Задания о Великой Отечественной войне в формате ЕГЭ .

“Stalingrad”.

Soviet troops were defending Stalingrad, repulsing the attacks of the nazis.

The army defending the central and factory sections of the town was commanded by Lieutenant –General Vassily Ivanovich Chuikov. Chuikov was a courageous, decisive general.

Nazi forces were moving into the factory region in the direction of army headquarters command point. They were only three hundred metres away and coming closer.

Staff officers and adjutants were worried.

“ Comrade Commandar”,his adjutant reported, “the enemy is at our doorstep!”

“Fine”, said Chuikov.” That’s just where we need him”.

A fierce battle began right near Chuikov”s headquarters. It was so near , in fact, that when food was carried over to the headquarters fragments of mines and shells often turned up in the pots and dishes.

Glinka, the headquarters cook, ran up to Chuikov:

“ Comrade General, have you ever seen such a thing! Fragments in the plates, mines in the kasha, shells in the soup!”

The commander grinned:

“Splendid, Glinka. That’s battle-field spice and front-line vitamins to build up the anger inside us!”

“ Some vitamins!” grumbled Glinka. He liked the answer, however , and passed it along.

The soldiers were pleased. He was a brave man, their general!

Chuikov was charged with the defence of the city on the Volga, but he considered , however, that the best kind of defence is to attack. So he attacked the enemy day and night and never gave him a moment’s peace.

A fresh Soviet division arrived, and was placed under the disposition of Chuikov. The division commander appeared before the Commander-in-Chief for instructions.

Chuikov leaned over his maps. He looked carefully , repeating over and over: “ Let’s see now , where would it be best for you to take up the defence? Here they need men. And here –they’d be grateful ”.He finally took a pencil, drew a circle and from the circle made an arrow:

“Here now,” he said. “Together with the men on your right flank you’ll begin the attack. Your objective – to wipe out this concentration of the enemy and to end up here, at this point”.

The division commander looked up at the general:

“ To me that’s like a full-scale offensive, Comrade Commander, not a defence”.

“No, it’s a defence,” said Chuikov, a Stalingrad defence”.

Chuikov was an aggressive general, always on the offensive. He participated in many of the battles during the Great Patriotic War. In 1945 troops under his command were among the first to enter Berlin.

Read these statements and decide if they are true or false :

1.The army defending the central and factory sections of the town was commanded by Lieutenant-General V.Chuikov.

2.Nazi forces were only five hundred metres away coming closer.

3. The Defence of Stalingrad lasted several months.

4.Chuikov considered that the best kind of defence is a defence.

5.Chuikov participated in many of the battles during the Great Patriotic War.

Keys:

1.true 2.false 3.true 4.false 5.true