Contemporary era · 1947
Operation Vistula
Operation Vistula (Polish: Akcja Wisła; Ukrainian: Опера́ція «Ві́сла», romanized: Operatsiya "Visla") was the codename for the 1947 ethnic cleansing, deportation and forced resettlement of close to 150,000 Ukrainians, Rusyns, Boykos, and Lemkos from the southeastern provinces of postwar Poland to the Recovered Territories in the north and west of the country.
- When
- 28 Apr 1947 – 31 Jul 1947
- Where
- Bieszczady Mountains
- Era
- Contemporary
Topics
Before and after
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