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Rail war
Soviet partisan campaign to disrupt German supply lines during World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The rail war (Russian: Рельсовая война, romanized: Relsovaya voyna; Belarusian: Рэйкавая вайна, romanized: Rejkavaja vajna; Ukrainian: Рейкова війна, romanized: Reikova viina) was the name for a World War II action of Soviet partisans in the Soviet Union, especially in German-occupied Byelorussia and Ukraine. The operations were carried out with the intention of disrupting German logistics via the destruction of rail lines, thus preventing the travel of equipment and manpower to the front.
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Not to be confused with 2022 rail war in Belarus, 2022 rail war in Russia, Railroad Wars, or Rail Wars!.
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