| GULAG Operation | |
|---|---|
| Part of Operation Zeppelin | |
 A punishment cell block in one of the subcamps of Vorkutlag. The GULAG Operation planned to liberate prisoners from camps like Vorkutlag in the Komi ASSR and recruit them for anti-Soviet guerrilla warfare. | |
| Type | Guerrilla warfare |
| Location | |
| Planned | Mid-1942 |
| Planned by | Soviet POWs in German captivity |
| Commanded by | Ivan Georgievich Bessonov Mikhael Meandrov |
| Objective | Instigate a guerrilla war in Siberia against Soviet authorities |
| Date | 2–9 June 1943 |
| Outcome | Operational failure
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| Casualties | 4 (2 in June 1943, Bessonov and Meandrov after end of war) |
The GULAG Operation was a German military operation in which German and Soviet anti-communist troops were to create an anti-Soviet resistance movement in Siberia during World War II by liberating and recruiting prisoners of the Soviet GULAG system. Despite ambitious plans, only a small group of former Soviet POWs was airlifted to the Komi Republic in June 1943. Members of the group were captured or killed days after landing.