Operation Vogelsang
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Date5–9th of July 1942
Location
Territorial
changes Retreat of the remaining partisans
changes Retreat of the remaining partisans
| Operation Vogelsang | |||||||||
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| Part of German anti-partisan operations in World War II | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Soviet Partisans | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Rudolf Schmidt | Unknown | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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58 killed[1] 138 wounded[1] |
1,193 killed[2][1] 1,400 wounded[2][1] 498 captured[1][3] | ||||||||
| Deportations of around 12,531 people from the region[1][2] | |||||||||
Operation Vogelsang was a German operation against soviet partisans during World War II. It inflicted heavy casualties on the partisans and forced them to go underground.[2][4][5] It was also the first major operation that involved the RONA.[1]
