Today 28 APRIL 2015. On this day in the war years:
in 1941:
Was in Berlin on a business trip to the German Ambassador in Moscow Schulenburg was finally adopted by the Fuhrer. In the course of the conversation Hitler said about the Russians in insulting remarks, saying that the German military preparations in the East are defensive in nature and saying good-bye, casually said: "Yes, one more thing: I'm not going to fight against Russia." The next day the Schulenburg had to fly to Moscow to catch the celebration on May 1. Met his counselor of Embassy Hilger, also the enemy war with the Soviet Union, he was already at the airport said, "the die is cast", and outlined his conversation with Hitler, concluded that the führer was deliberately lied to him.
in 1942:
First guards in railway troops became the 28th separate railway brigade under the command of N. In. Borisov. For courage and heroism in battles with the German fascist invaders, she was granted the title of the 1st guards motorised brigade.
in 1943:
Completed the selection of replenishment in the previously formed 4-th guards Kuban Cossack cavalry corps. Sent to the front 7 046 Kuban Cossacks, worthy to serve in the guard.
When flying in a partisan edge died Russian writer Ivan Menshikov (1914-1943). During the war, as a correspondent of "Komsomolskaya Pravda", wrote passionate essays and stories about front and rear the everyday life.
3 days after the USSR declared that interrupted diplomatic relations with the Polish emigrant government, the Polish government and subordinate to him the command of the Army rejected the proposal of the Polish workers (Communist) party on the conclusion of a national agreement. The PDP was fully subordinated to the Kremlin; all the leadership lived in Moscow. The purpose of the government of Sikorski, as he claimed, and his Army – a Bastion of Polish Resistance was the rebirth of democratic Poland and not the establishment of the Communist regime.
in 1944:
On the night of 28 April, our air force long-range has made a massive RAID on the railway junction lions and bombarded the accumulation of military trains.
Aviation of the Baltic fleet sunk in the Gulf of Finland the tanker tonnage of 6 thousand tons and the destroyer of the enemy.
Act on atrocities of Hitlerites in the Mountain village of Mogilev region: "the Nazis burned in the town of mount 243 dwelling houses, secondary school, culture House and library. During the occupation the German bandits killed several hundred civilians. Only one day the Nazi executioners were shot in the area of flax to 200 Soviet citizens. The Germans failed innocent and defenseless people to a huge pit, forced to lie face down and shot them with machine guns. A Committee composed of: forensic expert captain of the medical service Makarova, senior Lieutenant Chumakovo and doctors and Dendeberova Kobzeva has uncovered one mass grave. In this grave found about 150 dead bodies were shot by the German fiends of old men, women and children." The act was signed by the commander of guerrilla group of N. Kohov, Deputy Chairman of the Gorki district Executive Committee G. Tarasenko, teacher A. Erenburg, M. E. and Dylenok Pavlickova.
in 1945:
Troops of the 1st Belorussian front continued street fighting in Berlin and took part of the urban district of Charlottenburg to Bismarck Strasse, and captured more than 9 thousand soldiers and officers. Troops of the 1st Ukrainian front were fighting in the South-Western part of Berlin and took up three city area.
In recent times started a newspaper Goebbels "Armored bear" (bear – symbol of Berlin). In the editorial it was written that "in the capital of the German Ordnung (order), European Ordnung enemy will suffer a decisive defeat, the Führer in Berlin. World the enemy will be defeated here".
On Hitler's orders in the yard reyhkantselyarii shot, Colonel General of the Waffen-SS Hermann Into (1906-1945), husband of Greta – the sisters of Eva Braun. Into was in the last days in the bunker along with Hitler. On April 26, he quietly slipped away from there. When Hitler discovered his disappearance, he sent a group of SS officers to his home where they found Fegelein, disguised in civilian and collecting things.
Italian rebels and the guerrillas took the Genoa, Alessandria, Turin and Pavia.
