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28 unusual facts about Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"


1945–46 Birmingham City F.C. season

They included those teams playing in the First and Second Divisions in the 1939–40 Football League season abandoned when war broke out, divided on a regional basis.

1945–46 FA Cup

The tournament witnessed a disaster in the sixth round when, during the second leg of the Bolton–Stoke City tie, 33 people were crushed to death in the Burnden Park disaster.

1945–46 Manchester United F.C. season

On 15 February 1945, United manager Walter Crickmer had resigned and four days later on 19 February 1945, the Scottish manager Matt Busby was signed, but it was not until 1 October that Busby officially took over the reins at Manchester United.

1945–46 Victory International matches

The activity restart in January 1, 1945 with a match between France and a British Army selection, played in Colombes, followed by a match played at Richmond on April 28, between a "British Empire XV" and France.

Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's Story 1941-1945

His father Benjamin was a partner in the book shop, Marks & Co at 84 Charing Cross Road.

Burma Campaign 1944–1945

The Indian 17th Division and 255th Armoured Brigade began IV Corps' advance on 6 April by striking from all sides at the delaying position held by the remnants of the Japanese Thirty-third Army at Pyawbwe, while a flanking column (nicknamed "Claudcol") of tanks and mechanized infantry cut the main road behind them and attacked their rear.

The Indian 25th Division advanced on Foul Point and Rathedaung at the end of the Mayu Peninsula, being supplied by landing craft over beaches to avoid the risk of Japanese attacks against their lines of communication.

The Japanese 18th Division faced the American and Chinese Northern Combat Area Command (NCAC) under Lieutenant General Daniel Isom Sultan advancing south from Myitkyina and Mogaung which the Allies had secured in 1944, while the Japanese 56th Division faced the large Chinese Yunnan armies led by Wei Lihuang.

The Japanese briefly recaptured Toungoo once 5th Division had passed through, but the Indian 19th Division, which was following up the leading units of IV Corps, captured the town again and slowly drove the Japanese back towards Mawchi to the east.

Carve Her Name with Pride

(An uncredited Michael Caine plays the prisoner who leans forward and calls to Szabo for water; in real life, that was the war hero F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, as recorded by Leo Marks in Chapter 76 of his book Between Silk and Cyanide).

Civilian Service Medal

Civilian Service Medal 1939–1945, awarded to civilians in Australia during World War II.

Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945

Several American officers received the award, such as George S. Patton, and the decoration was also bestowed to national heroes, such as the men who had assassinated Reinhard Heydrich.

Defence Medal

Defence Medal 1940–1945 - Norwegian medal for defence of Norway during World War II.

Eric Gordon England

In 1945, Gordon England contested the Bury St Edmunds seat in the General Election, standing for the socialist Common Wealth party but failed to get elected.

Hava Kohav Beller

Hava Kohav Beller is a filmmaker primarily known for two documentary films: The Restless Conscience (1991), and The Burning Wall (2002).

Hornet Flight

Follett's website states that his inspiration for the story came from Leo Marks, a former Special Operations Executive employee, who wrote a brief account in his book, Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's Story 1941-1945 about two young Danes who found a derelict de Havilland Hornet Moth biplane, repaired it, and flew it to Britain.

Howard Thomas

At that time, there was much discussion in the UK about the shape of the world and the country after the war, which reached its peak with the Beveridge Report and the 1945 landslide election of Attlee's Labour government.

Hugh Downey

At the Northern Ireland general election, 1945, Downey was elected for Belfast Dock, defeating sitting Ulster Unionist Party member George Anthony Clark.

Irene Calvert

She was unsuccessful but stood again in the Northern Ireland general election, 1945, as an independent (non-party) candidate, and on this occasion succeeded in taking a seat.

Lancelot Spicer

He was Liberal candidate for the Kensington South Division of London at the Kensington South by-election, 1945 where he finished second.

Lovell's Athletic F.C.

In the 1945–46 FA Cup, they reached the Third Round, losing 12–3 on aggregate in a two-legged match against Wolverhampton Wanderers, having defeated AFC Bournemouth of the Football League Third Division South in the First Round 6–4 on aggregate.

Peter Murnoy

Murnoy was elected to the Parliament of Northern Ireland as the Nationalist Party MP for South Down at the 1945 general election.

Plotting Hitler's Death: The German Resistance to Hitler, 1933–1945

Plotting Hitler's Death: The German Resistance To Hitler, 1933–1945 (ISBN 0-297-81774-4) is a 1994 book by historian Joachim Fest about the Germans, both civilian and military, who plotted to kill Adolf Hitler from 1933 onwards.

Radio 1212

This plan fell apart when Churchill's Conservative Party lost to the Labour Party in the postwar British General Election on July 5, 1945.

Robert Nichol Wilson

He was elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1945 in Mid Antrim, holding the seat until he retired in 1953 without ever facing an opponent.

The Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau, 1939-1945

De Zayas gave a series of guest lectures on the Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau at universities in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, including the German Historical Institute in London.

United Kingdom general election, 1950

Significant changes since the 1945 general election included the abolition of plural voting by the Representation of the People Act 1948, and a major reorganisation of constituencies by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949.

Vera Altayskaya

In recognition of her film work during the 1940s she received the Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".


Gevork Kotiantz

He was wounded twice, marked by military awards, including the Order of the Red Star, Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Medal for Battle Merit, Medal "For the Victory Over Germany", Order of the Patriotic War.

Hero City

On June 22, 1961 (20th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War) the term "Hero City" was applied to Kiev in the ukases that awarded Kiev the Order of Lenin and introduced the Medal "For the Defence of Kiev".