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| Day of Missile Forces and Artillery
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| Date
| 19 November
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| Next time
| 19 November 2024
(
2024-11-19
)
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| Frequency
| annual
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Missile forces and artillery arm sign
USSR
postage stamp
: Artillery is the god of the war! (
Russian
:
Артиллерия ? бог войны!
)
Day of Missile Forces and Artillery
(
Russian
:
День ракетных войск и артиллерии
) is a holiday celebrated in
Russia
and
Belarus
[1]
on 19 November.
History
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The holiday was first established by a Presidium of
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
decree on 21 October 1944 as
Artillery day of
Red Army
(
Russian
:
День артиллерии Красной Армии
).
[2]
The date was chosen because the Red Army began their successful counter-attack (
Operation Uranus
) in the
battle of Stalingrad
on 19 November 1942, with much help from the artillery of the Red Army.
Since 1964, the holiday bears its present name.
[3]
In modern Russia, the holiday has the status of
memorable day
.
[4]
References
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