Russians do not like to fight, but they know how to do it better than anyone else. Interesting facts about the Great Patriotic War. WWII history What made the war

The first thing you need to understand about war is that your lifestyle will change. Whoever you work - a programmer, designer, copywriter, PR specialist or a factory worker (are there any?) - everything will break with the beginning of hostilities. From where you work, where you live, your wardrobe, to your menu and habits. And if you live quite freely without glazed curds, then the lack of suitable shoes in winter will lead to sad consequences.

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1. Even during the war, clothing stores and supermarkets continue to operate, but the closer to the front line, the higher the prices, the worse the range and quality. Nobody bothers with the supply of good things, they carry the cheapest and often poor quality shoes and clothes. For a good one, most simply do not have the money.
2. With a high degree of probability, with the outbreak of war, you will lose your job. Therefore, it is better to buy everything you need in advance, while the costs are not so tangible for you.
3. The period while business and the state are being rebuilt on a military track usually stretches for at least six months. At this time, everything will be very bad with the assortment.
4. Yes, you can travel closer to civilization and buy what you need, but moving out of the war zone is an extremely expensive pleasure both in terms of money and time. Nervousness and all sorts of risks when crossing checkpoints make you think 10 times if you need it.
5. War means a sharp rise in prices and inflation in general. What cost 100 rubles yesterday will be sold for 300 tomorrow morning.

Necessary things

Medium urban backpack

I understand that many are used to being content with a bag over their shoulder, carrying a purse, tablet and mobile, but with the outbreak of war, all this will be a thing of the past. Any of your travels somewhere implies a very specific goal: to pick up a parcel, things, buy medicines or food. In this regard, the bag is much less practical and convenient.

Do not buy a tourist backpack, an ordinary urban backpack of 20-30 liters will be more than enough.

Be sure to try on the backpack before buying, make sure the straps are comfortable and have wide shoulder pads.

Try to choose a backpack without laptop compartments: it is extremely unlikely that you will have an urgent need to carry a laptop on trips, and a special pocket with protection will only steal a useful place. Two or three compartments on double-sided locks are quite enough: into a small one you unload small things like keys, a knife, a bandage, hydrogen peroxide, a handkerchief, toilet paper, a lantern, documents, a notebook and a pen, the main thing remains for things.

An abundance of pockets is also useless - just spend extra time during searches and checks. The strength of the material and its impermeability are much more important. Backpack straps on the chest, which allow you to run with much more comfort, are highly desirable.

Suitcase on wheels

In the conditions of the termination of postal transfers, you have to take out the necessary things not immediately (this is very expensive), but as needed. In this case, one backpack will not be enough.

If you have a family, be sure to take a suitcase on wheels. Key points to watch out for:

• High quality plastic wheels. Rubber pads will wear off on off-road and tracks very, very quickly.
• The presence of carrying handles on both sides, so that two people can carry it at once.
• Large bottom and maximum 2-3 small compartments. You will still be forced to dump all things during searches.
• Nice double-sided locks for each compartment.
• Rigid suitcase construction.

Lugging a suitcase with broken wheels or trying to unbutton jammed locks at gunpoint or in a queue of thousands in the pouring rain is not a pleasant activity. Don't skimp on this purchase. Avoid bright colors and eye-catching designs. The simpler the better.

Cases, covers and wallets

In the first months of the outbreak of the war and during periods of exacerbation, documents on the streets can be checked 10 or more times a day. It is even worse for those who often travel on roads with checkpoints. Nobody cares what difficulties you face when changing your passport, so the documents are more like a footcloth: they are worn out, falling apart and look extremely deplorable.

A good cover is the guarantee of the life of your passport, although not a guarantee.

Try not to take bright, very cheap and with various symbols of the cover. Simple, discreet, preferably in a different color for each family member. Be sure to make sure the covers don't shed or stain after getting wet. For insurance, wrap documents before leaving in a file or package.

A similar story with a wallet (forget about fancy micro-wallets, which fit a couple of credit cards and bills), a phone case or a case for glasses. Anything you can protect against falls, water, and shock, protect. Sooner or later, you will have to get wet more than once in the rain, fall to the ground during shelling, or huddle in the crowd at checkpoints.

Bike

Not a hoverboard, not an electric scooter or other hipster fetishes. A simple, most common bike with available spare parts. Don't bother with expensive 20-speed models with an ultra-light frame. Don't skimp on rubber and camera. The rest is secondary. It's just a way to get from point A to point B without public transport, which will be limited and bad. Be sure to think about how best. Two-wheeled friends are stolen more often than cars, especially in small towns.

Knife or multitool

No huge cleavers with stops and knockouts. A simple folding knife with a minimum of functions, but made of good steel and with a non-slip handle. By and large, you only need a knife and a can opener. If your budget allows, you can look towards multitools. But even there, you need extremely minimalistic options from a knife, opener and pliers. Keep it in your backpack among the rest of the little things, and then it will not raise questions during checks.

Flashlight

An absolutely irreplaceable thing, especially in conditions of a regular lack of electricity. Ideally two. One wearable, small, but bright and power-hungry enough to light the road for an hour. Better on batteries - always carry a spare with you. And a large home lamp on a battery with the ability to recharge from the mains.

In both versions, it should be possible to place it on the end (flat bottom) with a light beam in the ceiling to illuminate the entire room, a lanyard mount and several brightness modes.

Watch

Climbing behind the phone to find out the time in rain or frost is not a good solution. And although war teaches you patience, time is no longer a resource under your control. Being late for a train, bus or meeting becomes an unaffordable luxury in peacetime. Any shockproof and waterproof watch with backlight and alarm will do.

First aid kit

I would not advise you to stock up on a large number of medicines, especially if you do not have a clear understanding of what you can use after the expiration date. But make sure you have 3-4 packs of bandages, cotton wool, hydrogen peroxide, iodine or green tea, analgin, aspirin, paracetamol, activated charcoal, a thermometer, ammonia and ethyl alcohol.

Put the bandage and peroxide in your backpack, let them be with you at all times.

In principle, in the conditions of hostilities they get sick a little. The body seems to be mobilizing, and it is difficult to catch a cold or other illness, if you don’t try hard. Payback comes during periods of relaxation and truce. Then people's health crumbles like a house of cards.

Warm jacket or down jacket

The emphasis on winter clothing is made for a reason. In peacetime, any of my movements in winter came down to the need to walk 10 minutes to a public transport stop or take a taxi. If I wanted to take a walk in winter, I knew that at any moment I could go to a cafe or shop and warm up. In the distant peaceful past, I wore a cashmere coat, trousers and patent leather boots, and I, like many, were quite comfortable.

In a situation where you have to spend from 4 to 48 hours on the road with a high probability of long walks or spending the night in an open field, clothing tastes and the entire wardrobe in general require rethinking. Getting sick in the absence of heat, medicine and doctors is a rather dangerous occupation for health.

When choosing a jacket, be sure to take a warm sweater with you and try on it. You shouldn't be cramped.

If the required size is not available, feel free to give preference to a slightly larger one. This helps to keep warmth and moisture better.

Good zippers, a large insulated hood, spacious patch pockets with flaps (preferably with Velcro), internal pockets (with zippers) for your phone, money and documents - all this should be in your jacket. Add to this a high collar with padded lining (to hide the face from the wind), adjustable cuffs (to keep out snow) and, of course, waterproof fabric.

Many jackets and down jackets look good at first glance, but they turn out to be unwearable due to getting wet. Rain and snow or a short entry into a warm room during a snowfall - and your clothes get wet to the skin. Take a bottle of water to the store and make sure the fabric repels moisture.

Try not to wear bright colors and eye-catching designs. You do not have the task of attracting too much attention, you are not a tourist.

Sports shoes

The key point to look out for when shopping for shoes is the thickness of the sole. It will protect you from the cold and allow you to move comfortably over broken glass, slate and brick.

Do not wear low boots or winter trainers; in them you leave a very vulnerable part of your legs open.

No locks or Velcro - just lacing.

Try on shoes with thick warm toes, and if you are cold by nature, put an extra insole (ideally made of natural felt). Then your foot should be loose enough in the boot. No end-to-end dimensions. Otherwise, you will definitely freeze.

A huge disadvantage of shoes of low and medium price categories is their tightness. A foot in such a boot feels like a spacesuit, and after a long journey, condensation can be poured out of the shoe. If possible, buy expensive shoes. No - take a pair of spare socks with you on the road and change to dry ones if necessary.

Ski pants

The main advantage of these pants is a waterproof and windproof fabric. Even in a very severe frost and the wind is warm in them. Snow or rain will not make your trip any less comfortable.

Pants, unlike trousers and jeans, restrain you less in movement and do not fit so tightly. Traditionally, for winter clothes, take a stock by size and try on thermal underwear. It is much more comfortable to wear ski pants with it: even after running or physical activity, the lining will not stick to the legs, and the body will not cool down so intensely.

Pay attention to the belt. It is highly desirable that the pants have both belt loops and lacing. Capacious pockets with zippers and additional fabric pads on the knees and heel point will also be useful.

Turtleneck sweater

Forget jumpers and lightweight pullovers. Thick, high-wool sweaters that completely cover the neck, preferably in black, dark blue or dark gray, are your choice.

It may happen that you will not be able to wash and dry your clothes throughout the winter.

No acrylic or other artificial fabrics. They are beautiful and, perhaps, even appropriate for urban wear, but under extreme stress they are absolutely useless.

Other little things

There are a number of things that will not require a lot of money, but will please you with their presence more than once. I will just list them without going into details:

1. Twenty pairs of socks, including 3-4 pairs of warm socks.
2. Sneakers with a solid sole.
3. Strong jeans (no decorative stripes or damage).
4. Raincoat.
5. Warm gloves made of waterproof fabric.
6. Autumn and winter hats (even if you walked in peacetime without a hat in severe frost).
7. Thermal underwear.
8. Swimming trunks.
9. Stock of cotton T-shirts.

Stupid spending

Huge stocks of groceries

Cereals, flour, butter and canned food in industrial quantities - all this, of course, is great and necessary, and you will even eat something, but with large supplies, everything will gradually deteriorate. Keep basic positions to a minimum without turning your apartment into an Auchan branch.

Lots of frozen meat and convenience foods

Sooner or later you will be left without light, and all this will have to be cooked, eaten or thrown away in an emergency mode. At such moments, the dogs, which loving once owners throw out into the street, leaving the city, do not walk, but crawl along the roads with their bellies swollen to incredible sizes.

Military / paramilitary uniform

These are obviously unnecessary questions, attention and risks. Among civilian clothes, there are no less comfortable options.

Firearms and traumatic weapons

There will be much less benefit from it than questions and problems.

Binoculars

This is a real chance of getting shot.

Outcome

This list could be expanded, but you cannot make supplies for all occasions. It is impossible to guarantee that on the very first day the shell will not destroy your house or apartment, and together with them, all the lovingly collected supplies is impossible. Even the most stubborn gadgetophiles and perfectionists, who suffer from the wrong color watch strap or painfully choose a feng shui table, take a year to look at things and the world much easier.

Don't get hung up on choosing the best things. Just buy what meets the requirements - life itself will lead you to the necessary ones. Peace!

There is a widespread myth that these days the war can be watched live. In fact, where the carnage begins, there is never television. There was no television in Grozny in either of the two wars, in Sarajevo, in Srebrenica, in Kosovo, there was no television, and in Syrian Aleppo there was none either. Where it is really bloody and dirty, television comes when everything is over to film mass graves or show from a safe distance how something burns and explodes. The real war is much more terrible than our (those who were not in the war) ideas about it. So, what to do if the war starts and you are in the city.

As always in life, there are different options. Today we will not consider the option that provides that you have decided to join the armed forces and participate in hostilities. Today, only about civilians ..

The main advice in the event of a war is to get out of the city as soon as possible.

Already on the first day of hostilities in the city, most likely, there will be no electricity, no water, no gas, no heat, no mobile phone network, no wi-fi, nothing that supports city life. All these things, of course, will not disappear at the same time, but in any case it will happen rather quickly.

The problem of survival begins immediately. How many days will there be enough food in your home? That's right, a few. Shops and gas stations will stop working on the first day, and they will be looted around the same time.

Those who will have what to eat, what to drink, change for what is lacking, or, for example, for the right to pass through the checkpoint, will survive. If you go to the store, it is better to take your friends with you. Firstly, you will be able to carry more products, and secondly, there is a hope that the loot will not be taken away from you on the way back. In the first days of the war, society, by inertia, retains some signs of culture, and banditry, looting, and the permissiveness of degenerates are not yet so widespread, but everything is rapidly moving towards that, and therefore you need weapons.

One thing to understand. There is no such thing as private property in a war zone. No one is interested in what was recorded in the Land Register or registered in the register of enterprises before the war. Now everything has been canceled because the war. You only own what you can protect. If armed uncles enter your apartment and say that they will now have a machine gunner's nest or a sniper position here, do not argue.

Just get out of there, even if you are not required to. You do not want to be near when this machine gunner is "covered" by the enemy. Don't tell your uncles that this is private property or anything like that. Uncles are nervous, because they are being shot at, they have weapons, they are full of adrenaline and courage, do not quarrel with them.

The good news is that no one else also has private property, except those who have weapons and who can defend their own with weapons in hand. In other words, if the owner does not have a weapon, this is not his car, if the owner does not have a weapon, it is not his food supplies, and so on. A man with a weapon is always right. Never quarrel with a person who has a weapon. The cost of living in a war zone is getting very cheap. Remember this. Anyone can kill you, and he will get nothing for it. No one will ever look for a killer.

Therefore, you need a weapon, otherwise you will soon have no food, no drink, no wedding ring, no warm clothes, nothing that can help you survive.

Classically, weapons are obtained by robbing a police station. Usually, a black market immediately appears, soldiers earn money by selling something from the army stocks, someone sells something from weapons legally obtained in peacetime. Remember you also need ammo. If there is an opportunity to exchange your mom's jewelry for Kalashnikov, do it.

Best of all, if you manage to get some kind of pistol at the same time. If you run into a patrol, the Kalashnikov must be returned immediately, but you can hope that after you give the machine gun, they will no longer search you, and the pistol will remain with you.

If you are forward-thinking, you already have an arsenal legally obtained in peacetime. In wartime, this will immediately become a gold mine. I have friends who have an arsenal at home with which you can fight for a year and a half.

It is very important to decide where and how you go. Perhaps you still need to stay where you are.

Those with a battery-operated radio at home are in a much better situation than others. Some stations will certainly work, and some information about what is happening can be obtained.

You need to assess the geographic and strategic importance of your location. How important from the point of view of city control can be your street, your yard, your house, in which direction the fights will go, whether someone will control this area, whether there will be resistance here, what kind of character, and so on.

If there is a mortar position nearby, run away immediately, the enemy will definitely destroy it. And he will not shoot from a machine gun. If a sniper is on the roof of your house, run from there. In Grozny, tanks worked in such houses. Nobody wants to hunt for a sniper. It is easier to demolish the two upper floors in such a house.

Understand that you do not want to be where the tanks will go and where the tank's barrel will be directed. The power of a tank shot is incredible. Only one fragments from a tank hitting a building inflict mortal wounds within a radius of a hundred meters or more to everyone who did not find shelter. In some conflicts, in order to stop the tanks, powerful high-explosive charges were used in the city to destroy houses in the path of the tanks and thus stop them, drive them to a dead end. Once again, you want to be very far from the tanks and those trying to stop them. Remember, there is water in the toilet cistern that can survive for a week or longer.

Never rinse it off. It is no different in quality from tap water, but the water no longer flows from the tap, and the shops no longer work and are robbed. This water reserve is of great importance.

It is difficult to survive in the city. The areas of apartment buildings generally become a trap, among other things, the sewage system that does not work, waste, corpses in the summer increase the risk of various diseases, and in the winter, in turn, it is impossible to warm the apartments. It is very difficult to prepare warm food. The water brought from the river must be boiled, it cannot be drunk just like that in such conditions. If you manage to get kerosene from the army, you can make improvised tiles, you can burn furniture, but sooner or later it is better to leave.

If you hit the road, you need to understand the army mindset.

The most important thing that everyone confirms is to look civil. If for some reason you put on camouflage, dress like Rambo and go outside, enjoy this moment, because, in fact, you are already dead. You will not even know whether the sniper or the soldiers of which side will remove you. In war, the one who looks like a soldier is a soldier, and one who looks like a civilian is possibly a soldier too. You want to look as harmless as possible. Best of all, homeless people, with children in their hands and a white flag in a conspicuous place.

Hide the assault rifle under your jacket, if you got a Kalashnikov with a folding stock - ideally, if not, hide it anyway.

On the one hand, civilian soldiers are not interested. In Chechnya, even despite the intense fighting, those who did not suspect that they were soldiers in disguise - old men, women with children, etc., could almost calmly move around the city. Soldiers do not want to "shine" their position unnecessarily or waste ammunition to shoot a civilian who is simply fleeing the city. This is on the one hand. On the other hand, in the case of ethnic, religious conflicts, this is not always the case. This was not the case in Yugoslavia. In any case, if you run into a machine gunner's nest, which is still being done and dug in, a group of saboteurs, they may decide that you are a risk, or an enemy spy disguised as a civilian, and therefore begin to "work" for you.

Therefore, if you see a soldier in the yard or in an empty house, in no case do not approach. Even if they look friendly, even if they smile and invite you in, leave. It is very likely that they want to call you only in order to quietly silence you. This is a war, everyone is nervous, many are paranoid, many with a pathological propensity for violence, which they finally unleashed, in many conflicts experienced units tried to "work out" civilians who could open their position. Remember that once a war has started, the Geneva Convention is not a set of laws, but only a description of the desired behavior. During the war, all kinds of degenerates, moral monsters and psychopaths suddenly surface on the crest of the war and finally begin to live at their own discretion. You don't want to meet them and get in touch with them in any way, not even eye contact.

Do not go near hospitals, where all sides are taking their wounded, and the shooting can start at any moment, some side will want to seize this strategic object only for themselves, and the losers will decide that if not me, then no one, and call artillery or aviation. Avoid former government agencies, any important infrastructure facilities - stations, communication centers, television centers, etc. Don't go anywhere at night. The night is ruled by an army, bandits and marauders.

Army units in the city very often have a poor understanding of what is happening and where the enemy is now.

Almost always, at some point, their own people shoot at their own people, and everyone always shoots at unwary civilians.

Remember, while you are in the city, there is a chance to steal fuel.

Gas stations are not working. Fuel cannot be obtained otherwise than from the army, but you do not want to contact the army, and they do not seek to help you, but in the countryside there will not even be a place to steal.

Go on the road in the daytime (many advise you to go at dawn, when the night posts are already tired, and the morning ones have not yet woken up, slowly and calmly, as civilians do. By your behavior, let everyone clearly understand that you are civilians who want Take your time. The principle of creating a route is simple. The fewer patrols, the fewer checkpoints, the fewer contacts, the better. It is clear that the central streets, central intersections, bridges are better controlled, as they have strategic importance. that you know the city.

If you need to spend the night in the city because you no longer have your home, or you are stuck on the road, it is better to stay in the open air somewhere on the side of the road than to enter empty buildings in which there were battles or there was an army. Here each door can be equipped with a grenade. In such places, do not open the refrigerator, do not lift the toilet lid, and if a kitten meows in the closet or behind a door, do not save him, this is a classic trap.

The streets are often safer. In the capture of cities, nothing else has been invented except for two eternal strategies. The first is to first demolish half the city with artillery and aircraft, and then the direct seizure of house after house, from the first house on one side to the last on the other, as was done in World War II, including in Berlin. The second option is that tanks and armored personnel carriers first try to seize strategic points, fortify on them and thus create control over the city, as, for example, in Grozny during the first Chechen war. In the case of this strategy, there is a risk that the army units at these strategic points will be surrounded and destroyed, which the Chechens, by the way, did with the Russian army, turning the first capture of Grozny into perhaps the most shameful defeat of the Russian army in modern history. At the same time, the Americans in Baghdad acted that way. After the bombing, they simply drove into the city and began to fortify. Perhaps they knew that there would be no strong resistance or relied on their advantage in strength.

Be that as it may, in the first case, the cleaning of houses begins immediately. To make the attackers feel safe, they do not leave enemies behind, every house will be checked. And in the second case, too, sooner or later, the search for opponents will begin with a search of suspicious houses, districts and streets. It makes no difference whether it is Russians or Americans.

In cities where guerrilla warfare is going on, mopping-up operations are harsh. Clearing abandoned buildings is the most dangerous thing for soldiers, and they hate it, so it's best not to be in such a building. If not the instruction, then the army wisdom says that if you don't want surprises, first throw a grenade into the room and only then go to see who “lives” here. And it will not be a noise grenade like in peacetime operations. However, the grenade is not the most dangerous. Hurry up to jump back behind a good sofa, reducing your "area" facing the explosion to a minimum, stretch out on the floor or hide your head and body behind a large backpack, behind some kind of flower pot, and, if you are not completely naked, there is a great chance to survive. Another thing is that you can never know which frostbitten idiots will now enter the room. Therefore, it is better to sit on the side of the street with a white rag and allow everyone to command you than to imagine that you will climb into some abandoned basement, hide in an abandoned house and be safe there.

If there are victims on the streets, remember that it is strictly forbidden to touch or turn them over. The grenade under the corpse, too, unfortunately, has become a sad classic in all recent conflicts. If you can remove the weapon or cartridges from the deceased without turning it over, do it, but you do not need to search it more thoroughly. If the dead man has a communication system, contrary to what was seen in the films, do not take it. Most likely, you will not hear anything understandable and useful for you here. Moreover, you are civilians. You have to look like a civilian. There will be a walkie-talkie, there will be a desire to tinker with it. A civilian with a walkie-talkie is no longer a civilian. And hide the weapon, of course.

All modern cities have a roundabout path. Usually there is the border of the environment. For motorized rifle brigades, the standard behavior is to disperse along the roundabout routes and block the city. There will be checkpoints, control and the like.

Approach them slowly and with your hands up. Do not think to somehow sneak through the forest, short dashes or something like that. In military conditions, every suspicious movement in the forest is a sufficient reason for a machine gun to start working. Pay attention to the soldiers' weapons visible in the photographs from Crimea. There are a lot of Pecheneg machine guns and a lot of modernized Dragunov sniper rifles with a short barrel and a folding stock, as well as "Vintorez" and classic Kalashnikov machine guns, as well as automatic rifles. Many copies of this weapon, as can be seen in the photographs of journalists, are equipped with the most modern sights (Aimpoint Micro T-1 and Eotech 512, which cost from $ 500 - $ 700 per copy). You don't want these people to start shooting in your direction. Go to the checkpoint with your hands up. Most likely, they will simply rob you, take away everything valuable and let you pass.

Now you are out of town. They say that every Latvian has his own country house. Happy are those who really have it. If there is also a cellar in this house with potatoes, other foods, pickles and preserves, then you will most likely survive. The main task is to protect your home from bandits, looters who want to take all this away from you. It is not difficult to defend against one or two bandits, but it is already difficult to withstand a dozen. Moreover, they have already trained during this time. They know how to assess your strength, go around from the flanks, and so on. However, you have time at your disposal to prepare traps, obstacles, barricades for them and turn your family and friends into a small military squad. Again, weapons are very necessary, if they are not, we recall the Middle Ages and we will have different strategies. The bandit who was poured with a bucket of gasoline and who understands that he may now flare up will most likely be "on pause" for a moment. Your defense must be aggressive and strong so that the marauders decide to go to another, easier target. The army, most likely, is not interested in your country house, so there is a chance to wait out the active hostilities and then see what happens next.

Now comes the most important thing.

If in peacetime you make at least some elementary preparations for a rainy day, it will be very helpful if such a day comes.

First, consider all evacuation routes and methods, considering backup options. Best of all, make sure that there is a place in the village. If not for yourself, then with some friends, relatives, acquaintances. They do not need to object, together it will be easier to defend their place from bandits and marauders. Here it is necessary to store elementary supplies of food, fuel, medicines. Pasta is a great invention of mankind, unlike flour and various cereals, worms do not start in them, they have a long shelf life and high nutritional value. If you can find high-quality canned food, it's fine in general, they will be more expensive than money, and if there are chickens and a cow on your farm, and there is a river nearby where you can fish, then this is generally a five-star place to wait out the war. Don't forget to just arrange shifts. Someone needs to stay awake at night and so on.

While you are in the city - always try to keep the gas tank in the car as full as possible. During the Chechen war, Snickers was especially popular. Small, light, on four or six bars, a soldier can live a whole day. Comes in handy along the way.

Cool! 54

War is the worst thing that can happen in the life of every person. A surprise attack by fascist Germany on ordinary Soviet people. But nothing can break a strong-minded people, they have only Victory ahead!

War is so much in this word. One word alone carries a lot of fear, pain, screams and crying of mothers, children, wives, losses of loved ones and thousands of glorious soldiers who stood for the life of all generations ... How many children did she leave as orphans and wives as widows with black headscarves on their heads. How many terrible memories she left behind in human memory. War is the pain of human destinies caused by those who rule at the top and crave power in any way, even bloody.

And if you think hard, then in our time there is not a single family from which the war did not take away or simply did not cripple a person close to us with bullets, shrapnel or simply its echoes. After all, we all remember and honor the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. We remember their feat, solidarity, faith in a great victory and a loud Russian "Hurray!"

The Great Patriotic War can rightfully be called sacred. After all, all people began to defend their homeland, not afraid of a stray bullet, torment, captivity and much more. Our ancestors rallied so much and went forward to recapture their land from the enemy, on which they were born and raised.

The Soviet people were not even broken by the surprise of the attack on June 22, 1941, the German fascists attacked in the early morning. Hitler hoped for a quick victory, as in many European countries, which surrendered and submitted to him practically without resistance.

Our people did not have any weapons, but this did not frighten anyone and they went confidently forward, not giving up their positions, defending their loved ones and their homeland. The road to victory ran through many obstacles. Militant battles developed both on earth and in the sky. There was not a single person who did not contribute to this Victory. Young girls who served as doctors and dragged wounded soldiers from the battlefield, how much strength and courage they had. How much faith they carried with them, giving it to the wounded! Men went boldly into battle, covering their homes and families with their backs! Children and women worked at the factories at the machine tools, producing ammunition, which brought the cherished success in capable hands!

And in spite of everything, that moment came, the moment of the long-awaited victory. The army of Soviet soldiers, after many years of battles, was able to drive the Nazis from their native land. Our hero soldiers reached the borders of Germany, and took Berlin - the capital of the fascist country by storm. All this happened in 1945. On the 8th of May, Germany signed a complete surrender. It was at that very time that our ancestors gave us one of the great holidays celebrated on May 9 - this is Victory Day! A day truly with tears in my eyes, great joy in my soul and with a sincere smile on my face!

Remembering the stories of grandfathers, grandmothers and people who participated in these hostilities, we can conclude that only a strong-willed, courageous and ready to go to the death people could come to victory!

For the younger generation, the Great Patriotic War is just a story from the distant past. But this story excites everything inside and makes you think about what is happening in the modern world. Think about the wars that we see now. Think about the fact that we should not allow another war and prove to the hero soldiers that they did not lie in the ground for nothing, that the soil was soaked in their blood for a reason! I want everyone to remember at what cost this difficult Victory and the peace over our heads that we now have!

And in conclusion, I really want to say: “Thank you, Great Warriors! I remember! IM proud of!"

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How I would like all children on Earth to know what war is, only from the pages of history textbooks. I sincerely hope that someday my wish will come true. But so far, unfortunately, the wars on our planet continue.

I will probably never understand how those who unleash these wars feel. Do they really not think that the cost of any war is human lives. And it doesn't matter which side won: both of them are, in fact, the losers, because those who died in the war cannot be returned.

War is loss. In a war, people lose loved ones, the war takes away their home, deprives them of everything. Those who have not been affected by the war, I think, will never be able to fully realize how terrible it is. It's hard for me to even imagine how creepy it is to go to bed, realizing that in the morning you can find out that some of your loved ones are no longer there. It seems to me that the fear of losing a loved one is much stronger than fear for your own life.

And how many people are deprived of their health by war? How many makes disabled people? And no one and nothing will return them to their youth, health, crippled destinies. It’s so scary - to irrevocably lose your health, at one moment to lose all hopes, to realize that your dreams and plans are not destined to come true.

But the worst thing is that war leaves no one with a choice: to fight or not - the state decides for its citizens. And it doesn't matter whether the residents support such a decision or not. War affects everyone. Many are trying to escape the war. But is escape painless? People have to leave their homes, leave their homes, not knowing whether they will ever be able to return to their former life.

I am convinced that any conflicts should be resolved peacefully, without sacrificing human destinies to war.

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It is of great importance for a person whether there is a meaning in his life. Each person seeks to express himself as much as possible. But the personality manifests itself most clearly in crisis situations, such as natural disasters or wars.

War is a terrible time. She constantly tests a person for strength, requires a full commitment of strength. If you are a coward, if you are not capable of patient and selfless work, if you are not ready to sacrifice your convenience or even your life for the sake of a common cause, you are worthless.

Our country was often forced to fight. The most terrible wars that befell our ancestors are civil. They demanded the most difficult choice, at times they completely broke the system of values ​​that had developed in a person, since it was often not clear with whom and for what to fight.

The so-called patriotic wars are the defense of the country from an external attack. Everything is clear here - there is an enemy who threatens everyone, ready to become the master in the land of your ancestors, dictate his own rules on it, and make you a slave. At such moments, our people have always demonstrated a rare unanimity and ordinary, everyday heroism, manifested in every little thing, be it a fierce battle or watch in a medical battalion, exhausting pedestrian crossings or digging trenches.

Every time the enemy wanted to defeat Russia, he harbored the illusion that the people were dissatisfied with their government, that the enemy troops would be greeted with joy (both Napoleon and Hitler were most likely convinced of this and hoped for an easy victory). The stubborn resistance that the people showed them should first surprise them, and then terribly enrage them. They didn't count on him. But our people have never been slaves without exception. They felt that they were part of their native land and could not give it up to be mocked by strangers. Everyone became heroes - men - fighters, women and children. Each made his own contribution to the common cause, each took part in the war, all together defended the Motherland.

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72 years have passed since the day when the whole world heard the long-awaited word "Victory!"

May 9th. Good ninth day in May. At this time, when all nature comes to life, we feel how wonderful life is. How dear she is to us! And along with this feeling comes the understanding that we owe our lives to all those who fought, died and survived in those hellish conditions. Those who, without sparing themselves, worked in the rear, those who died in the bombing of cities and villages, those whose lives were painfully cut short in Nazi concentration camps.

On Victory Day, we will gather at the eternal flame, lay flowers, remember, thanks to whom we live. Let's keep quiet and once again say “Thank you!” To them. Thank you for our peaceful life! And in the eyes of those whose wrinkles keep the horrors of war, remember the fragments and wounds, the question is read: "Will you keep what we shed blood for in those terrible years, will you remember the real cost of Victory?"

Our generation has less opportunity to see the living participants of the battles, to hear their stories about that difficult time. That is why meetings with veterans are so dear to me. When you, war heroes, remember how you defended and defended the Motherland, your every word is imprinted in my heart. In order to convey to the coming generation what we have heard, to preserve the grateful memory of the great feat of the victorious people, so that no matter how many years have passed since the end of the war, those who conquered the world for us will be remembered and honored.

We have no right to forget the horrors of this war so that they do not happen again. We have no right to forget those soldiers who died in order for us to live now. We must remember everything ... I see my duty to the eternally living soldiers of the Great Patriotic War, to you, veterans, to the blessed memory of the fallen, to live my life honestly and with dignity, in order to strengthen the power of the Motherland by my deeds.

The war began. Three Personal Steps to Peace of Mind

They say that people who have gone through the war very poorly adapt to a peaceful life. The psyche of people who took part in the hostilities is broken. Just imagine, to survive in a war you need to be faster, more agile and smarter than your enemies, otherwise they will kill you. Extreme situations force people to do unthinkable things.

Have you heard the story of a man who went through the fighting in Afghanistan who almost killed his wife?
It was in the kitchen. A former military man was preparing dinner for his beloved. Music was playing loudly in the apartment, and the husband did not hear his wife enter the apartment. At this time he was cooking something in the kitchen. He did not notice how his wife came up from behind and was frightened by her touch. The former soldier turned sharply and stuck a knife in her chest, which he used to cut vegetables for dinner.

The participant in the hostilities reflexively did this, without even having time to think about it. Fortunately, his wife survived, the knife went unhealthy, but after this incident they divorced.

It is possible that this is not the only case. Society does not need such people. They are considered potentially dangerous, fanatics, and sick. Society believes that people who have learned to kill will continue to do so over and over again.

And now there is a reason - ISIS, which was created by the Americans themselves. It is not for nothing that the world media show horrific scenes of massacres in Iraq. They want to get approval for the introduction of troops into Syria.

The one who pays the money calls the tune. ISIS, like any terrorist group in the Middle East, will always be controlled by the Americans. This group at any time can fulfill the order, create a pretext for an American invasion where necessary. Here is a vivid example of their complete subordination to the Anglo-Saxons. Most recently, Israel bombed the Gaza Strip with unprecedented brutality. Hundreds of children, women and the elderly were killed. ISIS didn’t even make a sound, because Israel is the main ally of the United States. It would seem that Muslims were being ruthlessly killed in front of their eyes. Militants from this terrorist group not only did not rush through the Palestinian tunnels to save brothers in faith, but did not even make a single protest statement for the sake of decency. They just kept silent.