Missile Forces and Artillery Day

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Soviet postage stamp (1945): “19. November - Artillery Day "

The day of the missile forces and artillery is a holiday for the artillery troops of the Soviet and Russian forces , which on 19 November, the day of the beginning year of the counter-offensive at Stalingrad is celebrated.

history

It was introduced on October 21, 1944 as "Artillery Day". During Operation Uranus, the artillery offensive concept was used in full for the first time. And it is emphasized that only the artillery was superior to the enemy.

On November 17, 1964, it was renamed "Day of the Rocket Forces and Artillery".

Web links

literature

  • Klaus Dorst, Birgit Hoffmann (Ed.): Small Lexicon of Soviet Armed Forces . Berlin 1987, p. 283.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Soviet Military Review. 1/1982, Moscow 1982, p. 40 ff. Full view in the Google book search