History of the Molotov Cocktail from Nazi Germany to Ferguson | The New Republic

History of the Molotov Cocktail from Nazi Germany to Ferguson | The New Republic

• From Nazi Resistance to Ferguson's Unrest: The Weird History of the Molotov Cocktail

"Easy and cheap to make, the Molotov cocktail is thought to have been invented during the Spanish Civil War, where it was used by the Republicans against Nationalist tanks. ...But why is the weapon named after Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet foreign minister who signed the secret 1939 Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact that heralded World War Two?
The answer comes from Finland...Read all.