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NKVD Prisoner Massacre In Lutsk
The NKVD prisoner massacre in Lutsk was a Soviet war crimes, Soviet war crime conducted by the NKVD and NKGB in the city of Lutsk, situated in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), occupied Poland (present-day Ukraine). On June 23, 1941, during the second day of the Operation Barbarossa, German invasion of the USSR, the Soviets executed a vast majority of the prisoners held in the Lutsk prison, predominantly Ukrainians and Poles (people), Poles. The estimated number of victims is believed to be around 2,000, although there are varying estimates from different sources. This atrocity was one among many NKVD prisoner massacres, prisoner massacres carried out by the Soviet Union, Soviet secret police and Red Army, army during the summer of 1941. Background Lutsk (, ) served as the historical capital of Volhynia. During the Interwar period, the city was situated within the borders of the Second Polish Republic and was designated as the capital of Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939), WołyŠ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Invasion Of Poland
The Soviet invasion of Poland was a military operation by the Soviet Union without a formal declaration of war. On 17 September 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, 16 days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west. Subsequent military operations lasted for the following 20 days and ended on 6 October 1939 with the two-way division and annexation of the entire territory of the Second Polish Republic by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. This division is sometimes called the Fourth Partition of Poland. The Soviet (as well as German) invasion of Poland was indirectly indicated in the "secret protocol" of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact signed on 23 August 1939, which divided Poland into "spheres of influence" of the two powers. German and Soviet cooperation in the invasion of Poland has been described as co-belligerence. The Red Army, which vastly outnumbered the Polish defenders, achieved its targets, encountering only limited resistance. Some 320,000 Poles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
