and misinformed the enemy. during these operations, it was possible to detain over 400 enemy agents and seize tens of tons of cargo. one of the most significant smersh missions was the disruption in the summer of 1943, the german offensive operation citadel then our counterintelligence officers managed to intercept and transport to the center information about the deployment of large enemy tank forces in the eagle area kursk and belgorod this year we will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the great battle of kursk at school, this event takes place in detail, but not everyone knows about the role of laughter in this operation then in the summer of forty the third year, counterintelligence officers used about a dozen, captured intelligence radio stations convinced that strikes would be delivered in other places. as a result, the germans knew that there was a central front. voronezh front. but about the fact that a powerful reserve is also concentrated in that direction. he is the steppe front. they did not know , and it was the fifth guards tank army of the reserve front that played. from the leading roles in

the battle of prokhorovka, in order to resist the german army, the soviet command gathered almost 1 million 300,000 soldiers and 25,000 officers guns and more than 3,000 tanks of the troops of the central front, the commander of the army general. rokossovsky defended the northern front of the kursk salient. and the troops of the voronezh front, commander general of the army vatutin southern front, the troops occupying the ledge relied on the steppe front, the commander general. colonel konev, shortly before the start of the berlin attack on operations within the smersh, special task forces were formed in accordance with the number of districts of berlin, their goal was to search for and arrest the leaders of the german government, and the search also kept valuables and documents of operational significance .

those materials with data on the foreign policy of the third reich and information about foreign agents during the berlin operation, it was the smershevites who managed to capture prominent figures of the nazi regime and punitive departments, many of whom were subsequently charged with committing crimes against humanity. many smersh operations are still no secret. but this does not mean that they were not one by one at all. bit by bit, these operations reveal too much , as they say, now sensitive information is floating and, as they would say today, the creative approach of soviet specialists is also amazing, for example, how soviet counterintelligence officers managed to prevent an assassination attempt on the leader of the country on stalin in the summer of 1944, when it was already clear that germany was losing the military, hitler's last hope was the death of the soviet commander in chief. he believed that it

the assassination of stalin can radically change the course of events on to carry out this mission, two recidivist agents were sent to the soviet union, pyotr tavrin, real name shilo voluntarily, who surrendered to the germans at the beginning of the war and his wife, radio operator lidia shilova, real name adamchik, the operation to destroy stalin received the name zeppelin under the name of the very center in which the tavrin underwent special training. he was issued a fake certificate of major military counterintelligence smersh and more the certificate of the hero of the soviet union lydia, the germans provided the documents of junior lieutenant smersh on september 5, 1944, the couple crossed the front line, but the soviet country already knew that the upcoming landings on the plane opened fire, which led to the failure of one of the engines and an unsuccessful landing, landing in the wrong area , where the agents planned to leave the pilots and the escort group got into a motorcycle and the same one left, however , they did not manage to go far soon. they were caught. and they were taken to moscow during

a search of the university students, they seized special weapons wrist reactive smooth-bore panzernak grenade launcher, it was called in translation, gnaws through armor, which easily fits in a sleeve. from it, the saboteur was supposed to shoot at stalin's car. during interrogations with intersoms, they managed to force tabrina and shilova to take part in a radiant game. the first messages from shilova to adler left on september 27 , 1944. going on air. under the control of soviet counterintelligence officers, shilova handed over to the germans a cipher message in which she reported that the nazi agents had allegedly successfully arrived in moscow. what is called ironed the bait new joint operations of the nkvd and military counterintelligence. smersh got the name fog, according to the special services - this is a radio game. until the very end of the war, hitler hoped to the last that his agents would complete the task. as for shilov and taurin, their trial took place only in 1951. a year later they were. shot such

times were cruel verni ordinary. now let's move on to the most ridiculous myths that history has acquired, the tornado myth number one smersh exterminated jews, just as anti-semitism was part of the soviet ideology. what else could be done, the truth is that there was never any jewish question before the counterintelligence officers, in fact , death was in the leadership, that there were many jews who led wonderful operations, having done very, very much for our country. they were professionals and patriots , for example, the head of the counterintelligence department of the north caucasian front, the general, belkin or the deputy, both general sai babich, and so on, relations with israel developed only when israel first appeared. second, it's enough. soon he reoriented himself to the united states , of course, stalin was sad, but by that time

there was no death. the second myth was that every suspicious red army soldier was shot in the forehead indiscriminately. true , what is at the beginning of the war, especially those who went around really had the right to be shot and not only their military commanders also resorted to extreme wartime measures due to difficulties and the desertion of soldiers. it was a terrible time in all respects, however, the rights and obligations of the deceased were clearly spelled out. they had the right after the investigation to carry out the sentence in two categories. malicious deserter, that is, a fighter who has already deserted more than once and a member of the pest gunner. in addition to counterintelligence, which was carried out by undercover operational work and the investigation, there were also military prosecutor's offices and a tribunal existed for these structures. it is customary to somehow forget, in accordance with the provisions on the tornado, the arrest of an ordinary soldier was possible only after notifying the prosecutor. arresting a junior commander only after notifying the prosecutor and directly commanders. this junior commander, arrest.

a senior officer only after the decision of the military council and the prosecutor's office of the army or the front, and senior officers could be arrested with permission, only the people's commissar of defense smersh, by definition , could not sentence anyone to anything. please remember the myth number, the third tornado pursued the civilian population, exterminated the fifth column, however, this is what smersh could not do like that, at least even according to the charter, as work with the civilian population was the prerogative of the nkvd nkgb bodies. and death was engaged exclusively by servicemen of the rear of the red army and repatriates. but contrary to popular belief. smersh authorities could not sentence anyone to imprisonment or rapid fire. they were not judiciaries. they led to knowledge and investigation, and the verdicts were passed by a military tribunal or a special meeting. myth number four smersh employees allegedly stood behind

the grad detachments and drove the cowards into battle. the red army soldier kills the deserter, it’s true, that’s what the detachments under the smersh bodies were never created and the smersh employees never did not lead in the first period of the war. more precisely , in the summer of 1942. this work was carried out by the nkvd troops, work to protect the rear of the army in the field, that is, the decision to create detachment barriers was signed about a year before the tornado was created . the fifth myth was not directly involved in the hostilities smersh, but only worked remotely and in the rear . and now the truth is that the military and counterintelligence officers of smersh not only performed direct duties, but also directly participated in the battles with the nazis. often critical moments took over the command of companies of battalions that lost their commanders , many army chekists died heroically in the line of duty smersh , together with internal troops, took the main part in suppressing the anti-soviet nationalist underground of the forest brothers,

for example. let’s remember a few stories about the notorious un upa and others about nazi organizations on november 6, 1943, the detective of the death of the motorized rifle battalion of the 71st mechanized brigade of the ninth mechanized corps of the third tank army, senior lieutenant. pyotr zhidkov personally raised the fighters in a counterattack and threw back the german detachment, which hit the flank, the advancing soviet troops destroyed several nazis during hand-to-hand combat, but he himself died from a grenade fragment wound, however, he gave his brigade time to transfer additional forces to the breakthrough site and, in fact, saved by the offensive, zhidkov was awarded the title of hero of the soviet union posthumously, he became the first counterintelligence officer worthy of the title of hero, but not the only one. vasily chebotareva started the war. sniper. on his account there were 60 killed german soldiers and officers. he himself was several times early after the last injury sent to advanced courses. a police officer from where he transferred to a smersh school in moscow in december 1943. he was assigned to the tank

brigade of the third guards tank corps on june 23, 1944 , operation bagration began ; were going to accumulate strength to break through the city of boriska, chebotarev, went in the first group of paratroopers who crossed the river. he had a special task to get the language; the germans fiercely resisted chebotarev. i even had to remember my first military specialty and take up a rifle, when additional forces were transported to the reclaimed area, the germans began to retreat and began to mix up their task. he broke away from the main group of soviet soldiers and rushed in pursuit of a german officer and quite unexpectedly jumped out on a hidden german detachment. as it turned out later, the retreat of the germans was a diversionary maneuver that could allow encircling the advanced units of the tank brigade, making it as difficult as possible for the main forces to cross, the chebotarev corps was surrounded, but did not want to surrender, started with a fleeting battle in which he died.

but other paratroopers. they managed to regroup and not let themselves be surrounded , the crossing passed.