Nieznany epizod II wojny światowej. Sowiecka okupacja Suwalszczyzny 24 IX – 6 X 1939 r. jako studium przypadku
An Unknown Episode of the Second World War. The Soviet Occupation of Suwałki Region 24 September – 6 October 1939 as a case study

Summary/Abstract: The war and occupation history of Suwałki and Suwałki region is associated almost exclusively with the German aggression and the later annexation of this territory to the Third Reich. Initially, however, the area was under the Soviet occupation, according to the provisions of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact of 23 August 1939. The article describes military operations of the Soviets and attitudes of the local population, diverse both in terms of ethnicity and religion. At the beginning of the war there were no conflicts in the analysed region, characteristic of the Polish Eastern Frontiers, which allows us to conduct research with no later influences resulting from the long Soviet occupation.

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