Lessons of the Great Patriotic War: combating subversion and terrorism in operations and engagements.
Military Thought › Vol. 14 Nbr. 4, October 2005
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Lessons of the Great Patriotic War: combating subversion and terrorism in operations and engagements.
Our country marked 60 years of the Great Victory not long ago. While we appreciate the heroic deed of our people, defenders of the Fatherland, we involuntarily ask ourselves: Have we learned due lessons of the great war, are we making--wittingly or unwittingly--the same mistakes that were made in the prewar and war years?
The war found one of these authors during its first hours in the border zone. We, Red Army men, at the time were astounded not only at the massive air bombing and tank attacks but also at the enemy's attacks from behind. As we came to learn later, subversives, parachutists and terrorists wearing Red Army uniforms were attacking us from the rear. This aggravated the already difficult situation and frequently caused panic in our ranks. Today, we seem to have forgotten that something similar may recur in an even more dangerous form. At any rate, the "invisible" enemy is rarely present during tactical training of troops today. Like before the war, commanding officers and their personnel are not being adequately trained in combating it. We, therefore, would like to recount the fierce war on the invisible front that did not stop even for a minute. In the night of 22 June 1941, German subversives managed to carry out their main mission--they paralyzed command and control of troops in many border zone garrisons. They wreaked havoc with the Soviet landline communications putting the control agencies of the military districts, armies, combined units and uni...See the full content of this document
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