Tanks in defense of Brest Fortress

“It is not possible to burst into the citadel, because there are tanks ...”-this is how the Brest Fortress was reported about an unsuccessful attempt to take the Brest Fortress in the report of one of the units of the 45th Wehrmacht Infantry Division of June 22, 1941. The active use of the Red Army armored vehicles became one of the main The reasons for the breakdown of the Hitler command for the seizure of the fortress (“Russian began to persistently and persistently defend itself, especially behind our advanced companies, using 35-40 tanks and reconnaissance armored vehicles ...”) The actions of the Soviet armored vehicles forced the Nazis to be more careful, fearing the tank counterattack the assaults restrained the actions of their infantry, which means that they gave the defenders of the fortress such a necessary time ...

This book, written by the leading historians of the defense of the Brest Fortress, for the first time in all known details, shows the actions of armored vehicles in its defense. On the basis of archival documents and memoirs of participants (both from the Soviet and German side), the authors created a holistic picture of battles with the participation of Soviet armored vehicles: management, tasks, use, result. The publication illustrates more than a hundred unique photographs (primarily by the Wehrmacht soldiers - participants in the assault), who not only correct and complement the well -known facts about the defense of the Brest Fortress, but also give information about completely new episodes of the legendary battle, which became a symbol of the Great Patriotic War