http://bit.ly/2vIu4X5 honor of the victory day over Nazism I would like to tell about one of the Soviet heroes of this war.Ovcharenko Dmitry Romanovich – a soldier of the Soviet red army. He was awarded for his feat the highest order of the USSR – the Golden star of the hero of the Soviet Union.He accomplished the feat in the initial period of war, July 13, 1941, when single-handedly engage in battle against 50 German soldiers and officers, while with grenades and an axe destroying 21 of them, including two officers.He served in the army since 1939, therefore, participated in the war from its first days ( in the Soviet Union the war began on 22 June 1941 ).On 13 July 1941 in the battles near the city of Balti (Moldova), upon delivery of ammunition in his company near the town Pesetc (Khmelnitsky region), driving a machine-gun company 389 rifle regiment of the 176th rifle division 9th army of the southern front the red army Ovcharenko Dmitry suddenly faced with a detachment of soldiers and officers, numbering 50 people. The enemy tried to capture Dmitri and seized his rifle. But Dmitry was not taken aback, snatched from the wagon, the axe, chopped off the officer who questioned him in the head, threw the enemy soldiers, three grenades, killing 21 soldiers. The others fled in panic. Then he caught up with the second officer in the garden of the town of Pesetc and also cut off his head. The third officer managed to escape. Then Ovcharenko collected from the dead documents and maps, and together with the cargo arrived at the company.By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated November 9, 1941 “for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command at the front of the fight against Nazi invaders and for courage and heroism” the red army soldier Ovcharenko Dmitry Romanovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the gold Star medal.In the battles for the liberation of Hungary in the vicinity of the station Seregelyes private Dmitriy Ovcharenko was seriously wounded. Died in hospital from his wounds on January 28, 1945, did not live to see the victory 4 months.*Reddit is a community with a lot of people from different countries, so it would be interesting to see articles about the heroes of your country who made a great contribution to the overall victory over Nazism in honor of this victory.Ovcharenko D. R. via /r/HistoryMemes http://bit.ly/2PQMXRb
