Thursday, June 27, 2013

The world's only melee people and dogs with the Nazis

In Cherkasy region is a unique monument of 150 borderline dogs who "broke" regiment of the Nazis in melee This one in the history of world wars and conflicts, people and dogs battle took place in the heart of Ukraine many years ago, and it was like this ... It was the third month of the war, more precisely, it only started when the end of July there were events for the first time changed the course of World War II, or the entire course of the "Eastern company," as they called the war in Hitler's headquarters. Few realize that according to his orders, on August 3 had to fall Kiev, and on the 8th number in the "victory parade" in the capital of Ukraine Hitler himself was going to come, but not alone, but with the leader of Italian dictator Mussolini and Slovakia Tissot. In the "head" to take Kiev failed and received an order to bypass it from the south ...So word of mouth came the terrible word "Green Brahma ', an area that is not listed on any maps of some of the great battles of the Great War.This wooded and hilly array of cyanosis on the right bank of the river, near the villages of Podvysokoe NovoArkhangelskoye in Kirovohrad region and Legezino Talnovsky Cherkassy region is only now known as one of the most tragic events of the first months of the Great Patriotic War. And then, because the party of fierce fighting during the Uman defensive operation was a famous songwriter Eugene Aaronovitch Dolmatovsky. With the release in 1985 of his book "The Green Brahma" (full size) the mystery of the "Green Brahma" was disclosed .. . In these places were surrounded and were almost completely destroyed extending from the western border of the 6th and the 12th Army of the South-Western Front generals Muzychenko and Ponedelina. By early August, they numbered 130,000 people, of Brahma came to his 11,000 soldiers and officers, mostly from the rear units. The others - either captured or left permanently in the hole Green Brama ...





In a separate battalion of border security detachment of the rear of the Southwestern Front, which was established on the basis of separate Kolomiysky border commandant of the same name and border patrol, with a hard-fought retreating from the border, are working dogs. They, along with the border patrol soldiers endured all the hardships of the harsh times. The battalion commander, who is also deputy chief of staff, Major Kolomiysky frontier Lopatin (according to other data, consolidated detachment commanded by Major Filippov), despite the extremely poor conditions, lack of proper food and to supply the command to release the dogs, did not. Near the village of Legedzino battalion, covering parts of the command staff retreat Uman army factions, July 30 took his last fight ... Forces were not equal: five hundred guards regiment against the fascists. At the critical moment, when the Germans went to another attack, Major Lopatin gave the order to send in a close fight with the Nazis border guards and dogs. It was a last resort. sight was terrible: 150 (different data - from 115 to 150 dogs border, including to and from Lviv pogranshkoly service dog) trained, half-starved sheep dogs, drenching them against the Nazis machine-gun fire. Sheepdogs fascists dug in the throat, even in its death throes. The enemy, bitten in the literal sense and chopped down with their bayonets, retreated, but came to the aid of tanks. Bitten by German infantrymen with lacerations, with cries of horror, jumps up on the armor of tanks and shot the poor dogs. In this battle, killing all 500 border guards, none of them surrendered. But those dogs, according to witnesses - the villagers Legedzino, remained faithful to the end of its conductors. Each of the survivors of the grinder, settled near his master, and no one did not admit to it. German beasts were shot every shepherd, and those who were not shot the Germans, refused to eat or have died of hunger on the field ... Even rural dogs got - the Germans were shot big dogs of the villagers, even those who have been on a leash. Only one shepherd was able to crawl to his house and fell down at the door.Devotional four-legged friend sheltered, out, and on the collar of her villagers learned that it was not only the dogs border Kolomiysky pogrankomendatury, but also a special school service dog Captain ME Kozlov. After the battle, the Germans collected their dead, according to the recollections of the villagers (unfortunately there is little left in this world) were allowed to bury the Soviet border guards.Everyone who found gathered in the center of the field and buried, together with his faithful four-legged assistants, and hid the secret burial for many years ... Researcher that memorable battle Fuca Alexander says that the memory of the heroism of border guards and their helpers among the villagers was so great that, despite the presence of the German occupation administration and detachment of policemen, the floor of the village boys proudly wore green caps victims. And buries border residents, hiding from the Nazis, Red Army pulled out of books and pictures of dead officers' certificates, then to send them to identify (to keep such documents were in mortal danger, so to identify the names of heroes failed). A planned meeting of triumph of Hitler and Mussolini took place on 18 August, but, of course, not in Kiev, and there, Legedzino, on the Shlyakhov that led to experimental and which was kept as a Soviet border guards. Only in 1955, Legedzino residents were able to collect the remains of almost all the 500 border guards and transfer them to the village school, and near which is a common grave. And on the outskirts of the village, where, and held the world's only melee people and dogs with the Nazis, May 9, 2003, the voluntary contributions of veterans, border guards and handlers of Ukraine was established the world's only monument to a man with a gun and his faithful friend - the dog. This monument is not anywhere else. "Stop and take a bow. Then in July 1941, have risen in the last attack on the enemy fighters separate Kolomiyskogo border commandant. 500 guards and 150 of their dogs perished in a heroic death in battle. They have remained forever faithful to the oath, his native land. " Today only person known to the two dead guards.

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