Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen
Fabricated WWII story of heroic Soviet soldiers
Summary
The Panfilov Division's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, commonly referred to simply as Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, Panfilov's Men, or just the Twenty-Eight, is a group of soldiers from the Red Army's 316th Rifle Division who took part in the 1941–1942 Battle of Moscow during World War II. According to Soviet records of the time, all were killed in action on 16 November 1941 after destroying 18 German tanks and stopping the enemy attack; the Twenty-Eight were collectively endowed with the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Originally created by Altenmann
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