Re: role of the partisans
Partisans saw more action and were the biggest pain for the Germans in Belarus.
In early 1943 the Partisans of the Lepel region wiped out the German Polizei forces to create a Partisan Zone. By the end of 1943, the Zone consisted of 250,000
square kilometres. In April 1944 German forces consisting of the 15th, 56th, 82nd 195th and 252nd Infantry Divisions, the 201st Security division, the 6th Luftwaffe Field division, the 2nd, 12th, and the 24th Waffen SS Regimentsand supporting Russian Polizie units, cracked the Zone.
The Partisans, though lacking heavy weapons, put up a stiff resistance, but by the end of the month were cornered in the Ugly-Selische-Kulgai are. On 3 May 1944, most Partisan units broke through in the direction of Novoe Selo, the rest were disperesed or killed. At the end of June 1944 the region was liberated by the Red Army.
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