Anti-Soviet partisans
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Anti-Soviet partisans may refer to:
during World War II
. Unlike the Russian Liberation Army
, which was intended for frontline deployment, the partisans were meant to operate behind enemy lines.
The original goals envisioned coordination and aid to existing anti-Soviet and anti-communist resistance groups, leading to the creation of a large partisan force behind the Soviet lines. The most successful goal of the project was the creation of a new intelligence network.
Teams were primarily recruited from prisoner-of-war camps. Some men were recruited by the Abwehr
, others by the Ausland-SD of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Head Office) (the competition between various similar projects would prove one of their main weaknesses).
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Russian Anti-Soviet partisans
Russian Anti-Soviet partisans refer to a group of predominantly Soviet forces employed by Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Unlike the Russian Liberation Army
Russian Liberation Army
Russian Liberation Army was a group of predominantly Russian forces subordinated to the Nazi German high command during World War II....
, which was intended for frontline deployment, the partisans were meant to operate behind enemy lines.
The original goals envisioned coordination and aid to existing anti-Soviet and anti-communist resistance groups, leading to the creation of a large partisan force behind the Soviet lines. The most successful goal of the project was the creation of a new intelligence network.
Teams were primarily recruited from prisoner-of-war camps. Some men were recruited by the Abwehr
Abwehr
The Abwehr was a German military intelligence organisation from 1921 to 1944. The term Abwehr was used as a concession to Allied demands that Germany's post-World War I intelligence activities be for "defensive" purposes only...
, others by the Ausland-SD of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Head Office) (the competition between various similar projects would prove one of their main weaknesses).
See also
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