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'To perpetuate the feat and debunk the ugly myth': A monument to NKVD soldiers will be opened in the Rostov region
2024-04-09
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

The Mius front, first in 1941, then in 1942, and then, again in 1943 was one of the bloodiest and almost completely unknown campaigns of WWII in the Soviet Union.

by Dmitry Kutepov
Posted by:badanov

#3  ^ Catchment units, which were a very logical method of detecting traitors who joined the lines after a retreat.
Posted by: badanov   2024-04-09 14:03  

#2  ^ "blocking" detachments
Posted by: borgboy   2024-04-09 13:01  

#1  These were guys who used to shoot the other soldiers for retreating. The units in front got wiped out, and they had to fight on their own.
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-04-09 09:01  

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