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Punitive operation "Warm wind" was performed from March 2 to March 23, 1943. Its purpose - to destroy guerrilla groups which managed to escape from blockade during punitive operation in February, 1943, to provide the free movement on a site of the railroad Luninets − Baranovichi. Operation was directed also against local population of Gantsevichsky, Luninetsky and Lyakhovichsky districts of the Brest region and the Kletsky region of the Minsk region.

The obergruppenfyurer the CC Bach-Zelevsky and a brigadenfyurer the CC Gotberg directed operation. the 23rd, 57th, 271st battalions of police, a battalion of so-called Russian national national army under V. V. Gil-Radionov's command, a battalion CC, and also the 2nd and 13th police regiments participated in punitive operation.

Chasteners did not manage to destroy guerrilla groups which could leave an occupation zone to other areas. But 540 Soviet citizens were destroyed and 1226 people are grabbed and taken out on a hard labor to Germany. In the village Sandstones chasteners destroyed 38 people, in Flerovo of the Luninetsky area - 23, in Svetitsa is destroyed 106, in Zaluzhye − 60 people, in the village Rogachi of Lyakhovichsky district - 12, in the village of Loktysha of Gantsevichsky district 12 people were also destroyed. Tens of villages were burned and plundered. Took away from local population 2608 heads of cattle, 280 horses with 120 vehicles, 560 tons of grain, 5 tons of seeds of flax and 7 tons of a flax fiber.

"Triangle"

Punitive operation code-named "Triangle" was performed in September - October, 1942 to the north of a railway line Brest - Luninets Brestskogo, Zhabinkovsky, Kobrin and Maloritsky districts of the Brest region.

17 days chasteners committed excesses in villages of the Brest, Divinsky, Zhabinkovsky and Maloritsky districts... Chasteners in the village of Borisovka shot 206 people and burned 225 houses. In the village of Leplevka shot 54 child and the teacher of Domachevsky orphanage. In Kamenka destroyed 152 persons, in the village Pine-forest Maloritsky district - 96. In the village of Borka chasteners at 4 o'clock in the morning drove all inhabitants and shot 705 people, including 203 men, 372 women and 130 children, and set fire to the village.

289 people were shot by chasteners in the village of Zabolotye, 120 houses are set on fire. On October 9, 1942 Germans and politsa destroyed 28 residents of the village Green Buda in the territory of Velikoritsky village council of Maloritsky district, and 15 yards burned.

Morning was given on September 11, 1942 serene. Orthodox villagers of the village of Dremlevo of Zhabinkovsky district gathered for a holiday of John the Baptist which was celebrated from the date of foundation of the village, since 1561. Unexpectedly submachine gunners rushed into the village. Exposed a cordon. Turned out people on the street and shot without presentation of any claims. Shot the praying people. In live did not leave any. All 190 residents of the village of Dremlevo were destroyed. The village was burned. Today reminds a barrow of Memory and three figures of the women who are poured out of bronze of the tragedy.

In total from September 6 till November 24, 1942 chasteners ruined near Brest, Kobrin, Malorita and Pinsk 24.837 Soviet citizens.

Punitive operation under the code name "Signature stamp" was performed from August 16 to August 30, 1942 in the territory of Orshansky and Sennensky districts of the Vitebsk region. Fascist invaders provided to clear of guerrillas the big woody and marshy area which adjoined highway and railway communications in a triangle Vitebsk - Orsha - Smolensk and to suppress in this territory of performance of local population against the German authorities.

For 6 days guerrilla groups under command of the commander of the Orshansky guerrilla zone V. V. Boyko conducted heavy fighting with chasteners. On August 22, 1942 guerrilla groups together with guerrillas of Smolensk region under M. V. Antonenkov's command broke through blockade of chasteners and left to the east of Senno in the Adamovsky wood.

On August 22, 1942 chasteners surrounded the village of Morozovka of Sennensky district, brutally destroyed 28 inhabitants including 17 children, and set fire to the village.

Chasteners continued to behave with brutality in Orshansky and Bogushevsky districts till August 30, 1942. Hitlerites destroyed about 900 old men, women and children, 910 people forcibly took out for works to Germany. Besides, more than 1700 heads of cattle were taken away from local population, the villages of Bortnika and Morozovka are burned. In the village of Gorkovo of the Vitebsk district shot 19 civilians.

So killed people: an action in Belarus//Belarus today. – 2009. – June 4. – Page 9. Punitive operation code-named "Triangle" is mentioned (Kobrin district - of Borki, of Borisovk). 

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