From " War in the wild East" by Ben Shepherd

By August 1943, Army Group Center was reporting that only 23% of its area could be considered "pacified". Thirty-one percent was endangered by the partisans; a full 46% was under complete partisan control (!)

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The Partisans were getting better equipped...

" The 45th Security Regiment, one of the 221st subordinate units, described the inevitable results: Many times our railway patrols have come to grips with enemy mine-layers, but on every occasion the bandits have been equipped with machine-pistols and our own troops have not."

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