The War Behind the Eastern Front

The War Behind the Eastern Front

Author: Alexander Hill

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780714657110

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A study, based on Soviet and German archival sources, of Soviet partisan activities in the rear of the German Army Group North 1941-44.


The Soviet Partisan Movement, 1941-1944

The Soviet Partisan Movement, 1941-1944

Author: Edgar M. Howell

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2014-08-15

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1782896171

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The purpose of this text is to provide the Army with a factual account of the organization and operations of the Soviet resistance movement behind the German forces on the Eastern Front during World War II. This movement offers a particularly valuable case study, for it can be viewed both in relation to the German occupation in the Soviet Union and to the offensive and defensive operations of the Wehrmacht and the Red Army. The scope of the study includes an over-all picture of a quasi-military organization in relation to a larger conflict between two regular armies. It is not a study in partisan tactics, nor is it intended to be. German measures taken to combat the partisan movement are sketched in, but the story in large part remains that of an organization and how it operated. The German planning for the invasion of Russia is treated at some length because many of the circumstances which favored the rise and development of the movement had their bases in errors the Germans made in their initial planning. The operations of the Wehrmacht and the Red Army are likewise described in considerable detail as the backdrop against which the operations of the partisan units are projected. Because of the lack of reliable Soviet sources, the story has been told much as the Germans recorded it. German documents written during the course of World War II constitute the principal sources, but many survivors who had experience in Russia have made important contributions based upon their personal experience.


The Soviet Partisan Movement, 1941-1944

The Soviet Partisan Movement, 1941-1944

Author: Leonid D. Grenkevich

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1136318585

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Partisans and terrorists have dominated military history during the second half of the 20th century. Leonid Grenkevich offers an account of the shadowy partisan struggle that accompanied the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).


Soviet Partisan Warfare, 1941-1944

Soviet Partisan Warfare, 1941-1944

Author: Gary Howard Gordon

Publisher:

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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"During the Second World War, irregular forces -- partisans or guerrillas, sometimes called insurgents of resistance groups; generally forces not belonging toa regularly established army -- sprang up in nearly all the occupied countries of Europe and Asia. But it was in the occupied areas of the western Soviet Union that they operated in the largest numbers and over the broadest areas. Using primary source material not available to, or utilized by, previous researchers, this dissertation will examine the Soviet partisan experience in irregular warfare. The manpower and materiel which the Soviets devoted to their partisan forces, and which the Germans spent on their security units, will be examined from the standpoint of: How much? When? Where? What quantity? In view of Germany's more limited manpower (her population was only about half that of the Soviet Union), it will be important to see how she met the growing partisan threat while at the same time not weakening her front line positions in the East. The effectiveness of the Soviet partisans would depend on the type of their assignments, the degree of success they enjoyed in carrying them out despite German counter-measures, and the impact of these operations on the German war effort in the Soviet Union"--Introduction.


The Nazi War Against Soviet Partisans, 1941-1944

The Nazi War Against Soviet Partisans, 1941-1944

Author: Matthew Cooper

Publisher: Scarborough House

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Set largely in Eastern Europe, this is the history of one of the pivotal struggles of World War II. A story of action, retaliation and reprisals that involved some two million people, told from both side of the rifle sights.


Partisan Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941–1944

Partisan Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941–1944

Author: Nik Cornish

Publisher: Casemate Publishers

Published: 2014-01-19

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1783830182

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Between 1941 and 1944, in the war on the Eastern Front, Soviet partisans fought a ruthless underground campaign behind the German lines. During those three terrible years of occupation they spied on the Germans, disrupted their communications, sabotaged road and rail routes and carried out assassinations and raids, and thousands of these irregular soldiers lost their lives. Yet their exploits are frequently overlooked in general histories of the conflict, and their experience of the war and their contribution to the Soviet victory are rarely recognized. That is why Nik Cornishs collection of photographs of the Soviet partisans is a landmark in the field. In a sequence of over 150 images, most of them previously unpublished, he gives a fascinating all-round portrait of the lives of the partisans and their struggle to resist and survive in a war that was waged with almost unparalleled cruelty on both sides. And, in his commentary, he outlines the history of the partisans - their desperate, chaotic beginnings in the wake of the German attack, their increasing coordination, daring and effectiveness as the war went on, and the key role they played as the Germans were forced back. He also records, through the photographs, the merciless counter-measures taken by the Germans and the reprisals. His book gives a compelling insight into one of the most important side shows of the Second World War.


The Phantom War

The Phantom War

Author: Matthew Cooper

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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Et studie om den tyske hærs bekæmpelse af den sovjetiske partisanvirksomhed på østfronten under den 2. Verdenskrig. På tysk side var både Wehrmacht og SS involveret. Iflg. forf. omfattede virksomheden på sit højeste 250.000 partisaner.