Andrey Vlasov: The Soviet General Who Became a Nazi Collaborator

World History: True Stories of the 20th Century · Mar 11, 2026 · 13m

Andrey Vlasov, once a celebrated Red Army general who helped defend Moscow in 1941, later became one of the most notorious collaborators with Nazi Germany during the Second World War.

Once celebrated as a hero of the Red Army, General Andrey Vlasov would become one of the most infamous traitors of the Second World War. A brilliant officer who helped defend Moscow from Hitler’s forces in 1941, Vlasov’s reputation rose rapidly. But by 1942, after his army was abandoned and encircled during a failed attempt to break the siege of Leningrad, everything changed. Captured by the Germans, Vlasov…