the soviet partisan movement 1941-1944 by edgar m. howell

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212 THE SOVIET PARTISAN MOVEMENT ment, once well started, is extremely difficult to combat. Therefore the surest way to combat a resistance movement is to strike at its roots, that is, never let it get started. 3. The best preventive measures are : a. Proper detailed occupational planning executed prior to the occupation; b. A clear understanding of the people themselves with whom the occupation must deal, psychological, ethnological, and ideological characteristics; c. A unified and centrally controlled administration of the areas occupied; and d. A firm but fair occupation administration combining, as Jomini saw it, courtesy, gentleness, severity, and just dealing. If the mass of the people can be won over, or at least induced not to aid the partisans, the movement will die on the vine. 4. If an army in the midst of an operational campaign should find itself confronted by a resistance movement in its zone of communications, it should : a. Never allow the partisans to divert it from its primary mission of front-line combat to the extent of weakening that front. b. Rather view the situation in its proper perspective, remembering that partisans as such have a very limited combat value, and react accordingly. c. Strike hard with sufficient first-line troops or, if such should not be feasible at the time, pull itself in on its major communication axes and let the rest go for the time being, confident that it possesses the organization and strength to clear the rear if it later becomes necessary. In the field of antipartisan tactics the following basic principles should be applied : 1. The objective of an antipartisan operation should always be complete annihilation of the enemy in the attacked area, not expulsion from the area. 2. Command should always be unified under an experienced frontline commander no matter how diverse the composite elements of the force. 3. Preparation for an antipartisan operation should be made by a General Staff operations section and as carefully as in the case of an operation at the front. 4. The most complete and up-to-date information possible should be obtained prior to the operation and should be kept current during the course of the operation. 5. The most complete security possible should be maintained during the planning and the assembly of troops in order to preserve the element of surprise.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 213 6. In view of the difficult terrain generally encountered in this type of operation, the units comprising the attack force should be provided with ample signal equipment. 7. Encirclement of the entire area to be cleared should be closely followed by a surprise attack. 8. The area should be carefully combed during the course of the operation. 9. Following the completion of the operation, the area cleared should either be secured by strong garrisons or, if such should not be feasible, all buildings in the area should be completely destroyed and all persons evacuated from the area in order to dissuade the partisans from returning.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON 2
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PREFACE The purpose of this text is
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viii PART TWO . 1941-1942: THE PERI
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