- Soviet partisan united formation 1941–1944
Soviet partisan united formation (1941—1944) ( _be. партызанскае злучэнне united formation), also called military-operational group or centre ( _be. ваенна-аператыўная група (ВАГ)), was one of the organisational forms of the
Soviet partisan units, which united at least several of the smaller partisan units: partisan brigades or regiments or detachments and were to conduct the wide-scaled and center-coordinated military operations in the German rear.On the territory of
BSSR [As in the 1941 borders.] about 40 such units had been formed in 1941—1944, mostly in 1943.Units of that kind were organised by the Soviet ruling bodies of the higher level [
Headquarters of the Partisan Movement ,Belarusian Headquarters of the Partisan Movement , underground Province, Inter-District and District Committees of the Communist Party.] and commanded usually by the local Communist leaders or by the higher Red Army officers. Managed by the staffs of the respective united formations.----ources
*А.Л. Манаенкаў. Партызанскае злучэнне ў Вялікую Айчынную вайну // Беларуская энцыклапедыя: У 18 т. Т. 12. — Мінск: БелЭн, 2001. — 560 с. pp. 113—114. ISBN 985-11-0198-2 (т.12). The source references: Беларусь у Вялікай Айчыннай вайне 1941—1945: Энцыкл. Мн., 1990. С. 398.
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