Bridge over the River Dnepr

Partisan forces became better organized as the war in the east entered its second year. There was exceptionally strong partisan activity in the Bryansk forest of modern day Belorus. From the forest, thousands of partisans and clandestine Russian support personal staged a huge series of raids on rail lines and …

1942-10-01

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Partisan forces became better organized as the war in the east entered its second year. There was exceptionally strong partisan activity in the Bryansk forest of modern day Belorus. From the forest, thousands of partisans and clandestine Russian support personal staged a huge series of raids on rail lines and bridges to stall German supply lines to the Front. The Germans reacted by emplacing fast acting security teams close to strategic areas in Sparsely occupied rear areas. - Dale Holmstrom & Anthony Richard

Bryansk Forest, Russia

Case Blue was the German Armed Forces' name for its plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942, during World War II. The operation was a continuation of the previous year's Operation Barbarossa, intended to knock the Soviet Union out of the war. It involved a two-pronged attack: one from the Axis right flank against the oil fields of Baku, known as Operation Edelweiss, and one from the left flank in the direction of Stalingrad along the Volga River, known as Operation Fischreiher.

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