War against the partisans
The war against the Soviet Union was waged not only along frontlines that
were thousands of kilometers long. It was also a war against the partisans
in the occupied territories. In the first few months of the war, the Wehrmacht
generally
encountered poorly organized partisan groups. Despite Stalin's call to take
up partisan warfare, these groups were of no military significance. Nonetheless,
the Wehrmacht High Command and the Army High Command extended the criteria
for deciding who was to be treated as a guerilla.
Belorussian State Archive for Film, Photo and Phono Documents, Dzerzhinsk,
No. 0—133773
