Books about the war: list, summary

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A lot of wonderful, interesting, patriotic books about the war have been written. The most popular were and remain those whose authors themselves experienced the horrors of this event. Among them, Boris Vasiliev, Vasil Bykov and Konstantin Simonov stand out. This article lists the best books about the 1941-1945 war.

List of best war books

The works on military subjects describe great battles, give historical facts, reveal all the hardships of that time, tell about the heroism of the defenders of the Motherland. It is especially useful for schoolchildren to read them.

List of best war books:

• "The dawns here are quiet" - B. Vasiliev.
• "Star" - E. Kazakevich.
• "They fought for the Motherland" - M. Sholokhov.
• "Live and remember" - V. Rasputin.
• "Seventeen Moments of Spring" - Y. Semyonov.
• "The war does not have a woman's face" - S. Alekseevich.
• "Young Guard" - A. Fadeev.
• "Tomorrow there was a war" - B. Vasiliev.
• "Battalions are asking for fire" - Yu. Bondarev.
• "Vasily Terkin" -A. Tvardovsky.
• "Son of the regiment" - V. Kataev.
• "Brest Fortress" - S. Smirnov.
• "I was not on the lists" - B. Vasiliev.
• "Penal Battalion" - E. Volodarsky.
• "Hot snow" - Yu. Bondarev.
• "Officers" - B. Vasiliev.
• "The Tale of a Real Man" - B. Polevoy.
• "Sign of trouble" - V. Bykov.

And others. The following is a summary of several books.

The dawns here are quiet

There are books about the war that tell about the exploits of our women. The most famous of them is “The Dawns Here Are Quiet” by B. Vasiliev. The action takes place in the countryside in May 1942. Commander located here part of the foreman Vaskov. The soldiers only drink it and walk around. The foreman asks the authorities to send him fighters "non-drinkers". Soon his request will be granted. Girls are sent to him. One day, one of them notices two Germans in the forest and reports this to the foreman. He receives the command to catch the enemies. On the mission, Vaskov takes five girls with him: Zhenya Komelkova, Sonya Gurvich, Rita Osyanina, Galya Chetvertak and Lisa Brichkina. There are 16 Germans. In an unequal battle, all the girls die, but there are only 4 Germans left, and even those wounded Vaskov takes prisoner.

Not listed

Many books about the war are devoted to its very beginning. For example, the novel by B. Vasiliev "I was not on the lists." Nikolai Pluzhnikov arrives at the Brest Fortress in the last days of peace. The Germans storm the fortress, the war begins. Becausethe lieutenant had just arrived at the unit, they had not yet managed to add him to the lists: he could leave the battlefield and he would not be considered a deserter. But Pluzhnikov remained to defend the fortress. Here he finds his love - the Jewess Mirra. The girl died, but Pluzhnikov did not know about it. The lieutenant fought even when he was alone. The Germans still took the dying Pluzhnikov prisoner, they saluted him as a sign of respect for his courage.

Star

Some books about the war tell about the exploits of our valiant scouts. The work "Star" by E. Kazakevich is just one of them. The main character is the scout commander Travkin. His group needs to go behind enemy lines to find out how armed he is. "Star" is Travkin's call sign, which was used during the transmission of radiograms. The commander leads his men behind enemy lines. Danger lurks at almost every turn. The scouts learn that where they are, the Germans have concentrated a tank division. Now the guys need to send a radiogram to the headquarters. The reconnaissance group, due to the excessive dashing of the fighter Mamochkin, discovered themselves, the Germans staged a raid on them. The scouts managed to transmit a radiogram, but they could not get out of the rear of the enemy alive.

Battalions ask for fire

Books about the war, which describe famous battles, are very valuable not only in artistic but also in historical terms. One of these works is Y. Bondarev's story "Battalions ask for fire." Our troops had to break through the defenses aboutDneprov. This task was assigned to two battalions of Colonel Iverzev's division. They were supposed to be supported by fire from an artillery regiment. But due to the constant attacks of the Germans, he had to be transferred to another place. The battalions were left without support, but did not surrender, they fought to the last bullet, and almost all the soldiers died.

You can call such books about the war a monument to the heroism of the Russian people. The review of almost every reader about such literature calls to remember the exploits of those selfless people. After all, thanks to them we are now alive.