Red Youth (Netherlands) Red Youth (Netherlands) Red Youth () was a communist organization in the Netherlands. It originated in the group around the periodical "Rode Jeugd", which had been started by the pro-China "Rode Vlag"-grouping in 1966. In October 1967 the group around "Rode Jeugd" broke away, and formed their own organisation, Red Youth. Lucien van Hoesel (born 1950) became the national secretary of Red Youth. Inside Red Youth two wings emerged. On one side stood the 'terrorists', who were inspired by the Red Army Faction ("Rote Armee Fraktion") and who saw the strategy of urban guerrilla warfare as a path to follow
Army Group Centre commenced. At the start of the Vistula-Oder Offensive, the Soviet forces facing Army Group Centre outnumbered the Germans on average by 2:1 in troops, 3:1 in artillery, and 5.5:1 in tanks and self-propelled artillery. The Soviet superiority in troop strength grows to almost 3:1 if 200,000 Volkssturm militia are not included in German personnel strength totals. On 25 January 1945, Hitler renamed three army groups. Army Group North became Army Group Courland, Army Group Centre became Army Group North, and Army Group A became Army Group Centre. Army Group Centre fought in the defence of Slovakia and Bohemia-Moravia as well