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4 unusual facts about Operation Hornung


Operation Hornung

It came in the sequence of three actions (including Erntefest I and Ernterfest II) that had taken place in January further to the northeast, in the area of Słuck-Osipowicze; it claimed over 4,000 victims.

It was directed against the area Hancewicze-Morocz-Lenin-Łuniniec, a thinly populated area of about 4,000 square kilometers southwest of Słuck on the southern border of the Regional Commissartiat White Ruthenia.

Cattle, grain and other products are to be taken and delivered to Starobin.

The battalion is to again comb through the combat zone of February 15 to February 17 up to the line Starobin-Powarczycze.



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