The Archive · 1941

Nazi Units Wiped Out

An earlier Russian communique spoke of successful operations by guerilla detachments and other troops behind the German lines. In one place, where Russian troops surrounded an enemy camp, they captured or destroyed 300 enemy lorries and two batteries of heavy artillery after fighting several hours. Elsewhere, Russian infantry are reported 10 have wiped out a German motorized formation.

They also caught the German napping on an aerodrome and occupied it. The enemy did not know he had lost the aerodrome and carly the next morning a flight of German "planes landed. The crews were seized without a shot being fired. The next flight, seeing German planes on the Aerodrome. thought everything was alright. landed without suspicion and were captured in their turn.

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