ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

To the Commander of the Troops

of the 2nd Belorussian Front

Marshal of the Soviet Union Rokossovsky

To the Chief of Staff of the Front

Colonel-General Bogolubov

Notes 106–107: Ibid., p. 523.

The troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front, developing their offensive, today, 2 May, captured the cities of Rostock[106], Warnemünde — major ports and important naval bases of the Germans on the Baltic Sea — and also occupied the cities of Ribnitz, Marlow, Laage, Teterow, Mirow[107].

In the battles for the capture of the aforementioned cities, distinction was shown by the troops of Colonel-General Fedyuninsky, Colonel-General Batov, Colonel-General Popov, Lieutenant-General Kokorev, Lieutenant-General Bobkov, Major-General Teteshkin, Lieutenant-General Polenov, Lieutenant-General Alekseyev, Lieutenant-General Erastov, Lieutenant-General Chuvakov, Lieutenant-General Dratvin, Lieutenant-General Ryabyshev, Lieutenant-General Chanyshev, Lieutenant-General Smirnov, Major-General Borshchev, Major-General Lyashchenko, Major-General Beloskursky, Major-General Grebennik, Major-General Makarov, Colonel Varyukhin, Major-General Borisov, Major-General Skorobogatkin, Major-General Teremov, Colonel Velichko, Colonel Afanasyev, Colonel Belyayev, Colonel Trudolyubov, Colonel Muratov, Colonel Karpelyuk, Major-General Timofeyev, Major-General Kirsanov, Colonel Kaladze, Major-General Solovyev, Colonel Golubev, Colonel Shepel, Colonel Yemelyanenko; artillerists of Colonel-General of Artillery Sokolsky, Major-General of Artillery Kazakov, Lieutenant-General of Artillery Mikhelson, Lieutenant-General of Artillery Beskin, Major-General of Artillery Korochkin, Colonel Olifer, Colonel Ostankovich, Colonel Sukachev, Colonel Akhtyrchenko, Colonel Rybkin, Colonel Mikhailenko, Major-General of Artillery Kolesov, Colonel Zaretsky, Colonel Tkachenko, [Lieutenant-Colonel] Kuznetsov; tankmen of Lieutenant-General of Tank Forces Chernyavsky, Lieutenant-General of Tank Forces Panov, Lieutenant-General of Tank Forces Panfilov, Colonel Doropey, Major-General of Tank Forces Novak, Major-General of Tank Forces Petrushin, Major-General of Tank Forces Shulgin, Lieutenant-Colonel Petrov, Colonel Konovalov, Colonel Igonin, Colonel Paramonov, Lieutenant-Colonel Yegorov, Colonel Urvanov, Lieutenant-Colonel Kuts, Lieutenant-Colonel Dyachuk, Lieutenant-Colonel Parshev; airmen of Colonel-General of Aviation Vershinin, Major-General of Aviation Alekseyev, Lieutenant-General of Aviation Osipenko, Colonel Rybakov, Colonel Yakushin, Major-General of Aviation Getman, Colonel Vuss, Colonel Pokoyevy; sappers of Lieutenant-General of Engineer Troops Blagoslavov, Colonel Kurov, Major-General of Engineer Troops Shvydky, Major-General of Engineer Troops Vitvinin; signalmen of Lieutenant-General of Signal Troops Borzov, Colonel Bakhilin, Colonel Borisov, Lieutenant-Colonel Protserov.

In commemoration of the victory won, the formations and units that distinguished themselves most in the battles for the capture of Rostock, Warnemünde, and the other aforementioned cities are to be submitted for decoration with orders.

Today, 2 May, at 22 hours, the capital of our Motherland, Moscow, in the name of the Motherland salutes the valiant troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front who captured the aforementioned cities with twenty artillery salvoes from two hundred and twenty-four guns.

For the excellent combat operations I declare my gratitude to the troops under your command who participated in the battles for the capture of the aforementioned cities.

Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in the battles for the freedom and independence of our Motherland!

Death to the German invaders!

Supreme Commander-in-Chief

Marshal of the Soviet Union I. STALIN

2 May 1945. No. 358

NOTES

106 Liberated on 1 May 1945.

107 The cities of Ribnitz, Marlow, Laage, Teterow, and Mirow were liberated on 1 May 1945.