Despite the fact that many years have passed since the end of the Second World War, many people today are looking for any information about their dead grandfathers and fathers. Fortunately, at present, a sufficient number of Internet resources have been created that help to successfully determine and trace the path of a front-line soldier.
Where to look for a participant in the Second World War
In order to make it easier to find a participant in the Great Patriotic War, the place of his burial or information about a fought relative or just an acquaintance, with the participation of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a unique website was created to search for front-line soldiers "The People's Feat". This is a huge bank of various documents available to everyone that are related to the military, 1941-1945. The site contains information from the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and these are hundreds of millions of pages of archival files and documents about awards. The site "Podvig Naroda" has no analogues in the world and is one of the most authoritative resources that help to find a participant in the Great Patriotic War.
How to search for a participant in the Second World War
If you decide to find a participant in the Great Patriotic War, referring to the resource "People's Feat", then having entered it, pay attention to the main menu. Its sections will help you understand the goals and content of the project, get answers to your questions, and also get acquainted with the reviews left by people who have already used the resource.
The main menu of the site is located in the left corner, which is divided into two sections:
- "Heroes of War" - here you can search for a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, as well as find out about his awards, indicating the veteran's full name, his rank, the number of the award document and the place from where he was called up to the front;
- "Documents of War" - here is information about award documents, as well as the documents themselves about various battles and military operations of the war period.
In order to start a search, you need to enter data into the search lines and click the "Search" button. However, before starting your search, do not forget to click on the "advanced search" line and specify all known information. This will give you the opportunity to get more chances to find a participant in the Great Patriotic War. If the participant of the Second World War is in the database of the site, then you can independently view and study all the information about him, his awards, places of battles and burials.
How else can you find a participant in the Second World War
In the event that you cannot find a participant in the Great Patriotic War on your own, you can contact the TV program "Wait for Me". This unparalleled project finds about a hundred people every day, a third of them are dead or missing war veterans. To search, you need to fill out a questionnaire on the website of the program "Wait for me", describe the appearance of the wanted person, his signs, you can upload a photo. The more detailed the data, the faster the result will appear.
In addition, you can try to search for a war veteran in the database of people already found by someone. The line in which you need to enter the person's full name is at the top right. If the site database contains information about the person you are looking for, the system will give you information.
