The Unknown War is an American 20-part series that documents the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
Today, SouthFront shares the 16th part of the series titled “The Liberation of Poland”. As the Nazis were collapsing in Belarus, the Red Army began its advance in Poland late in July of 1944.
The city of Lublin and one of the largest Nazi concentration camps, Majdanek, were liberated within a few days. 1.5 million people of 50 nationalities passed through Majdanek, where at least 78,000 were reportedly killed.
In December, the Polish Committee for National Liberation declared itself the Provisional Government of Poland, voicing its support for Soviet efforts to liberate the country.
The Red Army launched the Vistula–Oder offensive in January of 1945. This strategic move pushed Soviet troops within 50 miles of the German capital, setting the stage for the Battle of Berlin. During the offensive, the Soviets were able to liberate key cities like Kraków, Warsaw, and Poznań within a few weeks. The Nazi occupation of Poland was very much over.
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it is very interesting. can anyone explain what happened at katyn and why?
russian communists decide they will wipe all polish elites shooting them at back of the head. they wipe killed thousands of them in liberating way. they liberated poland with hitler attacking behind when poland was defending itself from germany. then when they were liberating poland they raped all possible woman from 8 years old to 80+ years old .
w katyniu strzelali żydowscy komuniści, rosjanie by tak nie postąpili. rosjanie są honorowi i wyzwolili całą polskę od nazistów!
was it a liberation, or was it a replacement of enslavement by german nazis wirh enslavement by soviet communists? you guys need to choose your words less hypocritically.
following the occupying nazis came the occupying communists and likewise butchers who plunged poland into another massacre
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so you activly removing comments hahaha poor propaganda site.
when russia found the concentration camps , they were shocked . all german supply lines were cut
dziękujemy za wyzwolenie polski z rąk nazistów!, zginęło wielu szlachetnych rosjan braci słowianu nas w bielsku białej oddało życie tysiące rosjan za wolność polski i śląska. spasiba druzja !
σοβαρευθειτε ! ουδεποτε απελευθερωθηκε η πολωνια !! 1/3 κατεληφθη απο τουσ γερμανουσ το 1939 και 2/3 απο τουσ σοβιετικουσ κομουνιστεσ !!! με την ηττα τησ ναζιστικησ γερμανιας οι σοβιετικοι κομουνιστεσ επεβαλαν δικταορια σε ολη την πολωνια εωσ το 1989-90 !!!