georgy zakharov in the area of ​​​​the north side, it was there that the germans were waiting for the on may 5 , zakharov with his army begins a breakthrough to the north bay and on the eighth goes to the shore, but there was nothing to cross the bay on. the soldiers built fruits from the boards of the entrance doors from everything. what came to hand. mm, a soldier runs into the command post in an unbuttoned greatcoat, completely disheveled. and despite the fact that officers and colonels and generals are standing there, he addresses the army commander and says that comrade general has coffins. to which the general replies. i'm not going to die. he says. no, not for this you can cross. the prudent germans kept coffins prepared for future use in three railway cars for the funeral of their soldiers, but they were useful to the living russians, having missed the seams. the soldiers of zakharov used them as boats, sitting under two and crossing the bay of death, the seventeenth of the german army sailed to her in coffins. on may 7, 1944, the soviet troops launched a decisive offensive at