The black sheep usually doesn't follow the crowd because every once in a while, the crowd is literally going the wrong way in mass

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 The black sheep usually doesn't follow the crowd because every once in a while, the crowd is literally going the wrong way in mass   The black sheep usually doesn't follow the crowd because every once in a while, the crowd is literally going the wrong way in mass  It takes a black sheep to stand out and say, 'Hey, I think we're headed off a cliff here!' They may be labeled as outcasts or rebels, but in reality, they're the ones who are brave enough to challenge the status quo and forge their own path. Let's celebrate the black sheep in our lives - the ones who inspire us to think differently, to question the norms, and to embrace our individuality.

On this day 3rd June 1943. During Operation Cottbus: German forces attacked partisans in Barysaw (Borisov), Byelorussia.

On this day 3rd June 1943. During Operation Cottbus: German forces attacked partisans in Barysaw (Borisov), Byelorussia.

During Operation Cottbus: German forces attacked partisans in Barysaw (Borisov), Byelorussia.

Operation Cottbus was a German response to a perceived increase in partisan activity in the and the surrounding countryside.

Cottbus' (i) was a German operation against so-called partisans in the region of Polotsk, Borisov and Lepel in the German-occupied western USSR (20 May/24 June 1943.

Numerous villages were depopulated and burned as part of the operation. The officially communicated result of the operation was that about 9,800 people had been killed (6,087 killed in battle and 3,709 executed) and 4,997 men, but only 1,056 women, had been collected as forced labour.

These figures are likely to be underestimates of the dead. German radio reported 15,000 dead, although Einsatzgruppe Dirlewanger alone reported enemy losses as about 14,000 dead, although this report does not refer to the whole operation.

Taking into account that another two combat groups took part in the operation the likely number of dead during the operation is estimated to have been at least 20,000.

It is likely that the majority of those killed were unarmed civilians.

Contemporary German reports described the dead as members of "bands", although later in the report doubt is expressed as to the accuracy of these figures, with the assumption that "numerous peasants" must have been among the dead and noting that "Dirlewanger especially has a reputation for destroying many human lives".

The same report indicates that there were 59 German dead. About 950 weapons were captured during the operation.

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