vlassov soldiers

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coldam
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vlassov soldiers

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Post by coldam » 28 Oct 2002, 04:35

I understand that towards the end most Vlassov men
were in CZ, especially around Prague
(where they helped the Czechs in the uprising against the Germans).

We met a few of them on our trek.

I read that some had been used on the invasion front
in France.
To the Germans they were known as the
Wlassow Armee
or
die Wlassow Kosacken.
Why?
How many were there in all?
Did any survive the return to the Soviet Union?

thanks,

...peter

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Mait
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Post by Mait » 28 Oct 2002, 08:12

Try this link: http://bka-roa.chat.ru/index.htm

It has some pictures and little bit of data about Russian forces in German service. Also, try the POA (or Russian Liberation Army) in internet search engines (Google, etc) to find articles about Vlassov and his men.

Best Regards,

Mait.


Phil Nix
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vlassov Soldiers

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Post by Phil Nix » 28 Oct 2002, 14:19

suggest you look for a book called "Against Stalin and Hitler 1941-1945" by Wilfried Strik-Strikfeldt a baltic born german staff officer with the Vlassov army. Published 1970 by Macmillan and Co.
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Juha Hujanen
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Post by Juha Hujanen » 28 Oct 2002, 16:50

Samuel Newland-Cossacks in the German Army 1941-1945
Francois Lannoy-Hitler's Cossacks

These books should be helpful too.

Chears Juha

wildeflower
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Post by wildeflower » 29 Oct 2002, 13:18

as i know,the soldiers of roa,gone to surrender to the english army in austria,after some battle in france and after the episode of prague when their support was useful for the non destroying act of germans:the allied give this russian,cossacks(and other nationalities)to the russian..immediatelly the russian start to kill many of this people(and their family too)..some of this were send in gulag..vlassov himself was killed,maybe in moskow in 1946(i'm not sure about the correct yesr).i cannot suggest you any book,becouse i only read in italian,but,if i don't remember badly.there are notice also in the script of solgenitzky(wrong write of thisname,sorry)

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