Post by Blunashun on Dec 19, 2018 6:13:05 GMT
Just noticed it today. How has no one made a movie about it? Can't even find a decent book on it.
www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/battle-villers-bocage-13th-june-1944.html
The 12th Day
The last bloodshed of the Second World War happened during a mutiny on a Dutch isle of Texel. A battalion of Georgians that had been forced into conscription by the Germans rebelled.
The Georgians were initially sent as part of the Atlantic Wall defense force but decided to take up arms against the Germans on April 5th, 1945, in an attempt to free themselves of forced service. The leader of the rebellion was Shalva Loladze who was assisted by the Dutch resistance. During the night, an 800-strong Georgian force slaughtered many of the sleeping German soldiers with bayonets.
The remaining guards were killed shortly afterward. The island also included several coastal batteries that guarded it against a naval offensive. As soon as the word of mutiny was out, the German batteries started pounding on the suspected rebel positions. More than 2,000 troops were sent to punish the treacherous Georgians, who were subsequently captured, forced to dig their own graves, remove their German uniforms and executed.
The ones who survived hid among the Dutch population and were hunted down after the ceasefire. The main cause for the mutiny that took place on Texel was an expected Allied invasion, but that didn’t occur until May 20th. About 565 Georgians, 812 Germans, and 120 Dutch citizens died during the insurrection.
Afterward, the surviving Georgians were returned to the Soviet Union where they were tried as traitors. Later, as the regime softened and took a different political stand after the death of Stalin, they were rehabilitated, and some of them were even declared (posthumously) Heroes of the Soviet Union. This was the last battle of the Second World War.
www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/battle-villers-bocage-13th-june-1944.html
The 12th Day
The last bloodshed of the Second World War happened during a mutiny on a Dutch isle of Texel. A battalion of Georgians that had been forced into conscription by the Germans rebelled.
The Georgians were initially sent as part of the Atlantic Wall defense force but decided to take up arms against the Germans on April 5th, 1945, in an attempt to free themselves of forced service. The leader of the rebellion was Shalva Loladze who was assisted by the Dutch resistance. During the night, an 800-strong Georgian force slaughtered many of the sleeping German soldiers with bayonets.
The remaining guards were killed shortly afterward. The island also included several coastal batteries that guarded it against a naval offensive. As soon as the word of mutiny was out, the German batteries started pounding on the suspected rebel positions. More than 2,000 troops were sent to punish the treacherous Georgians, who were subsequently captured, forced to dig their own graves, remove their German uniforms and executed.
The ones who survived hid among the Dutch population and were hunted down after the ceasefire. The main cause for the mutiny that took place on Texel was an expected Allied invasion, but that didn’t occur until May 20th. About 565 Georgians, 812 Germans, and 120 Dutch citizens died during the insurrection.
Afterward, the surviving Georgians were returned to the Soviet Union where they were tried as traitors. Later, as the regime softened and took a different political stand after the death of Stalin, they were rehabilitated, and some of them were even declared (posthumously) Heroes of the Soviet Union. This was the last battle of the Second World War.