V Ugody Stalinu Gody 1945-1946 (Part II) [English title: Forceful Repatriation of Russian Soldiers "For Stalin's Favor"

New York: Voyenniy Vestnik [Published by "The Military Herald", 1958. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Wraps. Good. Text is in Russian. Title page has publication date of 1957, but front cover has 1958. [2], 125 pages. Illustrations. Cover has wear, soiling, and staining. Some section titles in red ink, otherwise black ink. Part II ONLY. Scarce émigré history set on post-war Europe. Black ink mimeograph printing, thus low number printed.The Russian Liberation Army (abbreviated in Latin as ROA, also known as the Vlasov army) was a group of predominantly Russian forces that fought under German command during World War II. The army was led by Andrey Vlasov, a defected Red Army general, and members of the army are often referred to as Vlasovtsy. In 1944, it became known as the Armed Forces of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia (VS-KONR in Latin).The ROA was organized by former Red Army general Andrey Vlasov, who tried to unite Russians opposed to communism and to the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin with the goal of fighting with Germany to liberate Russia. The volunteers were mostly Soviet prisoners of war but also included White Russian émigrés (some of whom were veterans of the anti-communist White Army from the Russian Civil War). On 14 November 1944 it was officially renamed the Armed Forces of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, with the KONR being formed as political body for the army to be loyal to. On 28 January 1945, it was officially declared that the Russian divisions no longer formed part of the German Army, but would directly be under the command of KONR.