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The Soviet annexation of some 51.6% of the territory of the Second Polish Republic, [20] where about 13,200,000 people lived in 1939 including Poles and Jews, [21] was an important event in the history of contemporary Ukraine and Belarus, because it brought within Ukrainian and Belarusian SSR new territories inhabited in part by ethnic ...
Polish-Ukrainian ethnic conflict; Part of the Eastern Front of World War II and the Polish resistance movement in World War II: From left to right: 1: Destruction of Sahryń by Home Army, 2: Soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in 1947, Rovno oblast, 3: Deportation of the Ukrainian population as part of Operation Vistula,
In 1929, as a result of a merger of radical nationalist groups (including the UWO), the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists was formed. In July 1930, the UWO, together with the OUN, embarked on what they called a "second insurgency" - a terrorist and sabotage action against Poles and Ukrainians who wanted to have peace with the local Polish population.
The eastern part of Poland was annexed by the Soviet Union; Volhynia and Eastern Galicia were attached to the Ukrainian SSR. After the annexation, the Soviet NKVD started eliminating the predominantly Polish middle and upper classes, including social activists and military leaders.
The invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany on 1 September 1939 was followed by the Soviet invasion on 17 September that captured the eastern provinces of the Second Polish Republic. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] On 1 November 1939, Polish territories annexed by the Soviet Union (i.e. Volhynia and Eastern Galicia ) were incorporated into the Ukrainian Soviet ...
In the interbellum Poland, headquarters of the Polish Army frequently organized huge military manoeuvres on the territory of the Volhynian Voivodeship. These war games would take place in early fall, right after harvest. Most probably, they were organized on the real estates, whose owners were mostly Polish members of upper classes . Local ...
The Home Army (Polish: Armia Krajowa, pronounced [ˈarmja kraˈjɔva]; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II.The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the aftermath of the German and Soviet invasions in September 1939.
1939 September 1: German Invasion of Poland begins; Bombing of Wieluń: September 2: Massacre in Torzeniec village September 3: Bloody Sunday in Bydgoszcz: September 8: German Massacre in Ciepielów of Polish POW: September 13: Bombing of Frampol, up to 90% of the town destroyed September 17: Soviet invasion of Poland: September 18