History 08/03/20 I hoped to do the traitor Vlasov in the case of the defeat of Hitler
Andrei Vlasov was smart and very cunning man, with his far-reaching aspirations. He betrayed easily, and did it twice. When the Nazis lost, he betrayed them and kept walking to his goal. In order to understand why in 1945, Vlasov ordered his soldiers to attack the Nazis, we need to understand how to transform the ideas of the person throughout the war.
Why Vlasov betrayed the Motherland
Andrei Vlasov belonged to the first generation of Soviet military elite. A simple peasant, he quickly made his military career in the red army. During the Civil war he fought with the whites and Makhno in the South of Russia. Always, the Soviet leadership viewed him as a very loyal, dedicated and talented frame, it praised Zhukov and Khrushchev. In 1938 he was sent a military adviser to China, where he helps Chiang Kai-shek. The war Vlasov was met at the city. In early 1942 he was appointed commander of the 2 shock army of the Volkhov front near Leningrad. In the spring and summer it gets in the severe environment, primarily the fault of staff and rates. His soldiers are starving, they have nothing to shoot. At this point Vlasov, apparently, and is aware that the Bolsheviks it not on the way. On the one hand, through his personal experience, seen all the shortcomings of the Soviet military command. He’s talented and the right initiatives has often been blocked by incompetent staff, because of which thousands of people died and the Soviets lost. On the other hand, he sees the power of the Nazi weapon, which causes rapid attack. Although the battle of Moscow has already taken place, the victory of the Nazis still seemed very probable. Because surrendering to the Germans.
In 1943, the beautiful campaign the text “Why I took the path of struggle against Bolshevism”.. In it he denounces the Bolshevik regime. which inspired the Russian revolutionYu, led the fight for a brighter future, but then cruelly betrayed. Vlasov blamed the Bolsheviks and Stalin personally in the anti-Russian collectivization, the destruction of the army high command, the clumsy organization of the Soviet army. There is every reason to believe that Vlasov was here that he did not prevaricate, and his faith in the Communists seriously undermined collectivization and terror. We don’t know. what he wanted more: to save his own skin or to overthrow Stalin, but he quietly hated Bolshevik regime in the late 1930s.
Vlasov wrote that the leader after the outbreak of war saw a strong Russian opposition to its authority, and therefore staged a national clowning with the revival of the Church and the chanting of the first “imperialist” heroes like Suvorov and Kutuzov. But the Germans, according to Vlasov, the old allies of Russia, ready to help overthrow the anti-Russian power the Bolsheviks and the return of Russian people freedom and land. Interesting. that the text never mentioned neither Hitler nor Nazism, nor the Jews and many of the arguments sound very rational Vlasov and used in the criticism of Stalin today.
In German captivity: the construction of the army and plans to surrender to the Americans
the Germans met the Russian traitor with open arms. They considered it a victory for their propaganda, which could affect not only the individual soldiers, defectors, but also on the whole General of the army. Treat him respectfully enough: although all of his actions are controlled by the Nazis, he is allowed to make loud statements and create the organization. In the end, in 1944, created the Committee for the salvation of the peoples of Russia, the authority which claimed the status of the Russian government in exile. ROA becomes the armed forces of this anti-Bolshevik Russia. Around Vlasov, many Russians in the Reich, as Soviet traitors and immigrants. Although for a long time Vlasov created the image of a completely loyal man, he never sought to be a Nazi puppet, and tried to pursue an independent policy. In 1943 he toured okupirovana Russian regions with lectures criticizing the Nazis and the Bolsheviks. There are also unreliable and very puzzling evidence that he had contact with Soviet intelligence in the face of a Melent’ev Zykova, who was captain of the POA through a German prisoner and mysteriously disappeared in 1944. At the end of the war Vlasov begins to make plans about how to surrender to the allies and to be in good conditions. In addition, he did not abandon his anti-Bolshevik political plans. Vlasov believes that the conflict between the USSR and the allies is inevitable, and the ACPD will be the Pro-Western anti-Bolshevik force, which, together with the Americans and the British will liberate Russia from Stalin.
the betrayal of the Reich
In January 1945, the Nazis were not up to Russian, and ROA finally becomes a real force, numbering 50 thousand people. Twice the ROA faced with Soviet troops. Third of its combat use — the second betrayal of Vlasov. At the end of March command of the liberation army decides to connect with the Cossack parts of the ACPD in the Alps and together surrender to the allies. Also discussed options to get to Serbia by the Chetniks in Yugoslavia or to the UPA* and to continue the struggle against the Communists and the Nazis together with these forces. However, these plans were not destined to come true.
may 6 ROA with heavy fighting suddenly all of a sudden frees Prague from the Nazis. This significant step was to show the West that Vlasov is on their side. First, the Czechs are jubilant, but Vlasov was soon forced to leave the city and shot some of his minions coming, the Bolsheviks were able to take revenge. ROA begins to move towards the positions of the allies, and a Vlasov to surrender to the Americans. But it did not save them: the allies still gave them the Bolsheviks, who shot Vlasov officers without trial. The Vlasov eventually catch Smershevtsy. Different sources describe the property differently. Some say that he shamefully hid on the floor of the truck, wrapped in a rug, others that he dressed in the form of the red army, took advantage to Soviet intelligence officers.
*banned organization in Russia
Alexander Artamonov
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