Day of National Remembrance of Victims of the Great Patriotic War
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At dawn on June 22, 1941, fascist Germany, treacherously violating the non-aggression pact, launched a war against the Soviet Union. The most powerful group of German troops advanced on the territory of Belarus - Army Group "Center" consisting of the 4th and 9th field armies, the 2nd and 3rd tank groups, a total of 50 divisions. They were supported by 1,600 combat aircraft.
From the first day of the war, Belarus became the scene of the biggest battles. The first attack of the enemy took the border guards and advanced units of the cover troops. Enemy aircraft bombed railway junctions, airfields, as well as Brest, Grodno, Volkovysk, Baranovichi and other Belarusian cities. The border guards of the 17th Brest, 86th August, 87th Lomzhinsk, 88th Shepetov border detachments and Soviet pilots fought heroically. In the first hours of the war, Brest and the fortress were subjected to massive shelling and aerial bombardment. The heroic garrison of the Brest Fortress fought the enemy for over a month.
The Great Patriotic War is an unprecedented battle of the Soviet people against the German fascist invaders. In this war, Belarus lost every third inhabitant - the memory of them will live forever.
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