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Loladze
Shalva Loladze ( ka, შალვა ლოლაძე) (April 16, 1916 – April 25, 1945) was a former Soviet Union, Soviet Georgia (country), Georgian prisoner of war, POW and an officer in the Nazi Germany, German Wehrmacht who headed a Georgian Uprising of Texel, revolt of the Georgian soldiers against the German commandership on the Netherlands, Dutch island of Texel. Loladze served in the Red Army, Soviet military at the outbreak of World War II. In 1942, he was a Soviet Air Force captain and an air squadron commander. His airplane was shot down over Ukraine and Loladze was captured by the Germans. He then joined the Georgische Legion (1941–45), Georgische Legion of the Wehrmacht and served in the 882nd Infantry Battalion ''Königin Tamara'' with the rank of ''Leutnant'' (second lieutenant). The battalion was deployed on the German-occupied Dutch island of Texel in the closing months of World War II. The night of April 5/6, 1945, Loladze led an insurrection of the battali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgian Uprising On Texel
The Georgian uprising on Texel ( nl, Opstand der Georgiërs) (5 April 1945 – 20 May 1945) was an insurrection by the 882nd Infantry Battalion ''Königin Tamara'' (Queen Tamar or ''Tamara'') of the Georgian Legion of the German Army stationed on the German-occupied Dutch island of Texel (pronounced ''Tessel''). The battalion was made up of 800 Georgians and 400 Germans, with mainly German officers. It was one of the last battles in the European theatre. Background The heavily fortified island was part of the German Atlantic Wall system of defence. However, after the Allied landings in Normandy it was relegated to relative insignificance. The men of the rebellious battalion were former Red Army soldiers from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic captured on the Eastern front. They had been given a choice: the captured soldiers could choose either to remain in the prisoner of war camps, which would have meant abuse, starvation, and very possibly death, or to serve in the Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
