Order No. 270
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order-no-270-187-11741278
title:
Order No. 270
text:
Order No. 270, entitled "On the responsibility of military personnel for surrendering and leaving weapons to the enemy" issued on 16 August 1941, by Joseph Stalin during the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, ordered Red Army personnel to "fight to the last", virtually banned commanders from surrendering, and set out severe penalties for senior officers and deserters regarded as derelicting their duties. Order 270 is widely regarded as the basis of subsequent, often controversial Soviet policies
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1941 Soviet Army command prohibiting surrender
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_No._270
date created:
2006-06-13T22:10:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T12:18:34Z
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