1945 Uprising of the Georgian battalion on the island of Texel
70 years ago, on April 5, 1945, an uprising against the German invaders began on the Dutch island of Texel, raised by soldiers of the 822nd infantry battalion "Queen Tamara" of the Georgian legion of the Wehrmacht. About 800 Georgian legionnaires seized control of the island, destroying, using surprise, more than 400 German soldiers (almost all of them in their sleep). However, the rebels failed to capture coastal batteries in the north and south of the island.