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The Katyn massacre [a] was a series of mass executions of nearly 22,000 defenceless Polish military and police officers, border guards, and intelligentsia prisoners of war carried out by the Soviet Union, specifically the NKVD (the Soviet secret police), at Stalin 's order in April and May 1940.
Katyn Massacre, mass execution of Polish military officers by the Soviet Union during World War II. The discovery of the massacre precipitated the severance of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the Polish government-in-exile in London.
Sep 21, 2007 · Katyn: Directed by Andrzej Wajda. With Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski, Danuta Stenka. An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.
Jan 28, 2021 · The disturbing story of the Soviet massacre of thousands of Polish officers and intelligentsia at Katyn, Russia in 1940 and the subsequent cover-up and German investigation of the...
Feb 20, 2019 · The 1940 Katyn massacre saw the Soviet Union murder 22,000 Polish military officials and scholars — and then cover up their crime.
The Katyń Massacre. In 1918, Poland regained her independence after enduring three partitions and domination for 123 years by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Barely 21 years later, on September 1, 1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west, triggering the Second World War.
Katyn Massacre, Mass killing of Polish military officers by the Soviet Union in World War II. After the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact (1939) and Germany’s defeat of Poland, Soviet forces occupied eastern Poland and interned thousands of Polish military personnel.
