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Crimes against the Polish nation committed by Nazi Germany and Axis collaborationist forces during the invasion of Poland, [3] along with auxiliary battalions during the subsequent occupation of Poland in World War II, [4] included the genocide of millions of Polish people, especially the systematic extermination of Jewish Poles.
The following is a list of published statistics for Polish casualties in World War II. Encyclopedia Britannica article "World Wars" (2010) Military-killed, died of wounds or in prison-123,718; wounded-236,606; prisoners or missing 420,760; civilian deaths due to war 5,675,000.
Pages in category "Polish civilians killed in World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 245 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
21,857 confirmed by Soviet documents, about 440 of the prospective victims escaped the shootings. After intense research, today most of the victims are known name by name. Bloody Wednesday of Olkusz: 31 July 1940 Olkusz Nazi Germany: 20 Polish civilians NKVD prisoner massacres in Poland: June–November 1941 Eastern Poland Soviet Union: 20,000 ...
Following the Soviet invasion of Poland at the onset of World War II, in accordance with the Nazi–Soviet Pact against Poland, the Soviet Union acquired more than half of the territory of the Second Polish Republic or about 201,000 square kilometres (78,000 sq mi) inhabited by more than 13,200,000 people. [1]
Anders' Army was the informal yet common name of the Polish Armed Forces in the East in the 1941–42 period, in recognition of its commander Władysław Anders. The army was created in the Soviet Union but, in March 1942, based on an understanding between the British, Polish, and Soviets, it was evacuated from the Soviet Union and made its way ...
Pages in category "Polish military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 346 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .