Shalva Loladze | |
|---|---|
 Loladze in German uniform | |
| Native name | შალვა ლოლაძე |
| Born | April 16, 1916 Caucasus Krai, Russian Empire |
| Died | April 25, 1945 (aged 29) Texel, Netherlands |
| Allegiance | 
Soviet Union
Nazi Germany
|
| Branch | 
Soviet Air Forces
German Army |
| Unit | 882nd Infantry Battalion |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Shalva Loladze ( Georgian: შალვა ლოლაძე) (April 16, 1916 – April 25, 1945) was a former Soviet Georgian POW and an officer in the German Wehrmacht who headed a revolt of the Georgian soldiers against the German commandership on the Dutch island of Texel. [1]
Loladze served in the Soviet military at the outbreak of World War II. In 1942, he was a Soviet Air Force captain and an air squadron commander. His airplane was shot down over Ukraine and Loladze was captured by the Germans. [2] He then joined the Georgische Legion of the Wehrmacht and served in the 882nd Infantry Battalion Königin Tamara with the rank of Leutnant ( second lieutenant). The battalion was deployed on the German-occupied Dutch island of Texel in the closing months of World War II. The night of April 5/6, 1945, Loladze led an insurrection of the battalion's Georgian personnel. Loladze was killed in fighting on April 25, 1945. [3] He is buried together with his comrades-in-arms at the Georgian War Cemetery of Texel which has been given Loladze's name. [4]
References
- ^ Maass, Walter B. (1970), The Netherlands at war: 1940-1945, p. 231. Abelard-Schuman
- ^ (in Russian) Bychkov, LN (Бычков, Лев Николаевич; 1965), Партизанское движение в годы Великой Отечественной войны, 1941-1945: краткий очерк (Partisan Movement in the Years of the Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945: brief essay), p. 403. Mysl (Мысль)
- ^ van der Zee, Henri A. (1998), The hunger winter: occupied Holland, 1944-1945, pp. 218-219. University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0-8032-9618-5
- ^ (in Russian) Mamulia, Giorgi (2003), Грузинский легион в борьбе за свободу и независимость Грузии в годы второй мировой войны (Georgian Legion in the Struggle for Georgia's Freedom and Independence in the Years of World War II), p. . Tsodna
Shalva Loladze | |
|---|---|
|
Loladze in German uniform | |
| Native name | შალვა ლოლაძე |
| Born | April 16, 1916 Caucasus Krai, Russian Empire |
| Died | April 25, 1945 (aged 29) Texel, Netherlands |
| Allegiance |
Soviet Union
Nazi Germany
|
| Branch |
Soviet Air Forces
German Army |
| Unit | 882nd Infantry Battalion |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Shalva Loladze ( Georgian: შალვა ლოლაძე) (April 16, 1916 – April 25, 1945) was a former Soviet Georgian POW and an officer in the German Wehrmacht who headed a revolt of the Georgian soldiers against the German commandership on the Dutch island of Texel. [1]
Loladze served in the Soviet military at the outbreak of World War II. In 1942, he was a Soviet Air Force captain and an air squadron commander. His airplane was shot down over Ukraine and Loladze was captured by the Germans. [2] He then joined the Georgische Legion of the Wehrmacht and served in the 882nd Infantry Battalion Königin Tamara with the rank of Leutnant ( second lieutenant). The battalion was deployed on the German-occupied Dutch island of Texel in the closing months of World War II. The night of April 5/6, 1945, Loladze led an insurrection of the battalion's Georgian personnel. Loladze was killed in fighting on April 25, 1945. [3] He is buried together with his comrades-in-arms at the Georgian War Cemetery of Texel which has been given Loladze's name. [4]
References
- ^ Maass, Walter B. (1970), The Netherlands at war: 1940-1945, p. 231. Abelard-Schuman
- ^ (in Russian) Bychkov, LN (Бычков, Лев Николаевич; 1965), Партизанское движение в годы Великой Отечественной войны, 1941-1945: краткий очерк (Partisan Movement in the Years of the Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945: brief essay), p. 403. Mysl (Мысль)
- ^ van der Zee, Henri A. (1998), The hunger winter: occupied Holland, 1944-1945, pp. 218-219. University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0-8032-9618-5
- ^ (in Russian) Mamulia, Giorgi (2003), Грузинский легион в борьбе за свободу и независимость Грузии в годы второй мировой войны (Georgian Legion in the Struggle for Georgia's Freedom and Independence in the Years of World War II), p. . Tsodna