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| '''GULAG Operation''' was a planned ] military operation in which German troops were to open a ] in ], by liberating and conscripting prisoners of the ] ] system. | '''GULAG Operation''' was a planned ] military operation in which German troops were to open a ] in ], by liberating and conscripting prisoners of the ] ] system. | ||
| The plan was designed by Soviet ]s in German captivity, primarily by a high-ranking ] officer, ], and a ] general, ]. The plan called for a naval and air invasion of Siberia by allied German and anti-Soviet Russian forces, targeting the GULAG penal system camps, recruiting more anti-Soviet forces from the prisoners, and thus opening a second front in the war between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union. | The plan was designed in mid-1942 by Soviet ]s in German captivity, primarily by a high-ranking ] officer, ], and a ] general, ]. The plan called for a naval and air invasion of Siberia by allied German and anti-Soviet Russian forces, targeting the GULAG penal system camps, recruiting more anti-Soviet forces from the prisoners, and thus opening a second front in the war between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union. | ||
| The plan was analyzed and tentatively approved by the ] (RSHA), and steps were taken towards implementing it. About 150 Sowiet POWs were conscripted into the units that were to be used in the operation. | |||
| On 2 June 1943 a first group of 12 former Soviet POWs, trained by the Germans, were dropped by an air transport in the ]. They were dressed as fake NKVD troops. On 9 June the group was however found (2 killed, rest taken prisoner) by real NKVD troops. Soon after this failure, the Germans decided to abandon the operation; the anti-communist group that Biessonov founded in the POW camp was disbanded, and he himself was transferred to the ]. | |||
| Some of Biessonov's organization members were employed in other German anti-Soviet operations, without any notable successes. Biessonov and Meandrov would survive the war to be executed by the Soviet authorities after being transferred to their custody. | |||
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GULAG Operation was a planned German military operation in which German troops were to open a second front in Siberia, by liberating and conscripting prisoners of the Soviet GULAG system.
The plan was designed in mid-1942 by Soviet POWs in German captivity, primarily by a high-ranking NKVD officer, Ivan Biessonov, and a Red Army general, Michail Meandrov. The plan called for a naval and air invasion of Siberia by allied German and anti-Soviet Russian forces, targeting the GULAG penal system camps, recruiting more anti-Soviet forces from the prisoners, and thus opening a second front in the war between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union.
The plan was analyzed and tentatively approved by the Reich Security Head Office (RSHA), and steps were taken towards implementing it. About 150 Sowiet POWs were conscripted into the units that were to be used in the operation.
On 2 June 1943 a first group of 12 former Soviet POWs, trained by the Germans, were dropped by an air transport in the Komi Republic. They were dressed as fake NKVD troops. On 9 June the group was however found (2 killed, rest taken prisoner) by real NKVD troops. Soon after this failure, the Germans decided to abandon the operation; the anti-communist group that Biessonov founded in the POW camp was disbanded, and he himself was transferred to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Some of Biessonov's organization members were employed in other German anti-Soviet operations, without any notable successes. Biessonov and Meandrov would survive the war to be executed by the Soviet authorities after being transferred to their custody.
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- Template:Ru icon Invasion of GULAGs: Why the Germans did not succeed in freeing ZEKs from the Stalin camps and opening a second front