Крепость-герой Брест / Hero Fortress Brest: 1941-1944

Крепость-герой Брест в фотографиях 1941-1944 Hero Fortress Brest in photographs 1941-1944 Музыка: “Если б камни могли говорить...“ -Песня о героях Бреста: Музыка: Игорь Лученок Слова: Роберт Рождественский 1975г. Исполняет: Анатолий Подгайский Music: “If the stones could speak ...“ Song about the heroes of Brest Fortress n- Music: Igor Luchenok Lyrics: Robert Rozhdestvensky 1975г. Performed by: Anatoly Podgaisky Brest Fortress, formally known as Brest-Litovsk Fortress is a Russian 19th century fortress in Brest, Belarus. In 1965, the title Hero Fortress was awarded to the Fortress to commemmorate the defence of the frontier stronghold during the first week of the Great Patriotic War. At 04:15 (Moscow time) June 22, 1941 the German Wehrmacht attacked the Brest fortress with no warning. The attack started with an artillery barrage, including 600 mm mortars of the second battery of the Heavy Artillery Battalion 833 Nr. III (“Thor“) and Nr. IV (“Odin“).[3] The defenders were taken by surprise and failed to