colonel-general mikhail kirponos, in general the stubborn defense of the ukrainian capital broke hitler'sick assault, and, as the german generals later claimed, became the reason for them the subsequent failure near moscow, like kiev, for the defense, odessa also received the title of hero city. odessa a-a. this is an example of a successful defensive operation against a general negative background and the fettering of the entire romanian army. that is, quite a lot of romania had two armies, with which it crossed the borders of the soviet union, and now one of them was pinned down near odessa effective girl sniper 309 destroyed enemy soldiers, but valya the cat - the youngest hero of the soviet union, by the beginning of the war, entered only the fifth grade of the school. in shepetovka , khmelnytsky region, he died in his native land, helping the partisans, which kind of troops did not take everywhere met the ukrainians, who showed valor and courage during the great patriotic war among them and dreamed of being a chemist, who remained a pilot three times hero of the soviet union ivanka w