15 Facts About the Great Patriotic War, from which run goose bumps

June 22 in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, to mark the anniversary (1941) of the Great Patriotic War, the Day of Memory and Grief: the day Nazi troops invaded the Soviet Union. Post dedicated to facts about various episodes of the Great Patriotic War.

The Siege of Leningrad

During the siege of Leningrad, unlike many other cases of mass starvation, there have been no major epidemics, in spite of the fact that the hygiene in the city was, of course, far below the normal level because of the almost complete lack of water supply, sewerage and heating.





Repair of equipment

Karelian Front was the only one of the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, from which the country did not send in the rear for the repair of military equipment and weapons. Repair was made in special parts, as well as enterprises of Karelia and the Murmansk region.





Plan "Barbarossa»

For July 4th, 1941, Hitler declared: "I always try to put myself in the position of the enemy. In practice, it has already lost the war. »





Karelian Front

Only on the Karelian front used for the transport of goods such modes of transportation as reindeer and dog sledding.





Battle for Moscow

"Grandfather of Soviet special forces" IG Starinov recalled that there was an order of Stalin in Moscow to turn a snowy wilderness. The enemy had come across only in the cold and ashes. Text it to scatter in millions of copies in separate guerrilla zones. There it was stated: "Drive on the German Claus!»





World leaders of the Battle of Stalingrad

UK King sent the people of Stalingrad endowment sword, the blade of which the Russian and English languages ​​was engraved:
citizens of Stalingrad, strong as steel - by King George VI in sign of deep admiration for the British people
on behalf of the people of the United States of America, I present this letter of the city of Stalingrad, to celebrate our admiration for his valiant defenders, bravery, fortitude and dedication that during the siege from September 13, 1942 to January 31, 1943 will forever inspire the hearts of all free people. Their glorious victory stopped the invasion wave and became a turning point in the war the allied nations against the forces of aggression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
May 17, 1944. Washington





dog-sapper Dzhulbar

By personal order of Stalin in his jacket was pronesёn service dog-sapper Djulbars, discovered more than 7,000 mines and 150 rounds wounded shortly before the end of the war. Worn tunic without shoulder straps was delivered to the Central School. There he built from a sort of tray. And on the Victory Parade commander of the 37th separate battalion demining Mazover Major Alexander marched past the rostrum carried the dog to the Supreme Commander.





Kern has cut two officers and 21 soldiers blew up the enemy

July 13, 1941 in the battles in the Balti region (Moldova) for delivery of ammunition in his company town near the Arctic fox rideable machine-gun company 389 Infantry Regiment 176 th Infantry Division of the 9th Army of the Southern Front Red Army DR Ovcharenko suddenly faced with a detachment of soldiers and officers of the enemy numbering 50 people. At the same time the enemy took possession of his rifle. However Ovcharenko kept his head and snatched out of the carriage ax, cut off the head of the officer interrogating him, after dropped in enemy soldiers 3 grenades, killing 21 soldiers. The rest began to scatter in panic. Then he caught the second officer in the garden town and fox also cut off his head. Third officer managed to escape. After the battle, a native of Kharkov province gathered from slain documents and maps, and together with the goods arrived in a company.





Village real heroes

Village Chanlibel (Chardakhlu) became known as the birthplace of many of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. Of the natives of the village went to the front of 1250 people. Half of them were awarded orders and medals, two became marshals (Hamazasp Babajanyan and Ivan Bagramyan), twelve - generals, seven - Heroes of the Soviet Union

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Veliky Novgorod, survived the occupation

Soviet troops freed 20 January 1944 Veliky Novgorod, find the city completely destroyed and deserted. From 2500 residential buildings have survived only 40 were destroyed or severely damaged almost all architectural monument, including Saint Sophia Cathedral and monument "Millennium of Russia". By the time of the liberation of the city remained only 30 residents - the rest were either deported to Germany, or were killed by the occupying forces

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Burning down

On the orders of Lieutenant General Heusinger, 1-2 March 1943 Koryukovka was destroyed (Chernihiv region) (1390 houses were burned, killed more than 7,000 local residents) - the massacre of civilians during World War II. Total invaders burned the 334 settlements in Ukraine during the war.





Camels in the service

In the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet troops entered the 28th reserve army, in which the drawing force for the guns were camels. It was formed in Astrakhan during the fighting at Stalingrad: a shortage of machines and horses forced to fish in the vicinity of wild camels and tame them. Most of the 350 animals were killed on the battlefield in the battles, and the survivors were transferred to the economic part of or sent to zoos.





The Holocaust in Odessa

October 1941 marked the mass killing of Jews in Odessa. 17-25 October 1941, when it was shot or burned alive by 25-34 thousand citizens of Odessa. Spread with a population of Romanian and German troops. In the history of this period is known as the "murder of the Jews of Odessa»

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The partisan movement

In total, in the years 1941-1944 in the occupied territory of the USSR 6200 guerrilla groups and connections, the number of partisans and underground fighters is estimated at 1 million people. More than 128,000 partisans and underground fighters were awarded orders and medals of the USSR (248 of them have received the title Hero of the Soviet Union).





Hunger in Leningrad

Over 872 day siege of Leningrad in the town of nearly 1,500 dead 000 people. Those. for the time that you spent on watching this post, in Leningrad from hunger, disease or explosions died 3 people.







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