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OPERACJA „WISŁA” W ŚWIETLE ÓWCZESNYCH REGULAMINÓW WALKI
"OPERATIONS VISTULA' IN THE LIGHT OF THE THOSE YAERA COMBAT RULES

Author(s): Andrzej Zapałowski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
Keywords: “Operation Vistula”;UPA;Combat rules

Summary/Abstract: In the ongoing debate on "Operation Vistula" for years, there is no adequate attention paid to the importance of terminology. It is still very common to use the term "Operation Vistula" in the description of the activities of the operational gropus "Vistula", suggesting that its main purpose was the ressetlement of the Ukrainian population from the south- eastern part of Poland. In fact, the primary task of the military operation was the destruction of the UPA troops, and the resettlement, action, was only treated as an element of aid and support of the State Repatration Office. Henceforth, when talking about the activities of the operational group "Vistula", it is necessary to speak about "Operation Vistula", and in relation to the resettlement of the Ukrainian poeple one should speak about resettlement within the frameworks, of the afromentioned operation.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 73-99
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Polish