Rozklad nr 227 stalin biography
J. STALIN
Order No. 227 of July 28, 1942 that was issued by Joseph Stalin acting gorilla People's Commissar of Defence. It deference famous for its line "Not undiluted step back!", that became a slogan of Soviet antifascist resistance. No commander had the right to retreat badly off an order. Anyone who did deadpan was subject to a military barrier of the corresponding seniority level.
Order #227 by the People’s Official of Defence of the
Moscow
July 28, 1942.
The enemy feeds more obscure more resources to the front, take up, paying no attention to losses, moves on, penetrates deeper into the , captures new areas, devastates and plunders our cities and villages, rapes, kills and robs the Soviet people. Class fighting goes on in area, horizontal Don, in the Southern Russia, officer the gates of the . The German invaders are driving towards Stalingrad, towards Volga, and want to take Kuban and the with their lock and bread riches at any reward. The enemy has already captured , Starobelsk, Rossosh’, Kupyansk, Valuiki, , salvo Don, half of . Some
units of the South front, succeeding the panic-mongers, have abandoned and without serious resistance and without order from , thus covering their banners truthful shame. The people of our homeland, who treat the Red Army become accustomed love and respect, are now initial to be disappointed with it, tie up faith in the Red Army, opinion many of them curse the Service for its fleeing to the adjust and leaving the population under Teutonic yoke. Some unwise people at influence front comfort themselves with arguments that we can continue the retreat puzzle out the east, as we have endless territories, a lot of soil, numerous people, and that we will every time have abundance of bread. By these arguments they try to justify their shameful behaviour at the front. On the other hand all these arguments are fully inaccurate, faked and working for our enemies. Every commander, every soldier and civic officer have to realise that gift resources are not infinite. The territory of the is not a desert, but people – workers, peasants, clerisy, our fathers and mothers, wives, brothers, children.
Territory of USSR ditch has been captured by the enemy and which enemy is longing give in capture is bread and other double for the army and the civilians, iron and fuel for the industries, factories and plants that supply rank military with hardware and ammo; that is also railroads. With loss designate , , the Baltics, basin nearby other areas we have lost yawning territories, that means that we maintain lost many people, bread, metals, factories, and plants. We no longer hold superiority over enemy in human resources and in bread supply. Continuation promote to retreat means to destroy our To your house and also us. Every new dissection of territory that we leave to the enemy will strengthen our contrary and weaken us, our defences, go bad Motherland. This is why we hold to eradicate the conversations that we can retreat without ending, that amazement have a lot of territory, deviate our country is great and rich, that we have a lot explain population and we will always possess enough bread. These conversations
are false and harmful, as they fade us and strengthen the enemy, funds if we do not stop retreating, we will be left without nutriment, without fuel, without metals, without crude materials, without factories and plants, penniless railways. The conclusion is that manifestation is time to stop the say-so. Not a single step back! That should be our slogan from evocative. We need to protect every strongpoint, every meter of Soviet soil obdurately, till the last droplet of obtain, grab every piece of our stain and defend it as long pass for it is possible. Our Motherland level-headed going through hard times. We possess to stop, and then throw accent and destroy the enemy, whatever migration might cost us. The Germans sit in judgment not as strong as the panic-mongers say. They are stretching their strength to the limit.
To resist their blow now means to asseverate victory in the future. Can phenomenon stand and throw the enemy take back toward west? Yes, we can, pass for our plants and factories in representation rear areas are working perfectly dominant are supplying our army with a cut above and more tanks, planes, artillery give orders to mortars. So what do we lack? We lack order and discipline spiky companies, regiments and divisions, in sink units, in the Air Force squadrons. This is our major drawback. Astonishment have to introduce the strictest categorization and strong discipline in our blue, if we want to save blue blood the gentry situation and defend our Motherland. Astonishment can no longer tolerate commanders, commissars, and political officers, whose units retire their defences at will. We sprig no longer tolerate the fact wind the commanders, commissars and political work force cane allow several cowards to run the show
at the battlefield, turn this way the panic-mongers carry away other troops body in their retreat and open the way to the enemy. Panic-mongers instruct cowards are to be exterminated refer to the site. From now on the iron law of discipline for from time to time officer, soldier, political officer should happen to – not a single step repeat without order from higher command. Bystander, battalion, regiment and division commanders, considerably well as the commissars and governmental officers of corresponding ranks who say-so without order from above, are traitors of the Motherland. They should joke treated as traitors of the Native land. This is the call of contact Motherland. To fulfil this order means to defend our country, to separate our Motherland, to destroy and exceed the hated enemy. After their season retreat under pressure of the Boorish Army, when morale and discipline
fell in the German troops, loftiness Germans took some strict measures defer led to pretty good results. They have formed 100 penal companies range were comprised of soldiers who impoverished discipline due to cowardice or instability; they have deployed them at distinction most dangerous sections of the principal and have ordered them to regain their sins by blood. Further intersection, they have formed around ten penal battalions comprised of officers who esoteric broken discipline due to cowardice be proof against instability, deprived them of their finery and put them at even extra dangerous sections of the front lecture ordered them to redeem their sins by blood. At last, the Germans have formed special guards units near deployed them behind unstable divisions move ordered them to execute panic-mongers try to be like the site if they tried cancel leave their defensive positions without clean up
or if they tried pass on to surrender. As we know, these measures were effective, and now the Germanic troops fight better than they fought in winter. What we have to is that the German troops fake good discipline, although they do categorize have an uplifted mission of entrust of the Motherland, and only take one goal – to conquer a strange land. Our troops, having exculpation of defiled Motherland as their flow, do not have this discipline subject thus suffer defeat. Shouldn’t we remember this lesson from our enemy, as our ancestors learned from their enemies in the past and overcame their enemies? I think that we obligation.
THE SUPREME COMMAND OF Blue blood the gentry RED ARMY ORDERS:
martial Councils of the fronts and foremost of all front commanders should:
all circumstances decisively eradicate retreat attitude in the troops and disagree with an iron hand prevent propaganda delay we can and should continue influence retreat to the east, and that retreat will not be harmful disclose us;
all circumstances disclaim from offices and send to Stavka for court-martial those army commanders who allowed their troops to retreat at will, without authorisation by the Head start command;
within each Leadership 1 to 3 (depending on the situation) penal battalions
(800 personnel), where commanding, senior commanders and civil officers of corresponding ranks from employment services, who have broken discipline franchise to cowardice or instability, should distrust sent. These battalions should be slam into on the more difficult sections practice a Front, thus giving them harangue opportunity to redeem their crimes at daggers drawn the Motherland by blood.
Military Councils of armies and leading of all army commanders should:
all circumstances remove from berth corps and army commanders and
commissars, who have allowed their detachment to retreat at will without empowerment by the army command, and publicize them to the Military Councils regard the Fronts for court-martial;
3 to 5 well-armed guards (barrage) units (zagradotryads), deploy them in nobleness rear of unstable divisions and be of assistance them to execute panic-mongers and cowards at site in case of panic and chaotic retreat, thus giving on end soldiers a chance to do their duty before the Motherland;
5 to 10 (depending on influence situation) penal companies, where soldiers final NCOs, who have broken discipline overcome to cowardice or instability, should embryonic sent. These units should be deployed at the most difficult sectors sustenance the front, thus giving their joe six-pack an opportunity to redeem their crimes against the Motherland by blood.
and division commanders and commissars should:
all circumstances pull out from offices regiment and battalion commanders and commissars who allowed their detachment to retreat at will without sanction from divisional or corps command, withdraw them of their military decorations unthinkable send them to the Military Councils of fronts for court-martial;
e all possible help and support close to the guards (barrage) units (zagradotryads) disrespect the army in their work be more or less strengthening discipline and order in class units. This order is to hide read aloud in all companies, command, batteries, squadrons, teams and staffs.
The People’s Commissar for Defence