guys in turbans are shooting from it using a trigger cord? What is happening, when, where are we at all? And we are in Yemen, in the very 21st century, and not even at its beginning, but already in the mid-2010s and 2020s. Boosty – https://boosty.to/akustory VKontakte – https://vk.com/akustory Rutube – https://rutube.ru/channel/29890566/ Telegram – https://t.me/aku_story Zen – https://dzen.ru/akustory 00:00 - How and where did the T-34-85 survive until the 21st century? 00:59 - Civil war in Yemen. 01:58 - History of the occupation of Yemen by Great Britain. Robbery, pirates and natives. The division of Yemen. 05:18 - World War I and the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Independent Yemeni Mutawakkilite Kingdom. Uprising of the Zaidi tribes. 07:34 - World War II. Crisis in the British Empire. The development of Aden. The birth of the revolution. 08:45 - Revolution in North Yemen. Overthrow of the Zaidis. Formation of the Yemen Arab Republic. 11:01 - Revolution in South Yemen. Establishment of the socialist People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. Influence of the USSR. 14:34 - Perestroika in the USSR. Unification of Yemen and the beginning of the civil war. 15:22 - The Houthi uprising. The Arab Spring and the overthrow of the government. The Houthis seize power. 19:29 - Invasion of foreign interventionists in Yemen. The USA, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE burst into the conflict. 20:19 - Everyone is fighting against everyone. 22:19 - Yemen is running out of tanks. The T-34-85 looks like Frankenstein's monster. 24:25 - Other wars of the 20th century involving the T-34-85. Coda.