church in brest fortress. there are traces of shells on the walls and inside that. it was from here that the defenders of brest fortress launched their first counterattack. scores of german and soviet soldiers died here. the time has come for mutual forgiveness. we must live in peace. it's not that we should forget the past it must not be forgotten. we might forgive. children play in best fortress where military hardware dating back to the one nine hundred forty s. is on display they knew about that war only from books and films. on holidays veterans told tourists about the war. of another survivors of the first battles in the fortress regard these rooms as the cornerstone of their faith in the ultimate victory over fascist troops. comrades lived to see that victory in one thousand nine hundred five nearly four years after those tragic events in breast fortress. the global economy. civilians in libya feel the brunt of violence from both nato airstrikes and bombs and pro and anti-government forces at war in the country hundreds have been killed by the western allianc

often visits the monument to her father on the outskirts of brest. this picture shows what he looks like me at the even today i guess nervous when i come here. i see those events in my mind's eye as if they were yesterday. today children play war in the old case me but in the first days of the real war the unit under the command of lead. was holding out in one of them within two days the defenders had exhausted their ammunition. daughter saw the germans trying to capture her father. of the roof suddenly there was a noise it seemed that the had caught him because he had jumped on to the ratings and plunged into the river by the germans began firing asked him best and death in captivity he shouted those were the last words he addressed to his son. in accordance with their plan to attack the soviet union the germans had amassed three armies close to the border among these army groups center was the most powerful its mission was to encircle and destroy soviet troops and belorussia and move on to moscow vyas months. the german strategy relied on surprise

fortress was once the westernmost outpost of the soviet empire each day schoolchildren in the town of brest part in a ceremony by a local monument to commemorate what happened there. on june twenty second one hundred forty one german fashion 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 garrisoned. german warplanes similar to mislead dropped hundreds of bombs on the fortress soon after infantry assault groups launched the initial ground attack. is one of the officers in charge of the fortress defenses. is dodger i so often visits the monument to her father on the outskirts of breast. this takes it shows what he looks like me at the even today i guess nervous when i com

to the end they did know they were already well behind enemy lines germans has seized the town of brest within hours. abreast residents lived under occupation for nearly three years when the germans came she was told she was now and. a second person. that. even public tell this in hospitals could not be used by everybody johns had decent food this were not so lucky. if they don't name every way you could see a sign saying. only oh. no and it's already during the first days of the war many people in breast and its environs started sneaking out of town. in the forests they formed groups of guerrilla warfare. learn new skills those. here in the forest dug outs in june one thousand nine hundred thirty could have. children and women. and if all of us lived here. all of us were helping each of. the partisans stayed in the forests for three. in the daytime they carried out reconnaissance and secret monitoring of the enemy in the evening they were engaged in special operations. forces to railway. exposes were placed under this track so that nobody could see them and. the german . beast. held a

in the nineteenth century the brest fortress was long considered impenetrable the outer walls were two meters thick but in the twentieth century it was in effect a death trap for the seven thousand strong soviet garrison. all of the fortresses gates were continuously under artillery and machine gun fire they were also blocked by attacking enemy troops as a result fewer than half of the men who were here on june twenty second were able to leave the fortress and protect the border. the german. territory. leaders. would target britain first. and this will be. february. where the first assault was launched actually consisted of several. of the most resistance. defenders still expected reinforcements to the end they did know they were already well behind enemy lines germans has seized the town of brest within hours. abreast residents lived under occupation for nearly three years when the germans came she was told she was not. a second person. that. even public tell this in hospitals could not be used by everybody johns had decent. of the name everywhere you could see signs saying. only oh.

his tanks captured the brest fortress at that time part of polish territory. this is rare footage i joined saw that in german military for a in accordance with a secret deal to divide europe the german military hands breast over to soviet troops in less than two years time. will again launch an assault on breast fortress fighting against the same troops in our solutions in the interim dispenser units will have gained valuable experience in successful offensive operations in europe. and. if we had the modern same knowledge and communicate between the tanks headphones. and that allowed us to react small quickly. the russian tanks couldn't communicate with each other. whereas we could for example withdrawal and then attack from the science. june twenty fourth one of the most tragic days for the defenders of the fortress during another attempted assault used the russian officers wife and children as a human shield on this bridge. on the measure. they told us women and children to lie down on the bridge close to watch every piece is. can you imagine four or five gu

massacred fifty four children at an orphanage brest their parents had already died in the war. amanda the children's teacher she and the children the forced out of the orphanage and. a vigil of commemoration and sorrow takes place each year in the breast fortress on the ninth of june twenty first candles are lit in the embers yours veterans come here from all over the former soviet union a slide show features pictures of the red army commanding officers who took part in the defense of breast fortress after the ceremony border guards soldiers. in the western river to commemorate the people whose lives were cut short in breast fortress in june one thousand nine hundred one the names of many of them are still unknown. to. download the official antti application. i pod touch from the. life on the go. video. and already feet now with the palm of your. question. the second. eight hours after the german attack most of the surviving defenders of the best fortress moved into cellars under the barracks. and his comrades spent about three days there back in the nineteenth century the cell

alexander was only six years old in one nine hundred forty one he and his parents were living in brest fortress he spent two days in the so-called powder magazine at the start of the war he was wounded and lost his entire family here. at all since and the gravity of the situation but didn't. who. was standing in this new huge news that's when we got scared over who. and when i was so my mother and sister killed while sitting right here where i talked myself away as far as i cooled on the feet of those who were in the cellar. in essence the entire territory of the fortress is a monument to the victims of the wars of the first day. on this building houses a museum. at its center a famous exhibit and alarm clock the stop ticking as soon as the war began. another exhibit is dedicated to the children of red army commanders who fought in the fortress many of them were murdered by s.s. task forces in one thousand nine hundred two year after german troops attacked the soviet union. total. one hundred forty two the for. massacred fifty four children at an orphanage breast their parents had alre

to the end they did know they were already well behind enemy lines germans has seized the town of brest within hours. abreast residents lived under occupation for nearly three years

of the time another and remember those who were the first to face the nazis on soviet soil at the brest fortress. talk to some witness to the historic battle. but. like any careless child i had plans that even if i wasn't afraid when they started shelling i only remember that something exploded and my bed was thrown into another corner of the room. not only four year old canady was unaware of the water was happening his father an experienced red army officer was also caught flatfooted that night seventy years ago this summer but i was at his house with my mother my father who was delayed to defend the breast fortress this was our window on the first floor my father was sure there could be no war this is what the party gets saying he thought it was an earthquake he grabbed his accordion and ran outside my mom stopped and told me this is war. the war for which the nazi military the very marked had come up with a name for long before blitzkrieg but his seach they'd planned would last just hours instead was to go on for weeks in a fierce battle with those who defended to the death there was

hitler and mussolini arrived in august one thousand nine hundred one for a visit to brest fortress despite official reports claiming that there were no surviving defenders on president. it's secure repercussions were put in place. on the eve of the top level visit to german soldiers patrolling an area near the fortress had disappeared. hitler and mussolini entered the fortress through a bridge that used to be right here what hitler saw here is known to have made a strong impression on him but even took a stone lying amongst the ruins with them. after the fall of berlin the stone was found in hitler's office at the chancellor of the third reich. church in breast fortress. there are traces of shells on the walls and inside. it was from here that the defenders of breast fortress launched their first counterattack. scores of german and soviet soldiers died here.

the special ceremony was held at the brest fortress which witnessed the first major battle between soviet and nazi forces and it's from there that our correspondent catherine a group showed reporters. being here inside the prettiest fortress on this day seventy years after the start of the great passion war makes you not only see the visual damage to the citadel of the forefront of that war you can also feel the human coast of those terrible times dance from shells on the walls of the fortress maybe you cannot see clearly behind that smoke is a living reminder about that the roches night thousands of people were buried alive on these four square kilometers on the night of the twenty second of june nineteenth forty one here also but love to behind several inscriptions like the one on a wall i'm dying but i want so bad we're not even told us each year and fewer witnesses saw the first day of the war and the horse which followed after here is. the yorker who would like any careless child i had plans that evening i wasn't afraid when they started shelling i only remember that something explod

time when the german army first attacked the eastern front a ceremony it was also held in the city of brest in which all the brunt of the first offensive the nazis deployed an array of heavy artillery and weaponry on the breast fortress failed to break the soviet resistance. is there for us. these days seventy years. makes you know something even. on top of that but you can also use some. time. that is leaving room on the road not it's not about her it's about not thousands of people. not helping them to do the things which. were the soviet like actually more babies so most poignant chutzpah to be dispatching. sweep the south of the. resistance which holds out the weeks. thousand people managed to leave the tower. most of them were killed she touches. the point of the law to cut she won though some reports even suggest that isolated resistance was an accountant even touch. what she like the one with the knife on the wall you lying back i want to run into knots. while looking back seventy years since germany's invasion of the soviet union leading british historian. patrick people helped win

fortress was once the westernmost outpost of the soviet empire each day schoolchildren in the town of brest take part in a ceremony by a local monument to commemorate what happened there. on june twenty second one 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 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 mass of the.

eastern front recently known to the unknown soldier russia and ceremony was also held in the city of brest in belo rooms which bore the brunt of the first nazi front suits the germans deployed a lot of heavy artillery weapons on the grass fortress that fell to great soviet resistance artes you consider your grandchildren is there for us. being here inside the biggest fortress on these days seventy years after the start of the great war makes you not only see the visual damage to this city out in the forefront of that war you can also feel the human cost of those terrible times dance from the walls of the fortress maybe you cannot see clearly behind that smoke is a living reminder about that the roches night thousands of people were buried alive on these four square kilometers on the night of the twenty second of june nineteenth forty one here also but love to behind several inscriptions like the want ads on a wall i'm dying but i want so we're not leaving us which fewer and fewer witnesses saw the first day of the war and the horse which followed after here is the story. you would like any

is in the city of brest in paris which bore the brunt of german attacks on the eastern front. being here inside the prettiest fortress on these days seventy years after the start of the great passion war makes you not only see the visual damage to the citadel of pierced the full fronts of that war you can also feel the human coast of those terrible times dance from the wolf of the fortress maybe you cannot see clearly behind that smoke is a living reminder about the roches night thousands of people were buried alive on these four square kilometers on the night of the twenty second of june nineteen forty one defining the biggest fortress was the first battle of the soviet union in the great war but it was also one of its most boy couldn't chapters the nazi invaders expected that they would capture it swiftly but instead they came up against resistance which held out for months four thousand people managed to flee the fortress but most of them were killed shortly after both thousands others were besieged behind the fortress as was the last it was captured at the end of july nigh