Belarus commemorates the Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War today
Belarus commemorates the Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War today. On this day, we remember all those who, at the cost of their lives, fulfilled their duty to defend the Motherland, all those who perished, were tortured in fascist captivity, and died in the rear from hunger and hardship.
At dawn on June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany, violating the non-aggression pact, launched a war against the Soviet Union. The implementation of the "Barbarossa" plan began, according to which the German military leadership intended to wage a lightning war and defeat the USSR with a single blow.
The most powerful grouping of German troops advanced into the territory of Belarus. Enemy aircraft bombed railway junctions, airfields, as well as Brest, Grodno, Volkovysk, Baranovichi, and other Belarusian cities.
Over the years of the war, more than 1.3 million Belarusians and natives of Belarus fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War.
In this war, Belarus lost every third inhabitant – the memory of them will live forever.