The Vlasov army in the battle for Prague: Co-operation between the military command of Great Prague and the 1st Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the CLPR in documents. Cover Image

Vlasovci v boji za Prahu (II. část). Spolupráce Vojenského velitelství Velké Prahy s 1. pěší divizí Ozbrojených sil KONR v dokumentech
The Vlasov army in the battle for Prague: Co-operation between the military command of Great Prague and the 1st Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the CLPR in documents.

Author(s): Pavel Žáček
Subject(s): Military history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů

Summary/Abstract: One of the most controversial subjects directly linked to the Czech uprising of May 1945 is the appearance of the 1st Infantry Division of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia (CLPR) led by Major General Sergei Kuzmich Bunyachenko – according to German numeration the 600th infantry division (Russian) – on the side of those fighting for Prague. This edition of the 211 most important reports and records concentrated within the framework of the intelligence and information system of the Military Command of Great Prague – “Bartoš” – captures in a nuanced manner the dramatic development of events in Prague and its environs in the days of 5 to 9 May 1945. Members of the individual departments of the “Bartoš” staff kept records of all important information and processed them into the form of reports from individual uprising staff, military commands, departments of the government army, gendarmerie, police, national committees and individual citizens, in some cases taking possession of written reports delivered to Bartolomějska Street by courier. Among the staff of the “Bartoš”, command records were distributed to individual departments or handed over to staff vice-chiefs or chiefs, in some cases directly to army commander Brig. Gen. Karel Kutlvašr and his deputies.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 230-274
  • Page Count: 45
  • Language: Czech
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