Forty first. Continuation

It was a sad beginning of the war.
The Barbarossa plan was treacherous,
threatening to destroy the country.
A swarm of tanks rushed towards Kyiv.
And Zhukov dared to send troops
to Yelnya to fight the colossus —
the iron army of the fascists.
The time of the blitzkrieg has vanished.
Yes, it was terrible, we had to die.
I’ll be brief: life is not a book.
We had to defend Leningrad.
Tragic intrigue was raging.

The enemy realized — this wasn’t a stroll.
Millions went on the attack,
and soldiers died without awards.
They went into battle, sparing no ammunition.
Guderian led the swarm of tanks.
Our defense plan worked.

The Wehrmacht’s plan was falling apart.
Moscow was defended by the cadets,
they were given a short life span..
Everything was more terrible than in Dante’s work..
More than one million perished..
The homeland lost its talents.

Throughout the country, a groan could be heard..
On T;34 tanks,
our fighters drove the scum away..
Troops arrived from Siberia,
and regiments of militia.
Such terrible battles in our world
the experts do not remember the legends..
The fighting rolled back to the west,
the recruits marched to the west..
Our people will not surrender in a year,
not in two, no, never!
Hurrah! Into bayonet charge. Hell in their eyes.