On the eve of the great victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945))) I remember, I'm proud)))

My grandfather - Sokolov Alexander Pavlovich 1918-2005. Military pilot, graduated from the flight school and went to the front 1943-1945, made many flights! ... Received two Orders of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War.

On May 9, the world annually celebrates a national holiday - Victory Day, held to commemorate the victorious end of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
The Great Patriotic War, which is an integral part of the Second World War of 1939-1945, began at dawn on June 22, 1941, when Nazi Germany, violating the Soviet-German treaties of 1939, attacked the Soviet Union. On its side were Romania, Italy, on June 23 they were joined by Slovakia, on June 25 - Finland, on June 27 - Hungary, on August 16 - Norway.
The war lasted almost four years and became the largest armed conflict in the history of mankind. On the front stretching from the Barents to the Black Seas, from 8 million to 13 million people fought on both sides in different periods of the war at the same time, from 6 thousand to 20 thousand tanks and assault guns were used, from 85 thousand to 165 thousand guns and mortars, from 7 thousand to 19 thousand aircraft.
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 made great changes in the history of mankind and the life of the Russian people! The heroes of events in the Great Patriotic War were our Grandfathers and Grandmothers, our Fathers and Mothers - they went through something that a person cannot imagine without seeing the events of those years with our own eyes and our duty is to keep memory, remember and be proud of our ancestors and inform to our children the former Glory and Pride for our beloved ancestors!