Breaking

In several Nazi death camps was the supervisor distinguished even among his colleagues such monstrous cruelty that the prisoners nicknamed him Ivan the Terrible. The name of the Russian Tsar they chose for a reason. Monster really called Ivan.

Operation under the name "polar star" in the Soviet official sources have not met, although some of its components have been described. The name can be found in the memoirs, as well as a General description of the course of the fighting, with very careful assessments of results. First of all it concerns the memories of direct participants, such as M. E. Katukov "On the edge of the main blow", Meretskov "serving people" and N. N. Ravens "In the service of the military".

In 1977 he published shot by Leonid Bykov film "Aty-Baty, were soldiers..." we watched the Tape 36 million citizens. Prototypes of screen heroes were the soldiers of the platoon of Lieutenant Peter Shironina, which did not leave the position, even when they carried out their combat mission.

The names of the leaders of the Cuban revolution Fidel Castro and Che Guevara have become the embodiment of heroism and self-sacrifice for the happiness and prosperity of their own people. And here I would like to recall that the recognition of Fidel Castro, made in 1963, on the exploits of Che Guevara and it has inspired the combat experience of the Soviet officer who fought on the fronts of the great Patriotic war.

The battle for Voronezh historians and journalists still gets less attention than the battle of Stalingrad. Meanwhile, the defense of Voronezh lasted for 12 days longer. The main enemy of the red Army during the long battle were the Hungarians, who took the side of Nazi Germany. The unwritten rule of "Magyars take no prisoners!" was one of the most important for the soldiers of the Voronezh front.