Georgia
| Full Name | 51 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| Alliance | Soviet Union - Minor Member Nation or Possession | |
| Possessing Power | Russia | |
| Entry into WW2 | 22 Jun 1941 | |
| Population in 1939 | 3,610,000 | |
| Military Deaths in WW2 | 190,000 | |
| Civilian Deaths in WW2 | 110,000 |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseIn Feb 1921, the newly independent nation of Georgia was conquered by the Red Army. Georgia was a state within the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic for most of the inter-war years, but in 1936 it became a Soviet republic on its own. Joseph Stalin, born Ioseb Jughashvili, was the most prominent Georgian of the era, and his rise meant that fellow Georgians such as Lavrentiy Beria and Vsevolod Merkulov were brought to powerful positions. During WW2, Georgia was among the targets of the German Case Blue (Fall Blau) offensive in 1942, which aimed to seize the oilfields of the Caucasus region, but Axis troops were stopped before reaching Georgian borders. Between 1941 and 1945, about 700,000 ethnic Georgians served in the Soviet forces (about 190,000 of them were be killed in action); a significant number served on the German side, although that number was far fewer than that of the Soviet forces. After the war, Georgia remained a Soviet republic until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia
Last Major Update: Apr 2013
| People | ||
| Beria, Lavrentiy | Merkulov, Vsevolod | |
| Loladze, Shalva | Stalin, Joseph | |
| Events Taken Place in Georgia | ||
| Deportation of Caucasian, Altaic, and Turkish Peoples | 1 Jan 1940 - 29 Dec 1944 | |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
4 May 2016 12:23:23 PM
A Fact Georgian soldier was the last one, who raised USSR flag. After that, we won.
21 Dec 2017 03:38:00 AM
I'm Georgian, and when I see that my grandfather of part of it, I'm so proud. and sad at the same time. I'm proud to be Georgian
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James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 Feb 1945
11 Apr 2013 03:45:23 AM
I spent a year in Georgia and was walking down the main street of Tbilisi when an old guy wearing military decorations on his jacket spoke to me in German. I do speak some German so I stopped to chat with him (FYI: Discovered that many Europeans will address what they believe to be Americans in German because so many Americans know some German - while they do not know English). He has been a member of the Russian Army of Occupation in Germany for 3 years (45 - 48 I think). He was more fluent than I so I couldn't go into a deep conversation with him.