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This lot contains one postcard.
Postcard size: 10,5 sm Х 15 sm or 4 inchs X 6 inchs
Card material - soft cardboard
Contents of the text translation on the postcard:
"Breakthrough of armored boats to the pier of Fujin.
On the morning of August 11, 1945, armored Soviet naval boats under the command of officers N.M. Ivanchuk, V.M. Kalinin, I.P. Smirnov, K.N. Sokolnikov, D.A. Fomin and Yu. V. Shemet with an assault company on board under the cover of the a veil of artillery fire of ships at full speed broke through to the piers of the city of Fujin, quickly moored and landed an assault brigade. The enemy met the landing with the fire of artillery, mortars and machine guns.The Japanese was fiercely resisted.
The Soviet armored boats fired from small distances, suppressing the enemy's firing points on the embankment.
Despite the fierce resistance of the enemy, the assault brigade captured a small bridgehead adjacent to the water's edge. Following it, the 3rd battalion of the 364th Infantry Regiment was landed from the monitor "Sun Yat-sen" (commander - Captain 3rd Rank V.D. Korner). This Soviet marine "paratroopers" by 9.00 am mastered the coastal strip of the landing site and began to advance into the depth of the enemy's defense.
Gun-Boats Have Broken-Through To The Landing-Stage Of The Town Of Futzin.
Painted by artist G.Sotskov.
Printed in Moscow in 1979."
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