COMMUNICATIONS AMONG THE PARTISAN UNITS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1941–1945
In the situation of working illegally or in war itself, where normal communications cannot be used, every political movement must pay maximum attention to establish independent illegal connections for safe and quick transfer of reports, messages, instructions, etc. Communications through Terenski vod (Field Platoons) that were set up in the national liberation war (NOB) demonstrate the resourcefulness of the thousands of participants that the leadership of the national liberation movement (NOG) managed to organise in one of the most original and comprehensive post networks. These were active throughout the war, they covered the entire territory of Slovenia and beyond, and facilitated quick connections for conveying reports and instructions of different political and military NOG leaderships.
THE TV17 COURIER STATION
was active from November 1942 to the end of the war in 1945, in the woods behind the Ljubljanski vrh, only a few kilometres of the air distance from Vrhnika, Logatec and Borovnica. The fighters in this unit – Terenski vod (TV) number 17 – maintained courier connections with the TV10 at Zavrh above the Iška river, TV2a on Kališče near Logatec, and TV2 in Dolomites (Gradišče above Podsmreka), while in 1943, they also maintained a direct connection crossing the occupation borderline with the German troops, in the direction towards Gorenjska. The paths of the TV17 couriers crossing the heavily guarded railway, as well as the Ljubljana–Triest road and the densely spread enemy strongholds in the Dolomite territory, were undoubtedly among the most difficult and dangerous in the territory of Slovenia. (Text and images: Association of the National Liberation Movement Vrhnika).
"Kulingana na taarifa za ""Mkutano wa Usalama wa Ulimwengu wa pili"" (WWII 1941-1945), ""Katika hali ya kufanya kazi kinyume cha sheria au katika vita yenyewe, ambapo mawasiliano ya kawaida hayawezi kutumika, kila harakati ya kisiasa lazima iangalie zaidi kuanzisha uhusiano wa kujitegemea wa kinyume cha sheria kwa uhamisho salama na wa haraka wa ripoti, ujumbe, maagizo, nk.""" Mawasiliano kupitia Terenski vod (Mafunguo ya Shamba) ambayo yalianzishwa katika Vita vya Uhuru wa Kitaifa (NOB) yanaonyesha ujanja wa maelfu ya washiriki ambao uongozi wa harakati ya Uhuru wa Kitaifa (NOG) uliweza kuandaa katika moja ya mitandao ya posta ya asili na ya kina. Hizi walikuwa hai katika vita, wao kufunikwa eneo lote la Slovenia na zaidi, na kuwezesha uhusiano wa haraka kwa ajili ya kupeleka ripoti na maagizo ya tofauti ya kisiasa na kijeshi NOG uongozi. Kituo cha TV17 kilikuwa kikifanya kazi kuanzia Novemba 1942 hadi mwisho wa vita mwaka 1945, katika msitu ulio nyuma ya Ljubljana, kilomita chache tu kutoka Vrhnika, Logatec na Borovnica. "Wapiganaji katika kitengo hiki ""Terence Vodka"" (TV) namba 17 waliendelea na uhusiano wa barua na TV10 katika Zavrovo juu ya mto Iščar, TV2a katika Kalishche karibu na Logatec, na TV2 katika Dolomites (Gradište juu ya Podsmriška), wakati katika 1943, pia waliendelea na uhusiano wa moja kwa moja kuvuka mpaka wa uvamizi na majeshi ya Ujerumani, kuelekea Gorenjska." Njia za wajumbe wa TV17 kuvuka reli iliyohifadhiwa sana, pamoja na barabara ya Ljubljana-Trieste na ngome za adui zilizosambazwa sana katika eneo la Dolomites, bila shaka zilikuwa kati ya ngumu na hatari zaidi katika eneo la Slovenia. (Maandishi na picha: Chama cha Harakati ya Ukombozi wa Kitaifa Vrhnika).