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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.

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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.

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

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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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