up next a special report about the breast of fortress in belo rousseau which became the side of the first and some of the most bitter fighting jew in the one nine hundred forty one nazi invasion of the soviet union stay tuned for that. brest fortress today it's on the territory of the sovereign republic of bella roups formerly the soviet republic of belarus a fortress was once the westernmost outpost of the soviet empire each day school children in the town of brest take part in a ceremony by a local monument to commemorate what happened there. on june twenty second one thousand nine hundred forty one german fascist forces invaded the soviet union without a declaration of war the defenders of the breast fortress found themselves in a dead end situation it is here that the myth about the invincibility of the german army was broken after the end of the war and the rest fortress as a name became synonymous to perseverance courage and belief in victory for years to come. the early hours of june twenty second nineteen forty one german artillery unleashes a massive barrage from the breast garri