How it was №1 04.05.2001 (2001)

The program tells about the participation of Soviet pilots in the American-Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953. The USSR refused to have Soviet troops participate in the conflict between North and South Korea, so the information was classified for a long time.

Video chronicle: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gives a speech in the American city of Fulton, Missouri.

Meeting of the Allied forces of the anti-Hitler coalition on the banks of the Elbe River.

A meeting of the UN session after the outbreak of hostilities in Korea.

US President Harry Truman descends from an airplane.

Presents an order to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur at a US Air Force base.

A US Navy ship.

A graphic map showing the 38th parallel.

Viktor Monakhov, a participant in the very first air battle with American aviation in the skies over Korea, shares his memories and talks about the events of 1950. Pilots say that they wore Chinese military uniforms; They talk about how they communicated with Korean and Chinese soldiers without knowing their languages.

Video footage: The head of the Soviet state Joseph Stalin on the Mausoleum tribune with Georgy Malenkov and Lavrentiy Beria.

Unloading Soviet military equipment at the port.

Military operations in Korea.

South Korean President Lee Syngman meets with American soldiers at the airport.

Sergei Kramarenko tells how American soldiers almost kidnapped a Soviet aircraft mechanic.

Participants in military events reveal details of the conduct of combat operations, tell the story of when a downed American plane was delivered to the Soviet Union for its technical study.

Sergei Kramarenko was shot down in one of the battles.

During his ejection, he was targeted by an American fighter (although Soviet pilots were forbidden to shoot parachutists).

Video footage: US President Harry Truman.

His successor, US President Dwight Eisenhower, speaks to the press.

Military planes, ships.

The funeral of Joseph Stalin.

The Trud newspaper with his portrait on the main page.

North Korean leader Kim Il Sung on the podium.

South Korean President Lee Syngman greets American soldiers.

Alexander Levin talks about the spread of the spy network in North Korea.

How spies were tracked down in Kim Il Sung's headquarters.

Video chronicle: Aviation.

Fire after air raids.

Prisoners of war.

According to official statistics, the Soviet side lost 315 soldiers.

Jan Kanov disagrees, saying that this figure is much higher.

They were all buried in foreign lands, under fictitious names.