operation took place at the location of the partisan detachment under the command of alexander ivanovich dalidovicharea of ​​lake zyslov on the twentieth of march forty-two. having assessed the situation, the detachment's leadership was a decision was made to leave the sites of the proposed battles, not to engage in direct clashes with the enemy, and to remove the civilian population from them as much as possible. as a result of the punitive operation of bamberg, the nazis failed to liquidate the october-luben partisan zone. it was successful only against the civilian population. during the period of the so- called moderation action , about 80 belarusian villages were affected. 3,600 houses were burned and more than 500 residents died. the punitive forces committed particular atrocities against village "khvoyni". petrikovsky district, where 1419 of its residents were killed. the nazis were preparing to take revenge for their failures at the front in the fight against the partisans. the population of the republic had to endure even more bloody and large-scale punitive operations of the nazis. everyt