 Complete the following phrase:  By late 1942, the hearts and minds policy had already weakened. Around 19421943, large-scale encirclement operations were employed, which involved the use of regular army units, detached from the frontline, against the partisans. Such operations often involved the destruction of local settlements villages that were seen as potentially supporting the partisans, that meant both the physical destruction of the buildings and the massacres of local inhabitants. Those encirclement operations resulted in antagonizing the local populace, contributing to the growth, not shrinking, of the Soviet partisans. Major encirclement operations included: 