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The partisan war in north-west Russia 1941-44: A re-examination

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Alexander Hill

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Abstract

This article examines the extent to which the limited achievements of the Soviet partisan movement in north-west Russia during the first months of the Great Patriotic War can be attributed largely to inadequacies in the organisation, leadership, equipment and training of the movement as emphasised in Soviet and post-Soviet Russian published works. On the basis of Soviet archival sources the author concludes that while these factors were important, German occupation policies were far more effective in inhibiting partisan activity in the area concerned than existing published material would have us believe. However, these policies seem only to have been effective in the context of the German military successes or perceived successes at the front. The author goes on to examine factors contributing to the dramatic increase in Soviet partisan activity towards the end of the period of German occupation.

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Author(s): Hill A

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Strategic Studies

Year: 2002

Volume: 25

Issue: 3

Pages: 37-55

Print publication date: 04/06/2010

ISSN (print): 0140-2390

ISSN (electronic): 1743-937X

Publisher: Routledge

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390412331302765

DOI: 10.1080/01402390412331302765

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