Defense Ministry published documents about the early days of the Great Patriotic War – Russian newspaper

Defense Ministry continues to publish declassified documents from the period of the Great Patriotic War.

Today, the Internet portal of ministry in the “victorious May,” a new documentary exhibition “The first day of the war.” Its materials are taken from the funds of the Central Archive of the Russian Defense Ministry and dedicated to the events of the summer of 1941.

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History lovers will certainly appeal to the original handwritten order of People’s Commissar of Defense №2 from 22.06.1941, at which for the first meeting of top military and government leaders of the USSR were identified urgent steps to repel German aggression.

Among the declassified documents have combat reports and intelligence reports of the Special Military District, dated June 22.

It shows that, despite the surprise attack, and the garrison of the Red army could be mobilized as soon as possible and give a fitting rebuff to the enemy.

On the stubborn resistance and courage of the Red Army commanders also reports tell of German units. The originals of these documentaries rarities and their translations are placed in the category “captured documents”.

Total exposure electronic exhibition contains more than one hundred historical documents, most of which is in closed-end funds spetskhran and previously was only available to employees and military specialists archive .

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Opening on the website the Ministry of Defense e-exhibition “The first day of the war” was a continuation of the work of the military department, aimed at protecting historical truth, anti-tampering history, attempts to revise the results of the Great Patriotic War and the Second World Wars.

In the Russian Defense Ministry continues work on the declassification of historical documents. Thus, under the heading “Allied forces” of “victorious May” to be placed unique evidence from the archive and TsAMO Institute of Military History of how we fought the allies, and what events preceded their meeting with the Red Army on the Elbe River April 25, 1945 .

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