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In the fortress that was on the island,

surrounded by canals with water,

there was no water.

Ovde "Tvr�ava"! Ovde "Tvr�ava"!

We are fighting! We are waiting for the schedule!

I'm moving on to the reception!

Isklju�i.

It is in vain.

They have already gone far.

Comrade Commissioner, drink!

Take it to the wounded!

We'll try again today.

One last time.

Forward.

Army Group Headquarters Center on June 26

At the end of the Fourth Day of the War,

tank units penetrated

into the depths of Russian territory up to 200 kilometers.

As a result of bilateral coverage

3rd, 4th and 10th Russian armies,

the opportunity arose for their complete environment.

Guderian and Goth front detachments,

they broke through to the approaches to Minsk.

When will the Brest Fortress be occupied?

it's deep in the background now,

and binds the entire division.

45th Division, which was the first to enter Paris.

COMMANDER OF THE 4TH ARMY FELDMAR AL KLUGE Pass on my objection to General liper.

Mr. Field Marshal, the Russians are fighting fanatically, to the last man.

The fortifications are very solid.

We made a decision with General Kesserling

to use the heaviest bombs, 1800 kilograms each.

Brest Fortress will be occupied tomorrow.

Brest Fortress June 28, 1941

Mr. Officer, this man is not a soldier here.

He is a commissioner, a high commissioner.

He made us fight to the end

and not to give up.

Isto�ni for!

The Eastern Fort is fighting!

I'm not going! I'm not going!

Cover!

Attention, defenders of the eastern handicap.

The German command proposes an honorary capitulation.

Predla e of the polo ite oru je.

It promises a good relationship, and food.

We give 10 minutes.

An order to all women!

Take the children and go into captivity!

Dru e majore, ne terajte nas!

These are killers! Don't force us!

Listen, women! We send you into captivity to save the children.

Annihilation awaits you,

maybe even death.

But you have to put up with everything,

for our children,

for the sake of our homeland.

Without dissatisfaction, go all into captivity!

Go away! I order you!

Idite! ujete li?

We give the head, we do not give the fortress!

MOSCOW, GENERAL STAFF July 1, 1941

Commander of the Western Front, Army General Pavlov,

I report by order of the Item.

Former commander of the Western Front.

Ju e si razre en du nosti.

Sit down, Dimitrije Grigorić.

Do you want to blame me for your mistakes?

Yes, we did not expect the enemy to gather so many tank armies

and to use them on the first day in all strategic directions.

We didn't expect it!

But the mistakes made by management,

do not relieve military commanders of all levels,

for omissions and errors.

And every military leader who allows such omissions,

has no right to abdicate responsibility,

produced by Nadri ene, Dmitrije Grigori u.

Tell the truth, Georgije Konstantinović,

The General Staff did not really foresee it

sudden hostile action on that scale,

and to blame himself

for district command, I don't think so.

The Commander is, according to the Rules of Service,

obliged to be ready in any situation

to fulfill a combat mission.

And with you, Dimitrije Grigorić, on the night of June 22,

commanders of echelon units for border protection

waited until the last moment for orders from above

and did not keep the units in combat readiness!

That's how they raised us.

Let's be careful and guard.

And you have no right to be paid, comrade army general!

Remember, Dmitry Grigoric?

In December of the '40s, we played a rattan game on the map.

And then you set up the 10th, 3rd and 4th armies

there, on the Białystok plateau.

Such an operational configuration

opens the threat of deep coverage

and the encirclement of the army from Grodno and Brest,

by striking the wings.

Then I showed you how it could be.

Why the wrong army schedule,

which you allowed before '40. years, not corrected until the war?

Now the exact same thing has happened!

No one could have guessed that von Bock would think like Zhukov.

Hello, Georgije Konstantinović!

Then, goodbye, Georgije Konstantinović!

8. MECHANIZED CORPS OF THE SOUTHWEST FRONT

- ta se doga a? - Plane.

- What plane? - Our plane. He landed on the field.

- You're the brigade commissioner, Popelj? - I'm Popeš.

I bring you an order from the front.

When the Messerschmitts attacked me, I destroyed the order,

but I remembered the contents.

There are about 200 enemy tanks near Mala Milca.

It is very likely that they have no fuel.

The front commander orders you to destroy these tanks.

- Who signed the order? - Chief of Staff, General Purkayev.

Performing in our position,

is tantamount to suicide.

Performance requires combat means, and we do not have them.

Requires mobility,

and we only have fuel in the tanks, and not in all of them.

The enemy has six divisions against us!

We launch an attack,

We're going to hit those tanks, so be it

make noodles for us in no time. - What do you suggest?

It has one exit - to the east,

until he is imprisoned as well.

What the major suggests is logical and very simple.

The fascists will shoot and realize that the Russians have fled.

Se eu vehicles,

he will take his harmonicas and our country - the direction of Kiev.

such logic does not suit us.

With it, it is possible to win the operation but lose the war.

Now the most important thing is to beat the opponent.

Always and everywhere tamaniti!

Listen to my command!

At 23:00, Captain Petrov with 20 tanks broke through to Bre to the east.

The corridor is followed by the background, the wounded and everyone who is holding us back.

Our main body, 60 tanks,

strikes with tanks grouped in Mala Milca,

from the 16th German Division.

Arrange the grenades on the tanks

so that there are no less than three per cannon.

And remember!

This is our last fight.

We showed Hitler!

Let him see his iron burn!

Comrade Commissioner, enemy aviation!

Let everyone leave the city immediately! Quickly!

Br�e!

Tanks! German tanks!

Cover the deviation! Then blow up the weapon!

Get away with the people towards the forest! Did you understand? - Yes!

Come on!

- Line up the men! - I understand.

Harness!

�ta jo� �ekamo?

Should we die too?

I'm holding you back because I'm waiting for ours to arrive.

What do you say? Should we leave them?

We don't need their skins?

Think!

It will be too late.

Who will not wait, two steps forward!

Comrade Brigade Commissioner, let me get in line!

Get in the machine!

Comrades,

we complied with the front order.

We occupied Dubno.

We destroyed 2-3 times more enemy tanks

than we lost them ourselves!

So we can beat the enemy, and we will beat him!

Our immediate task is to get out of the ring.

Ispuni emo ga sami.

We carry the wounded with us.

Get the remaining tanks out of the machine!

Raise the flag!

Calm down!

I swear to the Party, the people and the homeland

that I will be faithful to Lenin's flag to the end!

- I swear! - I swear!

Willingly! Get ready to move!

SOUTHWEST FRONT HEADQUARTERS

Rokosovski states,

that his 9th Mech Corps suffered significant losses

and that he was forced to retreat towards Rovno.

The 19th Mech Corps is under pressure from strong tank forces

and under heavy fighting, also retreated in the direction of Rovno.

Thus the 8th Mech Corps,

who was ordered by a member of the Military Council to occupy Dubno without delay,

entered the wasp's nest and found himself in an unenviable situation.

It was a reckless solution - to bring the mech corps into battle honestly.

It's like the blow of outstretched fingers!

The enemy felt holes in our front in the Dubna area

and headed for that hill. - How do we stop him?

Going to the defense along the entire front line will not save the situation.

The Deputy Commander of the 12th Tank Division came from the 8th Mech Corps,

Commissar Regiment Vilkov.

Comrade Commander, the 8th Mech Corps has been broken.

Other people are fighting in a ring in the woods in the Dubna region.

Where is the commander of the 12th Tank Division? - Died.

Where is the commander of the 34th Tank Division? - Died.

We will start the deviation.

We will retreat to the old border, where we have the fortified areas ready

and there we will stop the enemy.

Let the Kiev fortified region be brought to a state of full combat readiness!

MOSCOW, KREMLIN July 1, 1941

We needed about a year and a half to prepare for war.

We started producing new ones

Soviet aircraft JAK-1, MIG-3, PE-2 bomber, only 1940.

How many planes have been produced so far, Comrade Shahurin?

Hunters of new types - 1946 pieces. Fighter-bomber IL-2- 249.

That, of course, is too little

and cannot change the general relationship

between old and new planes in the army.

About the tank industry.

KV and T-34, which have already proven their superiority over German tanks,

we only started producing in 1940.

How many tanks have we produced

in the first half of 1941, Comrade Malicev?

During 1941, 393 KV and 1100 T-34 tanks came off the line.

Some comrades neglected the production of vending machines,

The importance of which they have persistently denied.

The absence of machine guns brought our infantry

in a very awkward position.

Our youngest drug addict, Comrade Ustinov

he is now forced to make urgent breakthroughs in the area.

Comrade Ustinov, when will you deliver the anti-tank weapon?

The first round of anti-tank rifles will be distributed to the army until December 1,

Comrade Stalin.

You know, comrades, that, according to the decision of the Central Committee, the Evacuation Council was created.

Over 1,500 factories are to be evacuated to the east

from July to November '41. years and quickly re-set.

The whole evacuation should be very precisely organized.

It should not interfere with echelons of armies and weapons,

which will constantly go west.

The time of cruel trials for our party has come,

for our country.

Our main goals:

First: to keep the fascist army

at the defensive borders, as long as possible

and thus gain maximum time for arming new reserves.

Secondly: inflict maximum losses on the enemy,

iscrpsti ga i iscediti

and thus to some extent balance the balance of power.

Third: gather maximum power

and cross the counterattack.

BERLIN, REICH OFFICE July 3, 1941

BERLIN, REICH OFFICE July 3, 1941 In two weeks of hostilities

German armies occupied Riga, Pskov and Minsk,

they crossed the Berezina River and reached the Dnieper.

It was crossed halfway to Moscow.

It won't be an exaggeration to say yes

the campaign against Russia will be completed in 14 days.

E pa, estitam Vam!

The Russians practically lost the war.

I've already told you about it.

It's good that we broke the tanks and

Russian Air Force

U samom po etku.

The Russians will never be able to stand on their own two feet again.

Army Group "Center" should be surrounded by bilateral coverage

and liquidates an enemy group operating in front of its front

and yes, crushing the last organized Russian resistance,

open the way to Moscow.

Please note!

My decision is unchangeable.

To compare Moscow and Leningrad with the country,

to free these cities completely from the population,

which we would otherwise be forced to feed.

BREST, July 3, 1941

MOSCOW July 3, 1941

Read us something to remember!

Something of your own. No one will be silent.

Ne�e �uti? A za�to?

Let everyone hear!

Are there few of us?

Or from Perm to Taurida,

from the Finnish ice walls

to the Kolhide flame,

from the needy Kremlin

to the wall of China immovable,

shaking the horrors of Steel,

Russian country will not rise? - Gusev?

Filipov?

I'm Gusev.

What kind of needy Kremlin are you reciting about?

This is Pushkin.

Anyway, let it be Lermontov.

You can't shake the Kremlin.

He stood and stood! Do you understand, boy!

- Patriota Gusev completely agrees. - Filipov?

Ba� on, dru�e intendante III klase.

- You finished ten grades? - Finished.

- You're going to military school. - Navy?

An infantry is needed now.

In the Podolia Infantry.

Dr�i.

Dr i.

Mom, wake up! Quickly!

Comrade Stalin will speak on the radio!

Comrades,

citizens, siblings,

fighters of our army and fleet,

I am addressing you, my friends.

I am addressing you, my friends.

Our army fights heroically with the enemy

armed to the teeth with tanks and aircraft.

Together with the Red Army

the whole Soviet people is rising up to protect the homeland.

It is essential that our people in battle do not know about fear

and to go selflessly to our patriotic, liberation war,

against fascist enslavers.

MOGILJEV July 3, 1941

Partisan detachments should be established in areas occupied by the enemy,

to establish sabotage groups to fight parts of the enemy army,

for the destruction of bridges and roads, telephone and telegraph lines,

setting fire to warehouses and chambers.

Create unbearable conditions for the enemy in occupied areas.

Follow it and destroy it at every step.

Workers of Moscow and Leningrad

they began with the establishment of the National oploenija,

to support the Red Army.

In every city threatened by enemy invasion

we must form such a People's Opolian.

All the forces of the people to defeat the enemy!

Forward, for our victory!

The danger is great and Stalin does not diminish it.

Now we need to exert all our strength.

To do that, neither a fighter nor a commander

The Red Army must not hesitate,

nor to pay for the siege.

It's easy to say, "Don't be afraid of siege."

And if that's what the opponent's idea is

to cut our western front with strong strike groups,

da okru i vojsku u oblasti Smolenska

and open the way for Moscow?

Smolensk is in the history of Russia

always stood in the way of enemy hordes.

Apparently he was getting ready, as in the time of Napoleon,

to lie on his chest for the Moscow T-shirt.

Corps Commander Petrovski is made available

commands of the western front.

Aren't you a general yet? - No.

You know, I was discharged from the army

and arrested on false charges. - I've been arrested ... three times.

But you were arrested during the reign of the emperor.

We won't count.

Poverena Vam je komanda nad 63. strelja kim korpusom.

Go to the Zlobin region immediately and take over the army!

Set up a solid defense on the east bank of the Dnieper

i ni koraka nazad!

And don't be afraid of siege, lafe!

While the commander has control of the army,

he has not yet been defeated.

The defeated is the one who feels defeated.

It is not bad to never feel defeated, com-kor Petrovski.

If you have no questions, go! - I understand.

The staff column is on its way, Comrade Margala.

- Who stayed in town? - 172nd Rifle Division of General Romanov.

COMMANDER OF THE 172nd SHOOTING DIVISION GENERAL-MAJOR ROMANOV

Artillery, fire!

Artillery, fire!

- Prepare bottles with flammable mixture! - Prepare flae combustible mixtures!

The brave defenders of Mogilev repulsed the enemy for 23 days.

They tied up parts of the 2nd German tank group,

and inflicted significant losses on her.

In the battles under Mogilev, the Nazis lost

30,000 soldiers and officers.

Heroes!

What heroes, huh?

You are heroes, people! Junaine!

He circulated many legends to the famous division commander.

It is certain that he, breaking out of the ring,

severely wounded and captured.

He escaped as a partisan leader

he was hanged by the Hitlerites in Borisov.

General Romanov deserved the eternal gratitude of the Soviet people.

July 10 and 11, Guderian's tank army

it began forcing the Dnieper, touring Mogilev from the north and south.

At the same time, the Tank Army is ready,

started forcing in the sector of Or a - Vitebsk,

with the task of going out to Smolensk.

63. SHOOTING CORPS July 12, 1941

Commander of the 63rd Rifle Corps, Com-Corps Petrovski

- So, are you holding on? - That's right, we're holding on.

We repulsed all attacks.

The enemy's main blow is aimed at our right-wing neighbors.

- Let me suggest, Comrade Marshal. - Yes.

My informants told me that it was a German infantry

left behind tanks.

- Yes and? - I'd hit.

- Where? - Right there, across the Dnieper.

To force it suddenly.

The Germans will not be able to return with tanks.

We will strike at the side of the German group.

We may be able to keep their offensive on Smolensk.

Misli�, laf�ino!

It's really risky.

They're pushing here, and we're pushing there ... - That's right.

It was interesting, Leonid Grigorjevic.

When can you start?

No�as.

63. SHOOTING CORPS July 13, 1941, 1:30 p.m.

MOSCOW, KREMLIN July 14, 1941

MOSCOW, KREMLIN July 14, 1941 Until July 14,

the opponent managed to make a deep breakthrough

in the regions of Polotsk, Vitebsk, north and south of Mogilev.

The army defending Mogilev is surrounded.

63rd Petrovsky Shooting Corps

unexpectedly successfully forced the Dnieper,

and captured the towns of Roga ov and lobin.

Now parts of the corps are developing an offensive towards Bobruisk.

In this way, the persistent defense in the Mogilev region,

as well as the offensive actions of Petrovsky's corps,

they significantly slowed down the opponent's movements

u pravcu Smolenska.

But the enemy, despite the losses,

persistently breaking through towards Smolensk.

As for the offensive of Petrovsky's corps,

it is a victory.

The first victory in the defensive defensive battles.

A special statement should be given that the army ...

"Petrovsky's com-choir." - What is he doing?

The front command intends to nominate him for the rank of major general.

Give him the lieutenant general.

And let the Sovinform Bureau announce that it is the army

general-lajtnanta Petrovskog

on juri occupied the towns of lobin and Roga ov.

BORIS HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY CENTER GROUP July 14, 1941

General-feldmar al fon Brauhi .

Mr. Field Marshal, strike by Petrovsky's corps

alongside my advancing armies,

it can change the whole course of the conflict.

Therefore, I ask that the Smolensk direction be strengthened and

to be given 2 army corps from Army Group North.

Obavesti u Firera.

Give them to him!

Smolensk is the main fortress on the way to Moscow.

SMOLENSK

COMMANDER OF THE 16TH ARMY GENERAL-LIEUTENANT LUKIN

Why did you leave Smolensk?

Who is responsible for handing over the city?

Last name!

I am responsible. Only me.

Take it!

Take back!

Under urgent attack!

Tomorrow to report on the takeover of Smolensk!

On the run!

July 16, Soldiers of the 16th Army of the Western Front

they counterattacked and broke through

u jugoisto na predgra a Smolenska.

Hooray, guys!

Using firepower and numerical superiority,

the German army gradually took control.

However, they continued in Smolensk for a long time during July

difficult struggles with variable success.

Persistent defense and units of the Western Front

deprived the opponent of the freedom of operational maneuver,

and thus ended the summer offensive

Hitler's army to Moscow.

If his pipe is off, that's a bad sign.

Here's how ...

The Politburo condemned Tymochenko's actions,

in the position of commander of the Western Front

and decided to relieve him of his duties.

There is a proposal to appoint ukov to this position.

What do you think?

Comrade Stalin, frequent changes of front commanders

they have a bad effect on the course of operations.

Marshal Tymoshenko commanded the front for less than four weeks.

During the battle for Smolensk, he got to know the army well.

He did everything that could be done in his place.

He kept his opponent in the Smolensk region for almost a month.

I think that nobody else had done more of it.

The army believes in Tymoshenko, and that is the main thing.

I consider this to be his dismissal from the position of front commander

inexpedient and unjust.

So, does that sound right?

A mo da da se slo imo sa ukovim?

Chukov is right, Comrade Stalin.

Tymoshenko can still improve the situation.

Semjone Konstantinovi�u,

It is not always possible to express in war

li�na ose�anja.

I see, Comrade Stalin.

Bez zadr ke idite na front

and organize a right-wing counterattack.

Use the group of Rokosovsky and Konyev.

Keep all besieged units as far as possible.

BREST On July 22, 1941, the defenders of the Brest Fortress fought for 29 days.

They did not throw ammunition and provisions from the plane.

they didn't write about them in the newspapers, they didn't talk on the radio.

The homeland didn't even know they were fighting a heroic battle,

many hundreds of miles behind enemy lines, on the border.

The last defender of the fortress was its commander, Major Gavrilov.

I have the honor to report, Mr. Field Marshal,

the last defender of the fortress,

Regiment Commander Major Gavrilov.

He is a hero of the Red Army.

Fighting in the fortress, he showed great heroism and courage.

Send him to a POW camp

and let them treat him with due care!

I understand!

Name?

Galkin.

No. Гаврилов.

�in?

Poru�nik.

Poru nik Galkin.

No! Major!

Damn pig!

Major Gavrilov remained alive.

he went through all the hardships of the concentration camp and returned to his homeland.

For an exceptional feat during the defense of the Brest Fortress

Petru Mihajlovi u Gavrilovu

he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

On July 30, 1941, he flew to Moscow

personal representative of the President of the United States, Harry Hopkins.

How are you, Mr. Molotov?

We knew the war would start,

but we thought we would be able to gain time.

Five - Six months, or similar,

or, ultimately, by the fall,

when the Germans might not even decide to attack.

And by 1942, the USSR would be well prepared.

What do you think, Mr. Stalin?

Where will the front line go at the beginning of the winter campaign?

During the winter months, the front will pass

in front of Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev,

probably at a greater distance

of 100km from the line it passes now.

The front will stabilize by October 1 at the latest.

And now, about deliveries.

First of all, we need them

anti-aircraft weapons and aluminum.

Give them to us, and we can fight for three or four years.

Mr. Stalin, delivery issues need to be addressed by a special conference.

But it is unsustainable until we know the outcome of the existing battle.

Based on your conviction, Mr. Stalin,

that the front will be stabilized by October 1 at the latest,

recommend to the US government

to hold such a conference between 1 and 15 October.

By then, it will be known where the front line will go

during the coming winter months.

I already told you

that the front line will go in the direction Leningrad - Moscow - Kiev.

MOSCOW July 30, 1941

Do you allow?

Hello, Comrade Stalin.

State what you have!

I wanted to express the opinion of the General Staff

on the occasion of the presumed actions of the adversary.

How do you know what the actions of the German army will be?

I don't know the plans for the German army to act,

but, based on the analysis,

they can act just like that, not differently.

Give it away!

On the Moscow strategic direction, the Germans

I can't report an offensive operation in the coming days,

because they suffered significant losses.

On the Leningrad route without additional forces,

The Germans cannot carry out an operation to capture Leningrad.

In Ukraine, the biggest conflicts

can be played in the regions of Dnepropetrovsk and Kremenchug,

where large armored formations of the enemy broke out

from Army Group South.

The weakest segment is the central front.

The Germans can take advantage of this weak point

and to strike the flanks and backs of the Southwest Front.

�ta predla�ete?

First of all, it is necessary to establish a central front,

giving him no less than 3 armies reinforced with artillery.

And it is necessary to move the entire southwestern front behind the Dnieper.

And what about Kiev?

I, Comrade Stalin, know what Kiev means to the Soviet people,

but I can't indulge in feelings.

As a human soldier, I have a duty to suggest,

the only possible solution in a given situation.

And she orders: to leave Kiev.

In the western direction, we urgently need to organize a counterattack,

with the aim of liquidating the enemy's bridgehead in the Jeljna region.

What kind of counterattacks now? What kind of nonsense is that?

How could you even think of handing over Kiev to the enemy?

If you think he is the chief of staff

capable only of nonsense,

then he has nothing to look for here.

Please relieve me of my duties as Chief of General Staff

and to send me to the front.

Don't fall into the fire!

After all, if you look at it that way,

we relieve you of your duties as Chief of General Staff.

Where are you ordering me to go?

I can command the front, the army, the corps and the division.

Don't fall into the fire!

You talked about organizing a counterattack under Jelna.

Have fun with it.

We will appoint you commander of the reserve front.

Zaponjikov will come to the General Staff.

Surrender your duties to him and go!

BORIS HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY CENTER GROUP August 4, 1941

Gentlemen, deep envelopes, which brought success in the campaign to the West,

do not lead to success in actions against the Russians.

So it's time to rearrange.

You, Hi, have expanded too much during the coverage of Minsk and Smolensk.

The General Staff is also responsible for the Battle of Smolensk

did not lead to the disintegration of the Russian army.

The Russians are really coming out of the ring.

We lack tanks and aviation.

I'll take all the Guderian and Goth tanks,

And they turned south, towards Kiev.

This will lead to the destruction of large Russian forces,

Which is a perfectly necessary precondition for moving towards Moscow,

which will then be taken.

For now, I do not see that this operation would have a high degree of guarantee.

We need to wait and have fun beforehand

with the southern group of the Russian army.

We need to take Kiev before we take Moscow.

WEST DIRECTION August 13, 1941

The Germans brought additional reserves to the Smolensk region,

and they tried to break up our army there - the 16th and 20th armies.

Congratulations to Rokosovsky!

He helped his group get most of the units out of the ring.

now the position of the whole right wing stabilizes.

Petrovski's situation is very difficult.

Until now, he fought heroically in Bobruisk.

He attracted a lot of enemy soldiers,

but now the Germans have cut it off from the Dnieper.

Petrovski did his job near the Dnieper.

Ask the Item for permission

to pull Petrovsky's corps behind the Dnieper, until ...

I talked to Japonik.

Boris Mihajlovic replied:

"And you call another Stalin. Maybe he'll let you."

Hard thing.

Petrovski has a talent for military leadership.

He maneuvers all the time.

He strikes the enemy from behind.

It tends to avoid the environment.

It would be a shame to lose him.

Let Petrovski take command of the army.

You'll get him out and send a plane to get him.

Look, look! Good idea.

Prepare an order immediately

on the appointment of Lieutenant General Petrovski as Commander of the 21st Army.

Posla e nare enje po dobrom pilotu.

Neka Petrovski preda komandu nad korpusom svom zameniku,

and let him fly that same plane.

Clear!

Doctor, it's a Jesuit thing.

100 grams in thick meat.

Doctor, can I have some brandy ... to lift my spirits?

I'll give you some brandy, incurable alcoholic.

- All commanders with me. - I understand!

Doctor, lift his pants.

He won't greet them with a goal, sorry ... butt.

Get in the machine!

Dru e kom-kor! Commander abtabova!

Comrade commanders,

I just got an order

from Marshal Tymoshenko on my appointment as commander of the 21st Army.

I was ordered to take off immediately by plane and report to the front headquarters.

estitam Vam, dru e generale!

I said to ask them to postpone my appointment,

because I can't leave the corps in such a difficult position.

I can't fly without you, Comrade General.

You will take off with a badly wounded fighter.

Doctor, take care of it. The plane must take off in 15 minutes.

And we, comrades,

we need to prepare for a breakthrough.

All members of the staffs, regardless of rank and duty,

during the attack to be in the front lines,

and to carry effective weapons.

Here it is, Comrade General, most effectively:

model 1891/1930. How many wars did she serve ...

Give it to me, Ivan Sergeyevich.

Go to her.

Pali!

Probi emo se!

It has been ordered. We'll break through.

Ivan Sergeyevich, raise the people!

Tre i, say!

Take the colonel away!

Ljo ka, draw the line!

I can't, comrade general, from the pain in my buttocks.

Lae! Throw that bastard in the mother!

Take the line, I'm ordering you!

- And you how ... - I'll go with the protector.

- Run the line! - xxx At least put the helmet.xxx

No thunder in the nettles!

What are you lying about!

If you freeze for every bullet, your neck will hurt!

Second Battalion! Follow me, go ahead!

Forward!

Don't fall behind there!

Forward!

Don't fall behind, kids! Follow me!

A little more, boys! Next!

Leonid Grigorjevic, so how come ...?

Huge, in its range and strain, the Battle of Smolensk

it lasted 2 months.

The soldiers of the Red Army showed exceptional strength.

In the Battle of Smolensk, the Hitlerites lost

250 thousand soldiers and officers.

The German strike groups were exhausted.

The battle of Smolensk is over

a successful offensive operation of the 24th Army,

developed by General ukov.

It was a local operation to destroy the Jeljnin bridgehead,

from which the Germans could develop their approach to Moscow.

September 8, 1941,

the town of Jelnja was occupied.

MOSCOW, KREMLIN September 8, 1941

The incursion into Jelnja did not go badly for you.

you were right then.

Where do you mean now?

- Back to the front. - On which front?

To the one you deem necessary.

Go to Leningrad.

Leningrad is in an extremely difficult position.

I am ready to fly to Leningrad at once.

Good.

Things are going badly in the south-west.

We decided to change his leadership.

Who do you think should be sent there?

Marshal Tymoshenko gained a lot of experience

in conducting war operations.

And he knows Ukraine well.

I recommend you send him.

True.

How do you assess your opponent's current plans and capabilities?

Allow me, Comrade Stalin.

At this point, except for Leningrad,

The Southwest Front appears to be the most dangerous sector for us.

I think the situation there will get worse in the coming days.

The tank armies of the Center Army Group turned south,

and broke out in the Chernigov region.

They can now break behind our southwestern front.

I am convinced that the German army will be Army Group South

after the fortification of the Kremenuguga district,

go to meet them.

In this way, the south-western front is in danger of being surrounded.

Again, Comrade Stalin, I recommend that

The Kiev group urgently moved to the east bank of the Dnieper.

Should we strive for an accelerated withdrawal of the army

from all assumed hoops?

The hoop is a classic form of victory in battle.

In one battle.

Only the outcome of the whole war will show how much

the German victory near Kiev justifies a waste of time.

And time is one of the main factors in war.

It is important for us now to tie in the south-west

As many German soldiers as possible,

so that they stay there as long as possible.

Battle for Ukraine,

which is now heating up,

it is also a battle for Moscow.

We will stick to and prepare for the main conflict.

The southwestern front did not last

wing strikes of the enemy

and armored fascist hordes are, passing by ours

regiments, division, army,

crossed the Dnieper.

Proud Kiev, shrouded in legends of the past,

he was abandoned.

In fierce clashes with overwhelming enemy forces,

thousands of fighters, elders and political workers fell.

And these successes cost the enemy dearly.

He lost more than 100 thousand soldiers and officers ...

And he lost - time.

The German offensive on Moscow was delayed for over a month.

Fighting for Ukraine,

fighters of the southwestern front also fought for Moscow.

Let us bow our heads before their feat.

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