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289. The Georgian Texel Uprising - The War Beyond Surrender

2025/5/21
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Roger Morehouse: 我主持了这个播客节目,讨论了二战中鲜为人知的格鲁吉亚起义。我们邀请了历史学家埃里克·李来详细讲解这个事件。 Eric Lee: 格鲁吉亚士兵在二战期间被俘后加入了德国国防军,在德国投降后,他们于1945年4月在特塞尔岛上发动了起义,反抗德国人。起义的动机是多方面的,包括生存的需要、对苏联的背叛以及对自由的渴望。 起义最初取得了成功,格鲁吉亚人占领了该岛的大部分地区,但他们未能占领德国海军炮台。德国人随后对起义进行了残酷的镇压,导致许多格鲁吉亚人和荷兰平民丧生。 起义持续到5月,直到盟军到达。格鲁吉亚起义是二战结束时欧洲混乱局势的一个例子,它也揭示了战争的残酷性和复杂性。 Eric Lee: 我是历史学家,专门研究二战时期的格鲁吉亚人。在二战期间,许多格鲁吉亚人被苏联俘虏后加入了德国国防军。他们最初被派往东线作战,但后来被调往西线,以防他们倒戈。 1945年4月,当德国人命令他们与盟军作战时,他们发动了起义。起义最初取得了成功,格鲁吉亚人占领了该岛的大部分地区。但他们未能占领德国海军炮台,这导致德国人对他们进行了残酷的镇压。 起义持续到5月,直到盟军到达。许多格鲁吉亚人和荷兰平民丧生。起义的复杂性在于,格鲁吉亚人既反抗了德国人,又试图在战争中为自己争取地位。 苏联对格鲁吉亚起义的叙事进行了歪曲,将他们描绘成忠诚的苏联士兵,而不是背叛者。这与苏联对其他在德国服役的苏联士兵的待遇形成了鲜明对比。

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This chapter explores the origins of the Georgian Legion, a contingent of Georgian soldiers conscripted into the German army. It details their capture during WWII, their decision to join the Wehrmacht to avoid certain death in POW camps, and their subsequent deployment to Texel Island as part of the Atlantic Wall defenses.
  • Georgian soldiers in German uniform fighting alongside the Wehrmacht.
  • Captured Soviet soldiers given choice to join German army or face certain death.
  • Deployment to Texel Island as part of Atlantic Wall defenses.
  • Contested nature of their role in the German army.

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In this episode of Battleground 45, Roger welcomes author and expert Eric Lee to delve into one of World War II's most remarkable and often overlooked events: the Georgian Uprising on the Dutch island of Texel.

From April to well beyond Germany's surrender in May 1945, as the war in Europe drew to a close, a contingent of Georgian soldiers, conscripted into the German army, turned their weapons on their captors in a desperate fight for freedom on the Dutch island of Texel.

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