Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Russian Liberation Army (German: Russische Befreiungsarmee; Russian: Русская освободительная армия, Russkaya osvoboditel'naya armiya, abbreviated as РОА, ROA, also known as the Vlasov army (Власовская армия, Vlasovskaya armiya) was a collaborationist formation, primarily composed of Russians, that fought under German command during World War II.
The division was built up in Münsingen and was formally part of the Ersatzheer, the reserve army of the Wehrmacht, during the build-up period. On 28 January 1945, when construction was completed, the command was handed over to the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia (KONR), which was granted the status of ally.
The RONA insignia. The 29.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS „RONA” (russische Nr. 1), also known as the Russian Liberation People's Army (Russian: Русская освободительная народная армия, РОНА; transcription: Russkaya osvoboditel'naya narodnaya armiya, RONA), and as the Kaminski Brigade, was a collaborationist formation composed of Russian nationals ...
The division was established on 10 January 1945 and was also known as the 2nd Infantry Division of the Russian Liberation Army.Just like the 1st KONR Infantry Division, the 2nd Division was initially part of the Ersatzheer, but on 28 January 1945, command over both divisions was transferred to the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia (KONR), which was given the status of ally.
Russian émigrés and defectors from the Soviet Union formed the Russian Liberation Army or fought as Hilfswillige within German units of the Wehrmacht primarily on the Eastern Front. [7] Non-Russians from the Soviet Union formed the Ostlegionen (literally "Eastern Legions").
On Tuesday, Russia celebrated Victory Day, the annual national holiday that marks the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany in 1945. With the war in Ukraine now in its second year and Russia ...
The Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia (Russian: Комитет освобождения народов России, Komitet osvobozhdeniya narodov Rossii, abbreviated as Russian: КОНР, KONR) was composed of military and civilian collaborators with Nazi Germany from territories of the Soviet Union, most of them being ethnic Russians, and was the political authority of ...
Somewhere between the official German and Soviet views, John Erickson's The Road to Berlin discusses the offensive in some detail while including mention of Stalin's intentions, the Prague uprising, and role of the Russian Liberation Army. Erickson wrote the work to present a balanced view of Soviet politics and military operations during the ...