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Operation Eisbär
Operation "Polar Bear", German language, German: ''Operation Eisbär'' (October 1942) - a punitive police and military anti-guerrilla operation of the German occupation troops in the Kursk Oblast of the Russia, Russian Federation, aimed at the destruction of civilians who supported the guerrillas in settlements adjacent to forest areas. The plan for the operation was drawn up by Adolf Hitler, Hitler 's special commissioner, General Adolf Heusinger. The operation was conducted under the command of the command of the 2nd Panzer Army with the involvement of frontline army units. Some facts In the settlement of :ru:Большой Дуб, Bolshoy Dub Zheleznogorsky District, in Mikhailovsky (now Zheleznogorsky) Raion, Kursk Oblast, on the morning of 17 October 1942, 44 civilians were Execution by shooting, shot, including 26 children (five of them were under a year old). In the neighbouring villages of Zvezda and :ru:Холстинка (Курская_область), Kholstinka abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Front (World War II)
The Eastern Front of World War II was a Theater (warfare), theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Polish Armed Forces in the East, Poland and other Allies of World War II, Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltic states, Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans) from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945. It was known as the Great Patriotic War (term), Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union – and still is in some of its successor states, while almost everywhere else it has been called the ''Eastern Front''. In present-day German and Ukrainian historiography the name German-Soviet War is typically used. The battles on the Eastern Front of the Second World War constituted the largest military confrontation in history. They were characterised by unprecedented ferocity and brutality, wholesale destruction, mass deportations, and immense loss of life due to combat, starvation, expos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
