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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 established on 1 December 1944 and was also known as the 1st Infantry Division of the Russian Liberation Army.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.
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 ...
In 2001, a Russian organization "For Faith and Fatherland" applied to the Russian Federation's military prosecutor for a review of Vlasov's case, [40] saying that "Vlasov was a patriot who spent much time re-evaluating his service in the Red Army and the essence of Stalin's regime before agreeing to collaborate with the Germans". [41]
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"). The East Legions comprized a total of 175,000 personnel. [8]
The Russian Liberation Army 1941: Red Army troops storming an apartment block amidst the ruins of war-torn Stalingrad during World War II. (Georgi Zelma/Slava Katamidze Collection/Getty Images ...
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.
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 ...