GULAG Operation
Anti-Soviet military operation in Siberia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The GULAG Operation was a German military operation in which German and Soviet anti-communist troops were to create an anti-Soviet resistance movement in Siberia during World War II by liberating and recruiting prisoners of the Soviet GULAG system. Despite ambitious plans, only a small group of former Soviet POWs was airlifted to the Komi Republic in June 1943. Members of the group were captured or killed days after landing.
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GULAG Operation | |
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Part of Operation Zeppelin | |
Type | Guerrilla warfare |
Location | |
Planned | Mid-1942 |
Planned by | Soviet POWs in German captivity |
Commanded by | Ivan Georgievich Bessonov [ru] Mikhael Meandrov |
Objective | Instigate a guerrilla war in Siberia against Soviet authorities |
Date | 2–9 June 1943 (1943-06-02 – 1943-06-09) |
Outcome | Operational failure
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Casualties | 4 (2 in June 1943, Bessonov and Meandrov after end of war) |
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