A large number of Russian POW were sent to western Europe to defend the Atlantic coast.
By Soviet penal code #38, any servicemen who surrended were sentenced to labor camps after the war. Many of them did not get released after Stalin died, but common crimials were.
By Soviet penal code #38, any servicemen who surrended were sentenced to labor camps after the war. Many of them did not get released after Stalin died, but common crimials were.