THE PLACE OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY

ABSTRACT

More than a dozen years have passed since the end of the war, but discussions and debates about its history, causes, course and consequences still persist. Thousands of books and collections of documents have been published on the history of the war, some documents have been declassified, but many people continue to worry about the questions: why and how this war arose, who was responsible for its occurrence, and whether it was impossible to prevent it.

The great Patriotic war occupies the most tragic place in the history of our country. Why? The total losses of the Soviet Union, according to various estimates, amounted to more than 26.6 million people. This war was a test for all people, which not everyone managed to pass. There wasn't a single family that didn't have someone killed, injured, or missing. On this occasion, many works of art were written and films were made. Thanks to them, we can at least imagine a little how people lived at that time, what they thought, how they endured the hardships of the war.

For example, Andrey Dementiev's work "the Ballad of the mother" was able to contain the pain that a mother experiences when she loses her only child. There is still hope in her heart that he is alive, that he will come and knock on the window. And never will the mother's heart, until her death, reconcile itself to the thought of his death, even if the reality points to the contrary.

And the work of Boris Vasiliev "and the dawns are quiet here" tells about the role of women in the war. A feat in war is a common thing, but a female fighter is something pathetically sacred, naive, and helpless. Not all heroines understand what war is, not all have seen death: they are young, diligent and full of hatred for the enemy. Here only to a meeting with the real war of the girl are not ready: the reality is more terrible and more ruthless, than young "fighters in skirts" could expect. They all die at the end of the work, they had relatives and friends, they had dreams, their whole life was ahead of them, but the war takes away from a person everything that is dear to him.

These 2 works are only part of what was created after the war. And very often it happened that real people became the heroes of these works.

Probably, each of us has heard about Tanya Savicheva, a schoolgirl from the besieged Leningrad. From the very beginning of the blockade, she began to keep a diary in which she wrote down short phrases about the death of her relatives. When you look at this diary, you wonder how a child could survive all this. It is impossible to imagine what fear, pain, and despair she felt. Unfortunately, she could not live to Win, she died of tuberculosis and exhaustion. We will never know how many other children were like this during the war.

Of course, not everyone will understand why victory parades are arranged, why movies are made, why the "Immortal regiment"is held. This is necessary in order to never forget who we should be grateful to for this.

Once Vasily Lanovoy was asked by European journalists: "What are you doing in Russia with your Victory? Now we have forgotten." And he replied: "How many days did your countries resist Hitler?". They are silent. He continued: "Poland was conquered in 28 days, and in the same 28 days in Stalingrad, the Germans were able to capture only a few houses. And all of Europe was subdued in three months. And our soldiers had to release it. And at what cost! A million lives of Soviet soldiers who gave up for the liberation of Europeans from fascism." But Europe wanted to forget about it." As proof, I would like to cite some official data on the total economic losses in the Second world war. For example, the losses of the Soviet Union amounted to 485 billion dollars, Germany-320 billion dollars, the United States-275 billion dollars, Great Britain-126 billion dollars. The total economic losses of the USSR were 1.5 times higher than the losses of Germany. This was the highest price any of the warring countries had to pay in world war II.

More than a dozen years have passed since the end of the war, but discussions and debates about its history, causes, course and consequences still persist. Thousands of books and collections of documents have been published on the history of the war, some documents have been declassified, but many people continue to worry about the questions: why and how this war arose, who was responsible for its occurrence, and whether it was impossible to prevent it?

Similar questions arise when studying the history of the great Patriotic war. Why was our country unprepared for war? How did it happen that within a few months the German-fascist troops occupied huge territories and approached Moscow and Leningrad? Who was responsible for this?

Modern historians have different answers to these questions. Some seek explanations for the mistakes and criminal negligence of Stalin and his associates; others raise the question in a more General way, analyzing the entire Soviet totalitarian system of the 30s; others justify the then leaders and talk about objective processes that they could not influence.

There are always different opinions among historians, but they are especially noticeable when describing such major milestones in history as the Second world war and the Great Patriotic war.

All historians agree that the Great Patriotic war remains in memory as an example of a great tragedy, and as evidence of the true heroism of the people and their willingness to make any sacrifice in the name of protecting their Fatherland.

At the beginning of 1941, Stalin received numerous information and warnings about the upcoming German offensive. There was also a specific date — June 22, 1941. However, there was other information, so Stalin rejected such warnings, considering them a provocation.

But in my opinion, you can't blame everything on Stalin. I do not think that the war was a surprise for our country, the preparation was still there, but it was done unnoticed. I think it was a strategy.

If Stalin had been a bad strategist, the Soviet Union would not have won this war, but it did not allow this to happen. And this is largely due to him. He is cruel and despotic, but probably during the war this is what the head of state should be, he should defend the borders of his state at any cost. We will always remember the soldiers ' feat, and we will also remember the children, the mothers who lost their children. We will always remember this, because the war left such a big scar on the body of our country that will remain forever.

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