recalled marshal georgy zhukov. the capital of belarus was unrecognizable. for 7 years i commanded a regiment and brigade in minsk, i knew every street, all the most important buildings, bridges, parks, stadiums and theaters well. now everything was in ruins. and in place of residential areas there were vacant lots, covered with piles of broken bricks and debris. the most difficult impression was made by the people, the residents of minsk, who were extremely exhausted and emaciated. tears rolled down the cheeks of many. 52 units and formations that distinguished themselves during the liberation of the city were given honorary titles minsk. in honor of the liberation of the capital of belarus, a salute was given in moscow with 24 artillery salvoes from 324 guns. and on july 16, a parade of partisans took place in liberated minsk, in which 30,000 people took part. walking in one of his columns, a member of the kommunard detachment. vasily marukhovich

remembered this day forever. overgrown and emaciated partisans marched between the destroyed and burned houses of minsk. in their hands they had the most amazing collection of weapons from the then fighting armies, dotted with weapons that blacksmiths had made in the forests. they were greeted with delight, they walked proudly, with georgian awards. they were the winners. became one of the key stages of operation bagration, as a result of which it was possible to encircle the entire german group. the minsk cauldron hit 18 enemy divisions. hitler demanded that the command of the encircled group do everything to get out of the encirclement. the fascist troops failed to break out. as a result, the enemy lost more than 72 thousand people killed, 3,500 people, including 12 generals, were captured. defeat of nazi german troops in belarus went down in history. as one of the most important battles

of world war ii and the great patriotic war. many historians regard it as a disaster for the wehrmacht, and some as the final defeat of the nazis. on july 3, 1944, troops of the third belarusian , with the assistance of formations of the second and first belarusian fronts, liberated minsk. moscow saluted.

on august 29, 1944, moscow saluted in honor of the completion of bagration’s operation, as a result of which the territory of belarus, part of the baltic states and eastern poland. days earlier, on august 26

, 1944, the sky of paris lit up with a victorious salute, which sounded in honor of the liberation from the nazis as a result of the allied forces' operation overlord. two unique operations of the second world war, they had a huge impact on the outcome of the fight against nazi germany and its satellites. 1944 rightfully went down in history as the year of decisive victories. significant territories both in the east and in the west, along with them tens of millions of people, were liberated from german rule. occupation. but was the path to these great victories always clear-cut? what was the role of operation bagration in the context of the sometimes complex and contradictory events of the bloodiest war of mankind. world war ii.

decades later, we continue to look for answers to this in new declassified documents, testimonies of those who saved the world from fascism. i express my utmost gratitude to you for your appreciation of the success of the red army, which is now carrying out sessions for the second round. on july 3, 1944, stalin’s reception room was in the usual silence here, only the concentrated faces of his personal assistant alexander nikolaevich poskrebyshev,

pavlov’s translator and secretary maria sergeevna purova, indicated that intense work was now underway on a document of special importance, and it was necessary to urgently transmit a comrade’s message. “i am writing to you when soviet troops have just returned its capital, minsk, to belarus, i consider it necessary to say that in this case.” ahead of the command's calculations at a pace that should only be welcomed. having once again skimmed the text, poskrebyshev immediately handed it over to pavlov for translation, he himself continued to proofread the russian version, checking it with

the corrections made to it. on july 3, 1944, the text with a cover letter was sent immediately to the british. the cover letter and the text of a personal secret message to marshal stalin were deciphered and translated by another marshal churchill. on july 5, stalin receives a message from churchill, in which he writes: “with great joy i learned about yours.”

assumes the inevitable defeat of the soviet union within 3-5 weeks. here's another. july 13 in 1941 , british intelligence officer monks, an employee of the ministry of economic warfare, was sent to moscow to organize sabotage. at the same time, the british are conducting reconnaissance work on the territory of the ussr. information from the foreign intelligence service immediately went to the kremlin, to stalin personally. fikin's agency, as we used to call it, foreign intelligence, had good agent positions in other countries,

these positions were very noticeable in england. foreign intelligence at that time revealed these... secret springs of politics. initially, both in england and in in the united states of america, the leadership had the impression that hitler would need no more than 4-5 weeks. well, just like in europe in order to defeat the soviet union. package from the people's commissariat of foreign affairs, come on. sign. stalin's personal assistant po skrebyshev alexander nikolaevich had never been so

worried before reporting to the leader. he once again scanned the cover letter from the people's commissariat of foreign affairs signed by molotov. hand over the envelope in person. this was churchel's response to comrade stalin's letter, addressed to him on july 18, 1941, which was so awaited in the kremlin in which the supreme commander-in-chief... described the difficult situation at the front, he further writes: “it seems to me that the military situation of the soviet union, as well as great britain, would be significantly improved “if a front were created against hitler in the west, northern france in the northern arctic. it would be easiest to create such a front now, when hitler’s forces are diverted to the east, and hitler has not yet managed to consolidate his positions in the east.” secretary translator to me, soon the secretary was already

tapping out the russian text on a typewriter, which was dictated by the leader’s personal translator. everything that is reasonable and effective in helping you, and that is within our power, will be done. i ask you, however, to keep in mind the limitations imposed on our resources by our geographical location. from the first day of the german attack on the ussr, we considered the possibility of attacking france, which was surrounded by germans, and the netherlands. the chiefs of staff do not see the possibility of doing anything at scale, which could bring you the slightest benefit. everything is reasonable.

the plans of the allies, which are not very pleasant for us, to slow down the movement of our army, to prevent

the release of the europeans, in order to create a cordon sanitaire, to return to the positions that existed after 1917-18 . negotiations with the allies on cooperation in the event of german aggression have been ongoing since the late thirties. until recently, back in may, we bombarded all our future allies with proposals to create some kind of comprehensive security system with military guarantees, because that only military guarantees could stop hitler's ambitions. negotiations with the allies about opening a second front took place literally from the very beginning of the war. on july 8 , 1941, stalin received the british ambassador stafford cripps, who gave him churchill's first message. after the outbreak of the great patriotic war, it said, we are all here very happy that the russian

armies are putting up such strong and courageous resistance to the completely unprovoked ruthless nazi invasion. bravery the tenacity of the soviet soldiers is universally admired by the people. we will do our best to help you as time, space and resources allow. then the help of the allies, in which the ussr. so needed, it turned out it was not, as in forty-two and forty -three, but what was the reason for the change in the position of england and the united states in 1944? why did the defeat of the army group center on the territory of belarus turn out to be so important for the allies and how did this affect the outcome of their military operations in europe, and in general the outcome of the second world war.

at the beginning of forty years, the head of ussr foreign intelligence, pavel mikhailovich fitin , was preparing to report to the supreme commander-in-chief on the operational situation in the western direction. the information received from the european station was alarming. the nazis continued to transfer their divisions from western europe to the eastern front. comparative data shows. operational data confirms, their number is increasing, that we have pavel anatolyevich in

english, the position does not change, no more. moreover, the source testifies, separate allied negotiations behind the back of the ussr, despite the agreements, continue. casablanca morocco, and new york. here is the allied correspondence codenamed symbol. about especially secret negotiations. between churchel and roosevelt in casablanca, this is only the starting point of all subsequent actions. yes, just remember the source’s message about the results of negotiations in new york between british foreign secretary eden and the us government. their result: the opening

of a second front is undesirable. believe that their plans can become reality, how can they tehran? that we see that in the forty-second year, and then in the forty-third year, cherchen constantly delayed the opening of the second front, while he deliberately deceived stalin. and then in august forty-two he went to moscow. the conversation with stalin was harsh, and stalin posed a question: very offensive for churchel, he asked why the british are so afraid to fight, we accept as a fact that we will have to fight alone in 1942. november 30, 1943 at the tehran conference, churchel everything i was still trying to avoid specific obligations on the issue of opening a second front, but

came across stalin’s tough position. turning to molotov, he said: “apparently, we are here.” there is nothing to do, we have a lot to do at the front. even then it was clear that it was impossible to defeat germany without advice. the opening of a second front, after the tehran conference, was announced in may 1944, but it was not opened in may. if until the forty -second year for us it was a matter of surviving, that’s why we... really needed the second front was highly anticipated for its opening, but after stalingrad it was already clear that we would survive, so the second front was needed in order to bring victory closer and to reduce casualties. at the beginning of 1944 , a meeting of special importance began behind closed doors at the headquarters of the supreme high command.

in addition to its permanent members, front commanders are invited to it for their... vision, their own, their intuition, their understanding of things. after the turning point of the forty -third year of the defeat of the germans at stalingrad on the kursk bulge, the situation changed. stalin. i first asked for the opinion of each participant in the meeting; after 1943 , i relied much more seriously on the general staff, which prepared

all the operational documents; specialists of various types and kinds worked very actively. my father said that this man has some kind of absolutely crazy intuition. after reviewing the proposals, stalin raised the question of a new form. to achieve specific political and economic results, to transfer military operations beyond the borders of the soviet union, to withdraw from wars of germany's allies. germany's allies in world war ii: bulgaria, hungary, spain, italy, romania, finland, croatia, japan. 4,500 hungarians and 45 slovaks fought against the soviet union.

after the next report from the head of the fourth directorate, pavel sudoplatov , regarding the wehrmacht’s assumptions about the direction of the next russian strike, the head of foreign intelligence, pavel mikhailovich fitin, noted the areas of defeat of the german troops. january 44 the north group was destroyed. near leningrad and novgorod. february march, army groups south and a,

right-bank ukraine was liberated. march, april. crimea, odessa, nikolaev. and fresh data. breakthrough of the mannerheim line. i think, pavel anatolyevich, this will force the finnish government to withdraw from the war and begin peace negotiations. developed evidence suggests that the germans have no doubt about the direction of the next strike. this is the area of ​​lutsk, lviv and ternopil. they believe that the russians have reached the carpathians. this direction seems most obvious to them, but the direction of the next blow was kept in the strictest confidence. on lubyanka

they were preparing to present a plan to further misinform the enemy, confuse him and not allow the red army to determine the next theater of military operations. my father understood that he would be met in the lvov direction; the germans understood that this was the main one.

advancing along the western buk, san, and vistula rivers in the north, the russians will not waste energy crossing them; this could be the area between the carpathians and the woodland swamps. gerring had such confidence that even reports addressed to hitler were not taken into account chief of the twelfth department of the general staff of the foreign army of the east.

the model could not have imagined then that very soon he himself would be transferred to that same unpromising belarusian direction, to save the situation in connection with the defeat of army group center, and for now insert werwolf. there was a final meeting where other options were considered. the german leadership, despite the successful russian operations, was still confident that much could be changed. second front allies, judging by they weren't going to open the messages. german divisions are holding the situation there; in france, belgium and holland alone there are 880,000 people.

on august 10, forty-first. for the forty-third year. the germans ignore the british danger in the west and consider it a bluff, which is why they so confidently and with impunity remove all any useful divisions from the west. in fact, anglapra, that is, the british government, is helping the nazis with its passive wait-and-see policy. the nazis want to beat their opponents one by one, today russians, tomorrow english. all the more unexpected for the wehrmacht was landing 6.

in stalin’s reception room, his personal assistant scraped and carefully filed the next message from the supreme commander-in-chief to churchill in a separate folder. it concerned the liberation of the belarusian capital. in addition to the successes of the red army , the insertion added in blue pencil by the leader in blue pencil attracted attention. the temporary difficulties in normandy that you write about will not prevent the british and american troops from making good use of their superiority over the enemy in aviation and tanks in order to further develop the success of their offensive operations. after re-reading the message again, voskrebyshev slammed the folder and sent it to the safe. but what did

this leader’s phrase about temporary difficulties mean and what went wrong with the allies? operation overlord began far from successfully, 10 ships, which means they died even before the clashes, each of which had 26 guns, several hundred american troops.

fourth year, summer is a year of great expectations, after the course everything is clear, there will be a big turning point before our eyes. stalin's fifth blow was supposed to be the forerunner of the final victory of the soviet union over nazi germany.

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