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II.Weltkrieg 1939-1945
Der Russian General Wlassow Spricht Nach Beendeter Felddienstübung Zu Sowjetischen Kollaborateuren in Der UNIFORM DER NAZIWEHRMACHT.
Is it true that the St. George tape was the official symbols of the Vlasovites?
In social networks, one can often find the assertion that the St. George tape during the Great Patriotic War was used as official symbols in the Russian Liberation Army and other Russian formations that fought on the side of Hitler Germany. We decided to check if this is so.
The most famous video, which spoke of the St. George tape as the Vlasov symbol is performance Alexander Nevzorov in 2014. The journalist sharply condemned the wearing of the tape and added: "General Shkuro, General Vlasov, many SS higher officials supported the cult of the St. George tape." The characteristic of the St. George tape as "Vlasov" is often found in blogs - ""VKontakte" Livejournal, on Belarusian And Ukrainian Popular sites.
In the USSR, the "Vlasovites" was Accepted Call all Russian collaborators who fought as part of the Wehrmacht and SS. But, strictly speaking, this applies only to the Russian liberation army (ROA), the formation created in the Wehrmacht at the proposal of General Andrei Vlasov. After the unsuccessful Lyuban offensive operation in July 1942, the 2nd Shock Army of the Red Army and its commander Vlasov were surrounded. In captivity, the general agreed To cooperate with the German command and began to form a ROA. But until 1943, units of the Russian Liberation Army existed only in propaganda documents, until that time the former Soviet prisoners of war did not participate in regular hostilities. They were used as auxiliary forces of the Wehrmacht to combat partisans.
In parallel with the ROA existed Other Russian units. This is the Russian Liberation People’s Army (Rona) under the command of Bronislav Kaminsky; division "Russland" (later-the 1st Russian National Army); Russian corps formed from emigrants settled in Yugoslavia; Cossack parts in the Wehrmacht and SS. In November 1944, in Prague, under the supervision of the German command, the unification meeting The Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, which included General Vlasov with his ROA and representatives of emigrant organizations.