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  2. Soviet invasion of Poland - Wikipedia

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    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. [8] German and Soviet cooperation in the invasion of Poland has been described as co-belligerence. [9] [10]

  3. Timeline of the 1939 invasion of Poland - Wikipedia

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    In the Soviet invasion of Poland, the Red Army intervenes in the German-Polish war on the German side, beginning its advance towards the German-Soviet demarcation line agreed in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. [26]: 125 Polish defense of Sarny against the Soviets begins. [60] Presidential proclamation of Ignacy Mościcki in Kuty. [60]

  4. Polish prisoners of war in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Out of these: 420,000 [1]-694,000 [2]: 28 held by Germany, and 125,000, [3] 190,000, [3] 300,000 [2]: 28 or 452 500 [1] held by the USSR following the Soviet invasion of Poland. Some Polish POWs in the Soviet hands were first interned in the Baltic states and fell in the Soviet hands after the Soviet occupation of the Baltics in 1940.

  5. Invasion of Poland - Wikipedia

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    The Invasion of Poland, [e] also known as the September Campaign, [f] Polish Campaign, [g] and Polish Defensive War of 1939 [h] [13] (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II. [14]

  6. Soviet order of battle for invasion of Poland in 1939 - Wikipedia

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    Map of central Poland with the Siege of Warsaw (upper middle). Situation after September 14, 1939 - the map also gives information on placement and movement of some Soviet troops. The Soviet order of battle for the invasion of Poland in 1939 details the major combat units arrayed for the Soviet surprise attack on Poland on September 17, 1939 ...

  7. Category:Soviet invasion of Poland - Wikipedia

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    Soviet order of battle for invasion of Poland in 1939 This page was last edited on 19 October 2024, at 22:54 (UTC). Warning: Page may not contain recent updates. Text ...

  8. Occupation of Poland (1939–1945) - Wikipedia

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    The result of the staged voting was to become a legitimization of Soviet annexation of eastern Poland. [146] Residents of a town in Eastern Poland (now West Belarus) assembled to greet the arrival of the Red Army during the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939. The Russian text reads "Long Live the great theory of Marx, Engels, Lenin-Stalin" and ...

  9. Battle of Grodno (1939) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Grodno took place between 20 September and 22 September 1939, during the Soviet invasion of Poland. [2]: 82 It was fought between improvised Polish units under Gen. Wacław Przeździecki and Soviet Red Army troops of Komkor Ivan Boldin's Dzerzhinsky Cavalry Mechanized Group, at the time in a non-aggression agreement with Nazi Germany under the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact.