WW2 Soviet Grouping – Politruk Major – From Stalingrad to Berlin 1945 – PUBLISHED!
An interesting grouping to a Major serving with the 1st Belorussian Front. Stalingrad to Berlin. It has been published twice!
The story is published in the Armourer Magazine in the United Kingdom and is available online.
Major Kolesnikov – Stalingrad, Kursk to Berlin
Polite Officer (?)
Political Department of the 1st Belorussian Front.
Red Star – 2.6.1942
Held good political talks and helped in the establishment of a new hospital.
During a bombing attack, he drove from Paskvo to Kursk. He personally helped the wounded, during a bombardment he rescued a total of around 300 soldiers, by getting them off a train which was later hit by aircraft bombs. In Kursk, he was responsible for all the hospitals, he personally organised work for the civilians after the bombing. He held high principles and held great responsibility.
Medal for Valour – October 1941
He took part in the building of anti-tank defences in Lysychansk, where later he was wounded when the Germans attacked.
He had seen the hell of Stalingrad, the battles in Kursk and made it all the way to Berlin in April 1945 with the 1st Belorussian front.
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