A SOCIETY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1787, sig. 109-5/15

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8a - 3 3. the guerrillas usually have military leadership and heavy infantry weapons, 4. the partisans in the area they control recruits among the male population. According to the experience gained, the enforcement of an area uncovered by German troops takes place as follows: 1. Smaller groups of guerrillas from 2 - 12 local men appear, terrorize the villages, eliminate the mayors appointed by the German Wehrmacht and prevent the population from carrying out the services imposed on them by the Wehrmascht. 2. After some time, larger groups of guerrillas appear with red-armists, who occupy individual villages, procure food and re-establish the village Soviets, 3. Red-armers follow in the area sufficiently armed in larger and smaller groups. Support points are expanded, the mobility of the troops by sledges is increased and civilian clothing is requisitioned by the population. 4. The entire male population at the age of 15 - 50 years is forcibly mobilized and practiced in the handling of weapons. 5. The entire area occupied by Red Army and guerrillas is closed off and all civilian traffic is prevented across the borders of this area. Estonia In Estonia, an operation against the partisan village of Ussadiche was carried out by a security police and SD commando. 64666