Operation Cottbus (iii)
(German town)'Cottbus' (iii) was a German operation by SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Curt von Gottberg’s Kampfgruppe 'von Gottberg', comprising SS police units, against 'partisans' and other undesirable elements' operating in the Minsk area of Belorussia in the German-occupied western USSR (22 June/3 July 1943).
Basic overview
Start date: 22 June 1943
End date: 3 July 1943
Scope: Minor
Nature: Ethnic, Racial cleansing
Status: Implemented
End date: 3 July 1943
Scope: Minor
Nature: Ethnic, Racial cleansing
Status: Implemented