Belarusian partisans

The Belarusian Resistance during World War II opposed Nazi Germany from 1941 until 1944. Belarus was one of the Soviet republics occupied during Operation Barbarossa.

A part of the Belarusian population was initially supportive to the German occupation, hoping it would end harsh Stalinist rule and help establish an independent Belarusian state. However, they soon found that the Nazi regime was far more brutal. Such excesses included looting, mass transfers of working age population to the Reich to serve as slave labourers, and arbitrary and severe punishment for infractions; the Nazis also employed collective punishment, including burning entire villages with their residents (e.g. see Khatyn). Under these circumstances, many locals were motivated to join the anti-Nazi resistance, and the majority of the populace became passive supporters to partisans.

Belarusian partisans may refer to Soviet-formed irregular military groups participating in the Belarusian resistance during World War II against Nazi Germany as well as the pro-German collaborationist structures behind the Soviet front.

After the victories of the Wehrmacht against the Red Army in 1941, Belarus was one of the Soviet republics that came under control of Nazi Germany (Operation Barbarossa). The official government of the occupation forces was established on August 23, 1941, under the direction of Wilhelm Kube,the German administrator of the Generalbezirk Weißruthenien district. . The German pacification operations were able to curb partisan activity significantly throughout the summer and fall of 1941. The Belarusian Auxiliary Police was established by the Nazis in July 1941 and deployed to murder operations particularly in February–March 1942. The resistance movement first consisted of cut-off Soviet soldiers, some civilians began joining them around the summer of 1942. From that time until the end of the year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) of Byelorussia formed courses and offices helping those wishing to fight the Nazi Government. Generalreichskommissar Wilhelm Kube

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