it said: the partisan movement was developing on a large scale in the region of vitebsk, rudnya, velezhe combat strength of the units has increased significantly. interacting with the regular troops, the partisans received from them heavy weapons, anti-tank guns and tp. it means. the emergence of a serious threat to supply front. the command of the third tank army had every reason to be concerned. only one order prescribed to nip in the bud the organization of large partisan detachments. and then, complete powerlessness. at the same time , one must come to terms with the fact that only in rare cases is it possible to capture entire partisan groups. it seems only possible to upset or disturb them, but this is already a success, the fascists were looking for a way out of the struggle of the partisans, they opposed their methods, the leadership of the partisan detachment for the homeland. carefully studied the contents leaflets that were scattered by the germans in the loevsky district. it caused serious concern. they reported how the partisans robbed, killed the population, took away thei