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Imotsko Polje (lit. ' Field of Imotski ') is a polje (karstic field) located on the border of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina near the city of Imotski.The larger part is in Herzegovina, while the Croatian part is in the inner Dalmatia region, and is the second largest in the country, covering an area of 95 square kilometres (37 sq mi).
The Home Army lost approximately 71 killed and 100 wounded [2] [3] and the Ukrainian losses are unknown, but are most likely to be heavy. [19] During the offensive, the Ukrainian civilians were murdered by the Poles in the villages of Ratyczów (26 people killed, including 6 women and 9 children), Żerniki (32 killed, including 17 women and 1 ...
Summers are usually very hot during the day, temperature goes up to 40 °C. Temperatures above 10 °C (50 °F) last for more than 250 days a year. Two kinds of wind are common in the area - the northern to north-eastern bora , which usually brings cold and clear weather in winter, and the southern to south-eastern sirocco , which often brings rain.
Edvard Beneš, leader of the Czechoslovak government in exile Władysław Sikorski, leader of the Polish government in exile. Czechoslovak politicians Hodža and Jan Masaryk both wanted a confederation, [6] Beneš was more lukewarm; his goal was to ensure that the disputed Trans-Olza territory that had passed to Poland in the aftermath of the Munich Agreement was regained by Czechoslovakia, [2 ...
Red Lake (Croatian: Crveno jezero) is a sinkhole containing a karst lake near the city of Imotski, Croatia.It is known for its numerous caves and high cliffs, reaching over 241 metres (791 ft) above normal water level and continuing below the water level.
The Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) is among the poorest understood oceanic mammals. There is a lack of historical and present-day information about population size, habitats, ecology ...
Proponents of such a union among the Polish szlachta and Lithuanian nobility, including the influential secular thinkers Jan Zamoyski and Lew Sapieha, had listed several arguments in its favour: peace on the turbulent eastern border, a powerful military ally and relatively sparsely-populated territories (compared to the Commonwealth) for colonisation and serfdom.
As a result of the conquest by the Third Reich of the entire area of today's Lubaczów County, which was divided between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union in the years 1939–1941, three different districts of the Home Army (Krakowski, Lwowski and Lubelski) began to clash in this area, which forced the creation of new structures of the Home Army in this region. [2]