Blocking Detachments

Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Russia: Tsardom and Communism (1894–1945).

Definition

Specialized Soviet military units positioned behind unstable divisions to shoot soldiers retreating without permission.

Exam Context

Blocking Detachments appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Period Studies, especially Russia: Tsardom and Communism (1894–1945) and Impact of the Second World War.

Period Studies Russia: Tsardom and Communism (1894–1945)Impact of the Second World War

Found in Revision Notes

Period Studies

Impact of the Second World War

Russia: Tsardom and Communism (1894–1945) • Impact of the Second World War

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