The Cook Who Destroyed a Tank with an Ax

It was the summer of 1940, and against all common sense, Hitler opened a war of two fronts. The Red Army soldiers were surprised but not entirely taken off guard, for they were in position along an impossibly long frontline. However, many dispersed units learned of the incoming enemy invasion a little too late.

One day, as his comrades risked their lives on a nearby battlefield, Soviet army cook Ivan Pavlovich Sereda was ordered to stay in the encampment and prepare dinner for those who returned. But while he executed his basic but vital task, he heard the noise of vehicles approaching.

Three tanks rolled towards his kitchen, and a stunned Sereda noticed the white-cross emblems on their sides. Then, as two of the German panzers passed him by, the cook quickly found shelter.

But the danger was not over, and as the third panzer advanced towards him, Sereda looked around and grabbed the only weapon in his reach: a firewood ax. He would not let the Germans take over without a fight!
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