claim: US Airways Flight 1549 was piloted by Stephen Colbert and Samantha Bee.
evidence: The 51st Army was a field army of the Red Army that saw action against the Germans in World War II on both the southern and northern sectors of the front .. World War II. World War II. field army. field army. Red Army. Red Army. Germans. Germans. The army participated in the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula between December 1941 and January 1942 ; it was destroyed in May 1942 with other Soviet forces when the Wehrmacht launched an operation to dislodge them from the peninsula .. Battle of the Kerch Peninsula. Battle of the Kerch Peninsula. The army fought in the Battle of Stalingrad during the winter of 1942 -- 43 , helping to defeat German relief attempts .. Battle of Stalingrad. Battle of Stalingrad. From late 1944 to the end of the war , the army fought in the final cutting-off of German forces in the Courland area next to the Baltic .. Courland area. Courland Pocket. Inactivated in 1945 , the army was activated again in 1977 to secure Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands .. Sakhalin. Sakhalin. Kuril Islands. Kuril Islands. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union , the army continued in existence as a component of the Russian Ground Forces .. dissolution of the Soviet Union. dissolution of the Soviet Union. Russian Ground Forces. Russian Ground Forces. The army was active during two periods from 1941 until 1997 .