Dawns Here Are Quiet (Russian: А зори здесь тихие, translit. A zori zdes tikhie) is a 1972 Soviet film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky based on Boris Vasilyev's novel of the same name. The film was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. June 22 is a special day for Russian. The attack started at 03.00, Sunday morning June 22nd 1941. In total the Germans and her allies used 3 million soldiers, 3580 tanks, 7184 artillery guns, 1830 planes and 750,000 horses. “It is probable that history will regard June 22, 1941, as the apocalyptic date of the military calendar. No military plan of the scope of Operation Barbarossa had ever before been launched, for never before had techniques of organisation, transport, and communication been available on such a scale.” Barry Pitt The initial attacks involved numbers never seen before ˉ and the success rate must have even taken Hitler by surprise even if Hitler had proclaimed: “We have only to kick in the front door and the whole rotten Russian edifice will come tumbling down.” (Hitler) -------- The stock market is somewhat similar to a battle...
