Day on November 19 in the history

To share to Read us in Day of rocket armies and artillery. Originally the holiday was called as Day of artillery and was established by the decree of Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR of October 21, 1944 in commemoration of merits of gunners in defeat fascist armies near Volgograd. On November 19, 1942 powerful artillery preparation which provided the successful beginning of the operation "Uranium" — the Soviet counterattack during the Battle of Stalingrad was carried out. In 1964 the holiday was renamed into Day of rocket armies and artillery. In the late eighties its began to mark out every third...