in his office, the war was met by the regimental commissar of the 84th infantry regiment, fomin.ived for service in brest in april '41. on the eve of the war received a short leave to bring his family, who remained at his previous duty station in latvia. but there were no train tickets. i postponed my vacation for a day. it was precisely the military incident of the 84th regiment that began, let’s say, if i may say so, the first to launch that first counterattack at dawn on july 22. here the defense of the former fortress began. the result of the counterattack was that the enemy assault group that broke through to the central island of the fortress was defeated; the enemy did not count on such resistance. the wehrmacht, which, having traveled all over europe, never retreated, was forced to do so in brest. the first order to retreat since the beginning of world war ii was received by german troops in the area of the brest fortress. ruins engineer. on june 22, 1941 , there was a weapons workshop, a gym and the headquarters of the 75th separate reconnaissance battalion here, most