- Operation Concert
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On the 19th September 1943, an operation by Soviet partisans began under the code name “Concert.” It was one of largest of World War II in its effects on the incapacitation of railroad communications in enemy rear logistics. The operation was conducted through a plan developed by and under the management of the Central Staff of Partisan Movement at the Stavka VGC (Chief Military Committee), and was coordinated with the forthcoming offensive of the Soviet troops in the Smolensk Offensive operation (Operation Suvorov 7 August - 2 October) and Gomel directions and intended crossing of the river Dnepr as part of the Summer-Autumn Campaign of 1943 (1 July - 31 December). The operation included participation of 193 partisan detachments and groups totalling more than 210,000 men, women, and children.
Contents
Operational planning
Conduct of the operation
Operational results
Sources and references
- [1] Russian Federation Ministry of Defense
Categories:- Soviet partisans
- Conflicts in 1943
- Military operations of World War II involving Germany
- Anti-partisan operations of World War II
- Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War
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